Irregular verbs
Learn the most common irregular verbs in English with this complete list. Includes base form, past simple, and past participle for each verb. Perfect reference guide for students, writers, and English learners.
How to use
Rule 1: A1 level
- be – was/were – been
- have – had – had
- do – did – done
- go – went – gone
- see – saw – seen
- come – came – come
- say – said – said
- get – got – gotten
- make – made – made
- take – took – taken
- know – knew – known
- think – thought – thought
- find – found – found
- give – gave – given
- tell – told – told
- feel – felt – felt
- become – became – become
- leave – left – left
- put – put – put
- read – read – read
- run – ran – run
- sit – sat – sat
- meet – met – met
- stand – stood – stood
- begin – began – begun
- keep – kept – kept
- let – let – let
- hear – heard – heard
- buy – bought – bought
- bring – brought – brought
Rule 2: A2 level
- break – broke – broken
- choose – chose – chosen
- drink – drank – drunk
- drive – drove – driven
- eat – ate – eaten
- freeze – froze – frozen
- fall – fell – fallen
- forget – forgot – forgotten
- grow – grew – grown
- forgive – forgave – forgiven
- hide – hid – hidden
- hold – held – held
- lose – lost – lost
- mean – meant – meant
- pay – paid – paid
- ride – rode – ridden
- ring – rang – rung
- send – sent – sent
- show – showed – shown
- sing – sang – sung
- speak – spoke – spoken
- spend – spent – spent
- steal – stole – stolen
- swim – swam – swum
- teach – taught – taught
- throw – threw – thrown
- wake – woke – woken
- wear – wore – worn
- win – won – won
- write – wrote – written
Rule 3: B1 level
- arise – arose – arisen
- awake – awoke – awoken
- bear – bore – borne
- beat – beat – beaten
- bend – bent – bent
- bet – bet – bet
- bite – bit – bitten
- blow – blew – blown
- build – built – built
- burn – burnt – burnt
- catch – caught – caught
- cost – cost – cost
- cut – cut – cut
- deal – dealt – dealt
- dig – dug – dug
- draw – drew – drawn
- dream – dreamt – dreamt
- feed – fed – fed
- fight – fought – fought
- fly – flew – flown
- hang – hung – hung
- hit – hit – hit
- hurt – hurt – hurt
- lay – laid – laid
- lead – led – led
- lend – lent – lent
- light – lit – lit
- shake – shook – shaken
- rise – rose – risen
- shoot – shot – shot
Rule 4: B2 level
- bind – bound – bound
- bleed – bled – bled
- breed – bred – bred
- cast – cast – cast
- cling – clung – clung
- creep – crept – crept
- dive – dove – dived
- drag – dragged – dragged
- flee – fled – fled
- fling – flung – flung
- forbid – forbade – forbidden
- grind – ground – ground
- kneel – knelt – knelt
- leap – leapt – leapt
- lie – lay – lain
- prove – proved – proven
- quit – quit – quit
- saw – sawed – sawn
- seek – sought – sought
- sew – sewed – sewn
- sink – sank – sunk
- slide – slid – slid
- undergo – underwent – undergone
- spin – spun – spun
- spit – spat – spat
- split – split – split
- spread – spread – spread
- sting – stung – stung
- withdraw – withdrew – withdrawn
- strike – struck – struck
