English Vocabulary in Use Elementary » Irregular verbs
Most verbs in English are regular but some of the most common verbs in English are irregular. The forms here are the infinitive (go, come), the past simple (went, came) and the past participle (gone, come).
| A. All forms the same | ||
| the infinitive | the past simple | the past participle |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cut /kʌt/ | cut | cut |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| let | let | let |
| put /pʊt/ | put | put |
| shut /ʃʌt/ | shut | shut |
| B. Two different forms | ||
| the infinitive | the past simple | the past participle |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| become | became | become |
| bring | brought | brought |
| buy | bought | bought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| come | came | come |
| feel | felt | felt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| get | got | got |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| keep | kept | kept |
| leave | left | left |
| learn | learnt | learnt |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| meet | met | met |
| pay | paid /peɪd/ | paid |
| read /ri:d/ | read /red/ | read /red/ |
| run | ran | run |
| say | said /sed/ | said |
| sell | sold | sold |
| shine | shone | shone |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| spend | spent | spent |
| stand | stood | stood |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| win | won | won |
| understand | understood | understood |
| C. Three different forms | ||
| the infinitive | the past simple | the past participle |
| be | was / were | been |
| begin | began | begun |
| break | broke | broken |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| do | did | done |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| fly | flew | flown |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| know | knew | known |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| rise | rose | risen |
| sing | sang | sung |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| swim | swam | swum |
| take | took | taken |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| wake | woke | woken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| write | wrote | written |
When you learn a new irregular verb, add it to one of the groups of verbs on these pages.
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