Irregular Verbs — Elementary
This list contains 70 irregular verbs of English. For a list of more, go to the Intermediate or Advanced Irregular Verbs pages.
| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| be | was / were | been |
| beat | beat | beaten / beat |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bite | bit | bitten / bit |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| build | built | built |
| burn | burnt / burned | burnt / burned |
| buy | bought | bought |
| can | could | been able to |
| catch | caught | caught |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| cost (intransitive: be priced at) | cost | cost |
| cut | cut | cut |
| do | did | done |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| dream | dreamt / dreamed | dreamt / dreamed |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| fly | flew / flied (baseball) | flown / flied (baseball) |
| forget | forgot | forgotten / forgot |
| get | got | got / US gotten |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| grow | grew | grown |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hold | held | held |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | known |
| learn | learned / UK learnt | learned / UK learnt |
| leave | left | left |
| lose | lost | lost |
| make | made | made |
| meet | met | met |
| pay | paid | paid |
| put | put | put |
| read | read (sounds like "red") | read (sounds like "red") |
| ring | rang | rung |
| run | ran | run |
| say | said | said |
| seek | sought | sought |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spend | spent | spent |
| stand | stood | stood |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| swim | swam | swum |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| understand | understood | understood |
| wake | woke / waked | woken / waked |
| wear | wore | worn |
| win | won | won |
| work | worked / wrought (uncommon) | worked / wrought (uncommon) |
| write | wrote | written |