100+ MOST COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS IN ENGLISH

GROUP 1: FORM DOESN’T CHANGE

BASE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
FORM SIMPLE
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
hurt hurt hurt
shut shut shut
put put put
let let let
set set set
quit quit quit
hit hit hit
GROUP 2: SAME PAST AND PARTICIPLE FORM ending in -ought
BASE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
FORM SIMPLE
buy bought bought
bring brought brought
catch caught caught
fight fought fought
teach taught taught
think thought thought
seek sought sought
BASE FORM ending in -d CHANGES to -t
lend lent lent
spend spent spent
send sent sent
build built built
Also ending in -t
smell smelt smelt
spell spelt spelt
spoil spoilt spoilt
deal dealt dealt
mean meant meant
learn learnt learnt
feel felt felt
leave left left
meet met met
keep kept kept
sleep slept slept
 sweep swept swept
weep wept wept
Ending in -d
feed fed fed
lead led led
hear heard heard
say said said
pay paid paid
hold held held
sell sold sold
tell told told
OTHER COMMON IRREGULAR SAME PAST AND PARTICIPLE FORM
get got got
have had had
make made made
find found found
shine shone shone
shoot shot shot
sit sat sat
win won won
understan understood understood
d
GROUP 3: THREE DIFFERENT FORMS
Same vowel pattern: / i / / a / /u/
BASE PAST PAST
FORM SIMPLE PARTICIPLE
sing sang sung
sink sank sunk
begin began begun
swim swam swum
drink drank drunk
ring rang rung
shrink shrank shrunk
Past participle ending in -en
take took taken
shake shook shaken
give gave given
eat ate eaten
break broke broken
wake woke woken
choose chose chosen
speak spoke spoken
steal stole stolen
fall fell fallen
break broke broken
write wrote written
ride rode ridden
drive drove driven
bite bit bitten
Past participle ending in -own
throw threw thrown
know knew known
blow blew blown
grow grew grown
fly flew flown
wear wore worn
swear swore sworn
tear tore torn
OTHER COMMON IRREGULAR SAME PAST AND PARTICIPLE
FORM
be was/ been
were
see saw seen
do did done
go went gone