300 Irregular Verbs List in English with Examples

You may find it difficult when a verb does not follow the usual “-ed” rule, and this can interrupt both reading and simple writing tasks. I see this challenge often, especially when similar verbs change in different ways and create confusion in everyday English. That is why I’ve prepared this huge Irregular Verbs List with useful and easy examples that show how each form is used in English.

In this article, you will got through irregular verbs with short sentences that help you learn how each form is used in daily English communication. As you read the examples, you build a stronger understanding of these verbs and gain confidence using them in both speaking and writing and enhance your accuracy of using tenses in English.

What Are Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow the typical pattern of forming their past simple tense and past participle by adding $-ed$ to the base form. Instead of following this regular rule, they change their form in various ways. These changes can involve the vowel sound within the verb, a complete change of the word, or in some cases, no change at all between the base form, past simple, and past participle. For example, the base verb go changes to went for the past simple and gone for the past participle, unlike a regular verb like walk, which becomes walked and walked. The specific form an irregular verb takes for its past simple and past participle must be memorized as there is no single rule governing all of them.

Types of Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs follow different change patterns in English. These patterns help you predict how the base form changes into the past form and the past participle.

No-change Verbs

These verbs keep the same form in all three parts.
Examples: put, cut, set

Same Past and Participle

The past and participle match, but both differ from the base form.
Examples: build – built – built, send – sent – sent, keep – kept – kept

Vowel-change Verbs

Only the internal vowel shifts across forms.
Examples: sit – sat – sat, win – won – won, dig – dug – dug

Full-change Verbs

All three forms are different.
Examples: go – went – gone, be – was/were – been, drink – drank – drunk

Mixed-change Verbs

Part of the verb follows a pattern while another part changes.
Examples: bring – brought – brought, think – thought – thought, catch – caught – caught

“n” Participle Group

The participle ends with the letter n.
Examples: speak – spoken, write – written, take – taken

“en” Participle Group

A subset where the participle ends with en.
Examples: break – broken, choose – chosen, freeze – frozen

Common Irregular Verbs List

V1	V2	V3
Be	Was/Were	Been
Become	Became	Become
Begin	Began	Begun
Break	Broke	Broken
Bring	Brought	Brought
Build	Built	Built
Buy	Bought	Bought
Catch	Caught	Caught
Choose	Chose	Chosen
Come	Came	Come
Cut	Cut	Cut
Do	Did	Done
Draw	Drew	Drawn
Drink	Drank	Drunk
Drive	Drove	Driven
Eat	Ate	Eaten
Fall	Fell	Fallen
Feel	Felt	Felt
Find	Found	Found
Fly	Flew	Flown
Forget	Forgot	Forgotten
Get	Got	Got/Gotten
Give	Gave	Given
Go	Went	Gone
Grow	Grew	Grown
Hang	Hung	Hung
Have	Had	Had
Hear	Heard	Heard
Hold	Held	Held
Keep	Kept	Kept
Know	Knew	Known
Leave	Left	Left
Lose	Lost	Lost
Make	Made	Made
Meet	Met	Met
Pay	Paid	Paid
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
Show	Showed	Shown
Sing	Sang	Sung
Sit	Sat	Sat
Sleep	Slept	Slept
Speak	Spoke	Spoken
Spend	Spent	Spent
Stand	Stood	Stood
Swim	Swam	Swum
Take	Took	Taken
Teach	Taught	Taught
Tell	Told	Told
Think	Thought	Thought
Throw	Threw	Thrown
Understand	Understood	Understood
Wear	Wore	Worn
Win	Won	Won
Write	Wrote	Written

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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