Irregular Past Tense Verbs | 75+ Important Irregular Verbs List

Irregular Past Tense Verbs! Irregular Verbs List in English. Following is the list of 75+ popular irregular verbs for English learners used in modern English with ESL infographics.

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Irregular Verbs

Unlike regular verbs, these verbs that undergo substantial changes when changing forms between tenses are irregular verbs. The changed forms of these verbs are often unrecognizably different from the originals. For example:

PRESENT TENSE	PAST TENSE
Go	Went
Run	Ran
Think	Thought

There is no way to tell what form an irregular verb is going to take in a changed tense; the only option for an English speaker is to commit the changes to memory. With practice, it will become a matter of habit.

Irregular Past Tense Verbs List

Here is a list of commonly used irregular verbs with their base form, simple past form and the past participle.

BASE FORM	SIMPLE PAST	PAST PARTICIPLE
Be	Was, Were	Been
Beat	Beat	Beaten
Become	Became	Become
Begin	Began	Begun
Bet	Bet	Bet
Bite	Bit	Bitten
Break	Broke	Broken
Bring	Brought	Brought
Build	Built	Built
Burn	Burnt	Burnt
Buy	Bought	Bought
Catch	Caught	Caught
Choose	Chose	Chosen
Come	Came	Come
Cut	Cut	Cut
Dig	Dug	Dug
Do	Did	Done
Dream	Dreamt	Dreamt
Drink	Drank	Drunk
Drive	Drove	Driven
Eat	Ate	Eaten
Fall	Fell	Fallen
Feel	Felt	Felt
Fight	Fought	Fought
Find	Found	Found
Fly	Flew	Flown
Forget	Forgot	Forgotten
Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven
Get	Got	Got
Give	Gave	Given
Go	Went	Gone
Grow	Grew	Grown
Hang	Hung	Hung
Have	Had	Had
Hear	Heard	Heard
Hide	Hid	Hidden
Hit	Hit	Hit
Hold	Held	Held
Hurt	Hurt	Hurt
Keep	Kept	Kept
Know	Knew	Known
Learn	Learnt	Learnt
Leave	Left	Left
Lend	Lent	Lent
Lose	Lost	Lost
Make	Made	Made
Meet	Met	Met
Pay	Paid	Paid
Put	Put	Put
Read	Read	Read
Ride	Rode	Ridden
Ring	Rang	Rung
Run	Ran	Run
Say	Said	Said
See	Saw	Seen
Sell	Sold	Sold
Send	Sent	Sent
Sing	Sang	Sung
Sleep	Slept	Slept
Speak	Spoke	Spoken
Stand	Stood	Stood
Sweep	Swept	Swept
Swim	Swam	Swum
Take	Took	Taken
Teach	Taught	Taught
Tear	Tore	Torn
Tell	Told	Told
Think	Thought	Thought
Throw	Threw	Threw
Understand	Understood	Understood
Wake	Woke	Waken
Wear	Wore	Worn
Weep	Wept	Wept
Win	Won	Won
Write	Wrote	Written