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Irregular verbs in English

6th October 2018 by Andrew

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 formPast formPast participle
beginbeganbegun
breakbrokebroken
bringbroughtbrought
buyboughtbought
choosechosechosen
comecamecome
costcostcost
cutcutcut
dodiddone
drivedrovedriven
eatateeaten
feelfeltfelt
findfoundfound
getgotgot (British English)
gotten (American English)
givegavegiven
gowentgone
havehadhad
holdheldheld
keepkeptkept
knowknewknown
leaveleftleft
loselostlost
makemademade
meetmetmet
paypaidpaid
putputput
runranrun
saysaidsaid
seesawseen
sellsoldsold
sendsentsent
sitsatsat
speakspokespoken
spendspentspent
taketooktaken
teachtaughttaught
telltoldtold
thinkthoughtthought
understandunderstoodunderstood
wearworeworn
winwonwon
writewrotewritten

 

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English lesson on YouTube

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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