300 Irregular Verbs List in English

Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the regular rule of adding -ed for past and past participle forms. These verbs change differently and must be learned as they are. This irregular verbs list includes 300 important verbs to help English learners build vocabulary and use correct verb forms in daily communication.

Alphabetical List of 300 Irregular Verbs

Base Form	Past Form	Past Participle
arise	arose	arisen
be	was/were	been
bear	bore	borne
beat	beat	beaten
become	became	become
begin	began	begun
bend	bent	bent
bet	bet	bet
bid	bid	bid
bind	bound	bound
bite	bit	bitten
bleed	bled	bled
blow	blew	blown
break	broke	broken
bring	brought	brought
build	built	built
buy	bought	bought
catch	caught	caught
choose	chose	chosen
cling	clung	clung
come	came	come
cost	cost	cost
creep	crept	crept
cut	cut	cut
deal	dealt	dealt
dig	dug	dug
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
drink	drank	drunk
drive	drove	driven
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
feed	fed	fed
feel	felt	felt
fight	fought	fought
find	found	found
flee	fled	fled
fly	flew	flown
forbid	forbade	forbidden
forget	forgot	forgotten
forgive	forgave	forgiven
freeze	froze	frozen
get	got	gotten/got
give	gave	given
go	went	gone
grow	grew	grown
hang	hung	hung
have	had	had
hear	heard	heard

List of Irregular Verbs Forms: Base, Past, Past Participle

• Abide – abode – abided
• Arise – arose – arisen
• Awake – awoke – awoken
• Bend – bent – bent
• Bite – bit – bitten
• Bleed – bled – bled
• Blow – blew – blown
• Build – built – built
• Burn – burnt – burnt
• Buy – bought – bought
• Catch – caught – caught
• Choose – chose – chosen
• Cling – clung – clung
• Come – came – come
• Cost – cost – cost
• Creep – crept – crept
• Cut – cut – cut
• Deal – dealt – dealt
• Dig – dug – dug
• Do – did – done
• Draw – drew – drawn
• Drink – drank – drunk
• Drive – drove – driven
• Eat – ate – eaten
• Fall – fell – fallen
• Feed – fed – fed
• Feel – felt – felt
• Fight – fought – fought
• Find – found – found
• Fly – flew – flown
• Forget – forgot – forgotten
• Get – got – gotten
• 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
• Keep – kept – kept
• Know – knew – known
• Lay – laid – laid
• Lead – led – led
• Learn – learnt – learnt
• Leave – left – left
• Lend – lent – lent
• Let – let – let
• Lie – lay – lain
• Light – lit – lit
• Lose – lost – lost
• Make – made – made
• Mean – meant – meant
• Meet – met – met
• Pay – paid – paid
• Put – put – put
• Read – read – read

• Ride – rode – ridden
• Ring – rang – rung
• Rise – rose – risen
• Run – ran – run
• Say – said – said
• See – saw – seen
• Sell – sold – sold
• Send – sent – sent
• Set – set – set
• Shake – shook – shaken
• Shine – shone – shone
• Shoot – shot – shot
• Show – showed – shown
• Shut – shut – shut
• Sing – sang – sung
• Sit – sat – sat
• Sleep – slept – slept
• Speak – spoke – spoken
• Spend – spent – spent
• Stand – stood – stood
• Steal – stole – stolen
• Stick – stuck – stuck
• Swim – swam – swum
• Take – took – taken
• Teach – taught – taught
• Tear – tore – torn
• Tell – told – told
• Think – thought – thought
• Throw – threw – thrown
• Understand – understood – understood
• Wake – woke – woken
• Wear – wore – worn
• Win – won – won
• Write – wrote – written

Irregular Verbs Used in Example Sentences

1. I went to the market yesterday.
2. She has been a great teacher.
3. They took the bus to school this morning.
4. I ate pizza for lunch.
5. He read the book last night.
6. She wrote a letter to her friend.
7. They sang songs at the concert.
8. We have seen that movie before.
9. He spoke loudly during the meeting.
10. I bought a new phone yesterday.
11. She found her keys in the kitchen.
12. He drove to the office.
13. They ran in the park.
14. I chose the red shirt.
15. She taught me how to cook.
16. He gave me a gift for my birthday.
17. They spent the whole day shopping.
18. I caught the ball.
19. She kept her promise.
20. We have had enough time to prepare.
21. They flew to Paris for vacation.
22. He understood the problem very well.
23. She broke the glass.
24. I met him at the coffee shop.
25. We had a great time at the party.
26. They told us about the new movie.
27. I made dinner for my family.
28. She sat by the window.
29. He lost his wallet at the mall.
30. They showed us their new house.

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