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These are the most common fifty irregular verbs in the English language. This does not include the auxiliary verbs 'do' and 'have'. Just by learning these fifty, your students will have prepared themselves for 87% of irregular verb use in English! There is another page showing the usual list of irregular verbs in English.
| Rank | Base Form | Past Tense Form | Past Participle |
| 1 | say | said | said |
| 2 | make | made | made |
| 3 | go | went | gone |
| 4 | take | took | taken |
| 5 | come | came | come |
| 6 | see | saw | seen |
| 7 | know | knew | known |
| 8 | get | got | got/gotten (US) |
| 9 | give | gave | given |
| 10 | find | found | found |
| 11 | think | thought | thought |
| 12 | tell | told | told |
| 13 | become | became | become |
| 14 | show | showed | shown |
| 15 | leave | left | left |
| 16 | feel | felt | felt |
| 17 | put | put | put |
| 18 | bring | brought | brought |
| 19 | begin | began | begun |
| 20 | keep | kept | kept |
| 21 | hold | held | held |
| 22 | write | wrote | written |
| 23 | stand | stood | stood |
| 24 | hear | heard | heard |
| 25 | let | let | let |
| 26 | mean | meant | meant |
| 27 | set | set | set |
| 28 | meet | met | met |
| 29 | run | ran | run |
| 30 | pay | paid | paid |
| 31 | sit | sat | sat |
| 32 | speak | spoke | spoken |
| 33 | lie | lay | lain |
| 34 | lead | led | led |
| 35 | read | read | read |
| 36 | grow | grew | grown |
| 37 | lose | lost | lost |
| 38 | fall | fell | fallen |
| 39 | send | sent | sent |
| 40 | build | built | built |
| 41 | understand | understood | understood |
| 42 | draw | drew | drawn |
| 43 | break | broke | broken |
| 44 | spend | spent | spent |
| 45 | cut | cut | cut |
| 46 | rise | rose | risen |
| 47 | drive | drove | driven |
| 48 | buy | bought | bought |
| 49 | wear | wore | worn |
| 50 | choose | chose | chosen |
The irregular verbs in a table
| infinitive | simple past | past participle |
|---|---|---|
| be | was/were | been |
| bear | bore | borne/born |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bend | bent | bent |
| bet* | bet | bet |
| bid | bid, bade | bid, bidden |
| bind | bound | bound |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| blow | blew | blown |
| break | broke | broken |
| breed | bred | bred |
| bring | brought | brought |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| build | built | built |
| burn*** | burnt | burnt |
| burst | burst | burst |
| bust* | bust | bust |
| buy | bought | bought |
| cast | cast | cast |
| catch | caught | caught |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| cling | clung | clung |
| come | came | come |
| cost | cost | cost |
| creep | crept | crept |
| cut | cut | cut |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| dig | dug | dug |
| dive | dived/dove | dived |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| dream*** | dreamt | dreamt |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| feed | fed | fed |
| feel | felt | felt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| flee | fled | fled |
| fling | flung | flung |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forbid | forbade, forbad | forbidden |
| forecast* | forecast | forecast |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| get | got | got, gotten |
| give | gave | given |
| grind | ground | ground |
| go | went | gone |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hang | hung | hung |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | known |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lead | led | led |
| learn*** | learnt | learnt |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| let | let | let |
| lie** | lay | lain |
| light* | lit | lit |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| meet | met | met |
| pay | paid | paid |
| prove* | proved | proven |
| put | put | put |
| quit* | quit | quit |
| read | read | read |
| rid | rid | rid |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| ring | rang | rung |
| rise | rose | risen |
| run | ran | run |
| saw*** | sawed | sawed/sawn |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| seek | sought | sought |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| set | set | set |
| sew* | sewed | sewn |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| shear* | sheared | shorn |
| shed | shed | shed |
| shine | shone | shone |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| show* | showed | shown |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | sat |
| slay | slew | slain |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| slide | slid | slid |
| sling | slung | slung |
| slink | slunk | slunk |
| slit | slit | slit |
| sow | sowed | sown |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| speed* | sped | sped |
| spend | spent | spent |
| spin | spun | spun |
| spit | spat, spit | spat, spit |
| split | split | split |
| spread | spread | spread |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| stand | stood | stood |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| sting | stung | stung |
| stink | stank, stunk | stunk |
| stride | strode | stridden |
| strike | struck | struck |
| string | strung | strung |
| strive | strove | striven |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| swell* | swelled | swollen |
| swim | swam | swum |
| swing | swung | swung |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tear | tore | torn |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| thrive* | throve | thrived |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| thrust | thrust | thrust |
| tread | trod | trodden, trod |
| understand | understood | understood |
| wake* | woke | woken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| weave | wove | woven |
| weep | wept | wept |
| wet* | wet | wet |
| win | won | won |
| wind | wound | wound |
| wring | wrung | wrung |
| write | wrote | written |
* regular form (+ -ed) also possible
The trend, in English, and especially in American English, is to standardize the irregular verbs. We do not foresee all the irregular verbs ever being standardized, but some of the more minor variations in less commonly used words will probably disappear in the next genration or two.
The following English irregular verbs are often used in the standard past and participle forms (-ed).
Irregular Verbs List Esl
- dwell
- lean
- smell
- spell
- spill
- spoil
Irregular Verbs List Spanish
Note: The wordscan, may and must are Modals.
** The verb lie in the meaning of not to tell the truth is a regular verb.
*** The following verbs use the standard past and participle forms (-ed) in American English.
- burn
- dream
- learn
- saw
PDF-files
Irregular Verbs Lists
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