Regular verbs: are verbs that follow a consistent pattern when changing from the present to
the past tense and past participle. The rule is simple: you add -ed to the base form of the verb.
Regular verbs
Present past/past participle
1. Talk - talked
2. Play. - played
3. Work - worked
4. Learn - learned
5. Help - helped
6. Clean - cleaned
7. Call - called
8. Finish - finished
9. Open - opened
10. Wash - washed
11. Look - looked
12. Listen - listened
13. Close - closed
14. Watch - watched
15. Climb - climbed
16. Start - started
17. Live - lived
18. Enjoy - enjoyed
19. Agree - agreed
20. Wait - waited
21. Ask - asked
22. Play - played
23. Jump - jumped
24. Watch - watched
25. Talk - talked
26. Move - moved
27. Stay - stayed
28. Help - helped
29. Visit - visited
30. Call - called
31. Like - liked
32. Stop - stopped
33. Open - opened
34. Start - started
35. Work - worked
36. Listen - listened
37. Travel - traveled
38. Enjoy - enjoyed
39. Walk - walked
40. Clean - cleaned
Irregular verbs: do not follow the typical -ed rule to form the past tense and past participle.
These verbs have unique forms that must be memorized because they do not follow a set
pattern.
Common irregular verbs
Present. Past. Past participle
1. Arise. arose arisen
2. Be. was/were. been
3. Bear. bore. born
4. Beat. beat. beaten
5. Become. became. become
6. Begin. began. begun
7. Bend. bent. bent
8. Bet. bet. bet
9. Bid. bid. bid
10. Bind. bound. bound
11. Bite. bit. bitten
12. Blow. blew. blown
13. Break broke. broken
14. Bring. brought. brought
15. Build. built. built
16. Buy. bought. bought
17. Catch. caught. caught
18. Choose. chose. chosen
19. Come. came. come
20. Cost. cost. cost
21. Creep. crept. crept
22. Cut. cut. cut
23. Deal. dealt. dealt
24. Dig. dug. dug
25. Do. did. done
26. Draw. drew. drawn
27. Drink. drank. drunk
28. Drive. drove. driven
29. Eat. ate. eaten
30. Fall. fell. fallen
31. Feed. fed. fed
32. Feel. felt. felt
33. Fight. fought. fought
34. Find. found. found
35. Fly. flew. flown
36. Forget. forgot. forgotten
37. Forgive. forgave. forgiven
38. Freeze. froze. frozen
39. Get. got. gotten/got
40. Give. gave. given
41. Go. went. gone
42. Grow. grew. grown
43. Hang. hung. hung
44. Have. had. had
45. Hear. heard. heard
46. Hide. hid. hidden
47. Hit. hit. hit
48. Hold. held. held
49. Hurt. hurt. hurt
50. Keep. kept. kept
51. Know. knew. known
52. Learn. learned/learnt. learned/learnt
53. Leave. left. left
54. Lend. lent. lent
55. Let. let. let
56. Lie. lay. lain
57. Light. lit/lighted. lit/lighted
58. Lose. lost. lost
59. Make. made. made
60. Mean. meant. meant
61. Meet. met. met
62. Pay. paid. paid
63. Put. put. put
64. Read. read. read
(pronounced "red") (pronounced "red")
65. Ride. rode. ridden
66. Ring. rang. rung
67. Rise. rose. risen
68. Run. ran. run
69. Say. said. said
70. See. saw. seen
71. Sell. sold. sold
72. Send. sent. sent
73. Set. set. set
74. Shake. shook. shaken
75. Shine. shone. shone
76. Shoot. shot. shot
77. Show. showed. shown
78. Shrink. shrank. shrunk
79. Shut. shut. shut
80. Sing. sang. sung
81. Sit. sat. sat
82. Sleep. slept. slept
83. Slide. slid. slid
84. Speak. spoke. spoken
85. Spend. spent. spent
86. Spill. spilled/spilt. spilled/spilt
87. Stand. stood. stood
88. Steal. stole. stolen
89. Stick. stuck. stuck
90. Swim. swam. swum
91. Take. took. taken
92. Teach. taught. taught
93. Tear. tore. torn
94. Tell. told. told
95. Think. thought. thought
96. Throw. threw. thrown
97. Understand understood. understood
98. Wake. woke. woken
99. Wear. wore. worn
100. Win. won. won
101. Write. wrote. written
Irregular Verbs That Do Not Change
These irregular verbs have the same form in the present, past, and past participle.
1. Cut - cut - cut
2. Hit - hit - hit
3. Put - put - put
4. Set - set - set
5. Let - let - let
6. Cost - cost - cost
7. Hurt - hurt - hurt
8. Read (pronounced "red") - read (pronounced "red") - read (pronounced "red")
9. Shut - shut - shut
10. Bid - bid - bid
11. Spread - spread - spread
12. Quit - quit - quit
13. Slit - slit - slit
14. Fit - fit - fit
15. Bet - bet - bet
16. Sweat - sweat - sweat
17. Broadcast - broadcast - broadcast
18. Cut - cut - cut
19. Clash - clashed - clashed
20. Hit - hit - hit