Last updated on April 2nd, 2023 at 02:04 pm
Irregular Verbs
The English language has a lot of Irregular or Strong Verbs. Today, we will mention the 80 most common and valuable Irregular verbs listed in English. However, we must have the ability to identify past participle forms in Irregular Verbs before pronouncing those verbs.
The past and participle formation process in Irregular verbs is a little complicated compared to Regular Verbs. In Irregular Verbs, the past and past participle are formed by changing the inside vowel of the present. Let us see some examples in the below table:
| Present | Past | Past Participle |
| Awake | Awoke | Awaken |
| Begin | Began | Begun |
| Choose | Chose | Chosen |
| Draw | Drew | Drawn |
| Eat | Ate | Eaten |
80 Most Useful Irregular Verbs List
Now let us see the 80 most common and useful Irregular Verbs list with past, participle, and examples in the below table:
| Irregular Verbs(V1) | Past(V2) | Past Participle(V3) | Examples |
| Abide | Abode | Abode | Try to abide by your parent’s words. |
| Arise | Arose | Arisen | The boy arises early in the morning. |
| Be(am, is, are) | Was, Were | Been | I am looking for the best partner. |
| Bear | Bore | Borne | I can’t bear all your costs. |
| Beat | Beat | Beaten | You should not beat him. |
| Become | Became | Become | This product became a useless thing. |
| Begin | Began | Begun | The program will begin the next morning. |
| Bend | Bent | Bent | Don’t bend this soft bamboo. |
| Bet | Bet | Bet | He intends to bet with him. |
| Bind | Bound | Bound | You should not bind him for this reason. |
| Bid | Bade | Bade | I bade the base price of the product. |
| Bite | Bit | Bitten | Bite the food and feel the taste. |
| Break | Broke | Broken | He has broken the agreement. |
| Bring | Brought | Brought | We have to be united to bring peace. |
| Build | Built | Built | I’ll build a sweet home for my family. |
| Buy | bought | bought | Alex will have bought 1-acre land inside the city. |
| Catch | Caught | Caught | The police caught the thief. |
| Chide | Chid | Chidden/Chid | Everyone chides him for his sin. |
| Choose | Chose | Chosen | Please choose a saree for my mom. |
| Cling | Clung | Clung | You should cling to this job. |
| Come | Came | Come | Come to the office on time. |
| Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut the wrong part of this video script. |
| Dig | Dug | Dug | This man dug a pond for fish farming. |
| Do | Did | Done | Please do this task for me. |
| Draw | Drew | Drawn | My sister is drawing a beautiful sketch. |
| Drive | Drove | Driven | Drive your car carefully. |
| Drink | Drank | Drunk | He is drinking fresh water. |
| Eat | Ate | Eaten | We’re eating our dinner together. |
| Fall | Fell | Fallen | He has fallen from the tree. |
| Feel | Felt | Felt | I have been feeling your memory every day. |
| Fight | Fought | Fought | Don’t fight with each other. |
| Find | Found | Found | He is trying to find his friend. |
| Fly | Flew | Flown | The bird is flying over the building. |
| Forget | Forgot | Forgotten | I think you have forgotten me. |
| Forgive | Forgave | Forgiven | May almighty forgive us all. |
| Get | Got | Got/Gotten | Did you get the surprise from her? |
| Give | Gave | Given | I have given you the pen. |
| Go | Went | Gone | He went to school yesterday. |
| Grow | Grew | Grown | The plant grew on our rooftop. |
| Hang | Hung | Hung | The mouse is hanging in the tree. |
| Have | Had | Had | I have a bike, and I ride it sometimes. |
| Hear | Heard | Heard | Do you hear my voice? |
| Hide | Hid | Hidden | The boy hides below the table. |
| Hold | Held | Held | Hold the hand safely. |
| Keep | Kept | Kept | Keep the book on your shelves. |
| Know | Knew | Known | I knew you would have come here. |
| Learn | Learned/Learned | Learned/Learned | Read the book and learn something from it. |
| Leave | Left | Left | He left the place a few days ago. |
| Lend | Lent | Lent | Will you lend me some money? |
| Lie | Lay | Lain | He lies in bed. |
| Lose | Lost | Lost | Today we lost the match. |
| Make | Made | Made | Please make a cup of tea for me. |
| Meet | Met | Met | I’ll meet you tomorrow. |
| Pay | Paid | Paid | Please pay the bill for this product. |
| Read | Read | Read | He has been reading the book for 2 hours. |
| Ring | Rang | Rung | Your phone is ringing. |
| Rise | Rose | Risen | The sun rises early in the morning. |
| Run | Ran | Run | The boy is running in the field. |
| Say | Said | Said | You can say your story. |
| See | Saw | Seen | I have seen you for a long time. |
| Sell | Sold | Sold | He is selling a variety of mango fruit. |
| Send | Sent | Sent | I’m sending him for this task. |
| Show | Showed | Shown | Show your papers properly. |
| Sing | Sang | Sung | Please sing a song for me. |
| Sit | Sat | Sat | Be calm and sit down. |
| Sleep | Slept | Slept | He is sleeping deeply. |
| Speak | Spoke | Spoken | He speaks like a native speaker. |
| Stand | Stood | Stood | I’m standing by you. |
| Swim | Swam | Swum | She can swim in the pond. |
| Take | Took | Taken | You may take your seat. |
| Teach | Taught | Taught | He has been teaching since last year. |
| Tell | Told | Told | Kazeem told you to do the work. |
| Think | Thought | Thought | He thinks I’ll succeed in the future. |
| Understand | Understood | Understood | I understand your class. |
| Wake | Woke | Woken | Please wake up early in the morning. |
| Wear | Wore | Worn | You can wear this jacket this winter. |
| Weep | Wept | Wept | She is weeping for missing her mother. |
| Win | Won | Won | Hope we’ll win the football match. |
| Withdraw | Withdrew | Withdrawn | You may withdraw your previous statement. |
| Write | Wrote | Written | I have been writing fiction. |
Azizul Hakim is the founder & CEO of englishfinders.com. He is a passionate writer, English instructor, and content creator. He has completed his graduation and post-graduation in English language and literature.
