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Irregular verbs in English

6th October 2018 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Before we look at the form of the irregular verbs, let’s do a very quick revision of regular verbs:

Form of regular verbs

To form the past simple and past participle, we add “ed” to the base form:

Base form: work
Past form: worked
Past participle: worked

That’s easy! Now let’s look at the irregular verbs in English. We’ll start with the verb “be” because it’s a special case.

Verb “be”

The verb “be” is a special case because its form changes depending on the subject:

Base form:  be

Present simple:
I am
you are
he is
she is
it is
we are
you are
they are

Past form:
I was
you were
he was
she was
it was
we were
you were
they were

Past participle:  been

 

Form of other irregular verbs

In English, there are many irregular verbs. By definition, irregular verbs do not follow any logical rules. In this section, you will learn over 40 irregular verbs.  For the correct pronunciation of each verb, watch the video at the end of this lesson, below the table.

Base form Past form Past participle
begin began begun
break broke broken
bring brought brought
buy bought bought
choose chose chosen
come came come
cost cost cost
cut cut cut
do did done
drive drove driven
eat ate eaten
feel felt felt
find found found
get got got (British English)
gotten (American English)
give gave given
go went gone
have had had
hold held held
keep kept kept
know knew known
leave left left
lose lost lost
make made made
meet met met
pay paid paid
put put put
run ran run
say said said
see saw seen
sell sold sold
send sent sent
sit sat sat
speak spoke spoken
spend spent spent
take took taken
teach taught taught
tell told told
think thought thought
understand understood understood
wear wore worn
win won won
write wrote written

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In this video, you will learn the correct pronunciation of all of these irregular verbs as well as some example sentences:

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