Irregular Verbs
How confident are you about English irregular verbs?
This video shows you how to pronounce 50 of the most common ones (see the list below):
Here is a list of fifty of the most common irregular verbs, with exercises below. This is a good place to start if you are intermediate or beginner level. Download a copy of this list in PDF. If you are more advanced, download this much longer list, which includes most of the crazy verbs in English.
Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle |
be | was / were | been |
become | became | become |
begin | began | begun |
bring | brought | brought |
buy | bought | bought |
choose | chose | chosen |
come | came | come |
do | did | done |
drink | drank | drunk |
drive | drove | driven |
eat | ate | eaten |
fall | fell | fallen |
feel | felt | felt |
find | found | found |
fly | flew | flown |
forget | forgot | forgotten |
get | got | got (gotten in USA) |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
have | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
keep | kept | kept |
know | knew | known |
leave | left | left |
lend | lent | lent |
let | let | let |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
meet | met | met |
pay | paid | paid |
put | put | put |
read | read (pronounced /red/) | read (pronounced /red/) |
run | ran | run |
say | said | said |
see | saw | seen |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
sing | sang | sung |
sit | sat | sat |
sleep | slept | slept |
speak | spoke | spoken |
stand | stood | stood |
swim | swam | swum |
take | took | taken |
teach | taught | taught |
tell | told | told |
think | thought | thought |
understand | understood | understood |
wear | wore | worn |
write | wrote | written |