English verbs can be either regular or irregular. The difference between them is the formation of the Past Simple and Past Participle forms. Regular verbs are consistent — their past simple and past participle always end in –ed. While, in contrast, irregular verbs can end in a variety of ways, with absolutely no consistent pattern. Here’s a list of most common English irregular verbs:
| Base verb | Past Simple | Past Participle |
| be become begin break bring build buy catch choose come cost cut do drink drive eat fall feel find fly forget get give go grow have hear hide hit hold hurt keep know learn leave lend let lose make meet pay put read ring run say see sell send show shut sing sit sleep speak spell spend stand steal swim take teach tell think throw understand wake wear win write | was/were became began broke brought built bought caught chose came cost cut did drank drove ate fell felt found flew forgot got gave went grew had heard hid hit held hurt kept knew learnt/learned left lent let lost made met paid put read rang ran said saw sold sent showed shut sang sat slept spoke spelt/spelled spent stood stole swam took taught told thought threw understood woke wore won wrote | been become begun broken brought built bought caught chosen come cost cut done drunk driven eaten fallen felt found flown forgotten got given gone grown had heard hidden hit held hurt kept known learnt/learned left lent let lost made met paid put read rung run said seen sold sent shown/showed shut sung sat slept spoken spelt/spelled spent stood stolen swum taken taught told thought thrown understood woken worn won written |
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