Irregular verbs in English can be tricky to learn, especially because they don’t follow the usual rules. This list of 300 irregular verbs is here to help you understand and remember them better. Whether you’re just starting to learn English or want to improve your skills, this guide is for you. We’ve made everything simple and clear, so even kids can understand.

What are Irregular Verbs?

An irregular verb does not form its simple past tense or its past participle by adding “-ed” or “-d” to the base form. Examples of irregular verbs are sung (past tense sang); feel (felt); and go (went). (Compare regular verbs.)

List of Irregular Verbs

Here is the list of the 300 most common irregular verbs:

Base Form-Past Simple-Participle

• steal – stole – stolen
• arise – arose – arisen
• thrust – thrust – thrust
• fall – fell – fallen
• forsake – forsook – forsaken
• build  – built  – built
• shake – shook – shaken
• speed – sped /speeded – sped /speeded
• drink  – drank  – drunk
• forget – forgot – forgotten
• catch  – caught  – caught
• withhold – withheld – withheld
• dream  – dreamed or dreamt  – dreamed or dreamt
• ride  – rode  – ridden
• swear – swore – sworn
• cast – cast – cast
• sell  – sold  – sold
• make – made – made
• hold – held – held
• spread – spread – spread
• wind – wound – wound
• write – wrote – written
• write – wrote – written
• sing  – sang  – sung
• forbid – forbade – forbidden
• meet – met – met

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• burst – burst – burst
• mow – mowed – mowed/mown
• upset – upset – upset
• find  – found  – found
• overcome – overcame – overcome
• flee – fled – fled
• forgive – forgave – forgiven
• fight  – fought  – fought
• cling – clung – clung
• dive – dived/dove – dived
• understand  – understood  – understood
• be  – was, were  – been
• freeze – froze – frozen
• know  – knew  – known
• become  – became  – become
• bite  – bit  – bitten
• shut  – shut  – shut
• withhold – withheld – withheld
• wear  – wore  – worn
• prove – proved – proved/proven
• plead – pleaded/plead – pleaded/plead
• get  – got  – got (sometimes gotten)
• rid – rid – rid
• bend  – bent  – bent
• shine – shone – shone
• sting – stung – stung
• grow  – grew  – grown
• slit – slit – slit
• beset – beset – beset
• light – lit /lighted – lit /lighted
• burst – burst – burst
• weep – wept – wept
• say  – said  – said
• throw  – threw  – thrown
• smell – smelt /smelled – smelt /smelled
• cut  – cut  – cut
• eat  – ate  – eaten
• hurt  – hurt  – hurt
• sew – sewed – sewn/sewed
• become  – became  – become
• bend  – bent  – bent
• burn  – burned or burnt  – burned or burnt
• put  – put  – put
• awake – awoke – awoken
• upset – upset – upset
• quit – quit – quit
• slay – slew – slayed /slain
• slide – slid – slid
• pay  – paid  – paid
• shrink – shrank – shrunk
• blow  – blew  – blown
• buy  – bought  – bought
• come  – came  – come
• tell  – told  – told
• hang – hung – hung
• beat  – beat  – beaten
• wear  – wore  – worn
• arise – arose – arisen
• broadcast  – broadcast  – broadcast
• weep – wept – wept
• fling – flung – flung
• teach – taught – taught
• withstand – withstood – withstood
• show  – showed  – showed or shown
• shed – shed – shed
• lend – lent – lent
• think  – thought  – thought
• speak  – spoke  – spoken
• feed – fed – fed
• sleep  –  slept – slept
• fit – fit – fit
• be  – was,were  – been
• bear – bore – borne
• uphold – upheld – upheld
• let  – let  – let
• wring – wrung – wrung
• hit – hit – hit
• bet  – bet  – bet
• begin  – began  – begun
• cling – clung – clung
• swing – swung – swung
• smite – smote – smitten
• spill – spilt /spilled – spilt /spilled
• beset – beset – beset
• fall – fell – fallen
• beat  – beat  – beaten
• overtake – overtook – overtaken
• do  – did  – done
• lead – led – led
• feel  – felt  – felt
• spoil – spoilt /spoiled – spoilt /spoiled
• bind – bound – bound
• bring  – brought  – brought
• shoot – shot – shot
• spend  – spent  – spent
• blow  – blew  – blown
• stick – stuck – stuck
• mean  – meant  – meant
• breed – bred – bred
• set – set – set
• wring – wrung – wrung
• wake  – woke  – woken
• breed – bred – bred
• bleed – bled – bled
• thrive – thrived /throve – thrived
• choose – chose – chosen
• give  – gave  – given
• overthrow – overthrew – overthrown
• lose  – lost  – lost
• learn  – learned or learnt  – learned or learnt
• come  – came  – come
• cost – cost – cost
• hang – hanged – hanged
• bring  – brought  – brought
• spell – spelt /spelled – spelt /spelled
• build  – built  – built
• keep – kept – kept
• thrust – thrust – thrust
• understand  – understood  – understood
• bind – bound – bound
• foretell – foretold – foretold
• spring – sprang – sprung
• mistake – mistook – mistaken
• withstand – withstood – withstood
• withdraw – withdrew – withdrawn
• choose – chose – chosen
• swell – swelled – swelled /swollen
• bid  – bid  – bid
• take  – took  – taken
• creep – crept – crept
• sow – sowed – sown /sowed
• stride – strode – stridden
• uphold – upheld – upheld
• begin  – began  – begun

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• wind – wound – wound
• shear – sheared – sheared/shorn
• send – sent – sent
• run  – ran  – run
• leave  – left  – left
• break  – broke  – broken
• wed – wedded /wed – wedded /wed
• deal – dealt – dealt
• bid  – bid  – bid
• sink – sank – sunk
• lie  – lay  – lain
• go  – went  – gone
• wed – wedded /wed – wedded /wed
• forgive  – forgave  – forgiven
• stand  – stood  – stood
• win – won – won
• see –  saw  – seen
• seek – sought – sought
• overdo – overdid – overdone
• weave – wove /weaved – woven /weaved
• bite  – bit  – bitten
• lay – laid – laid
• bleed – bled – bled
• have – had – had
• spin – spun – spun
• freeze – froze – frozen
• tread – trod – trodden
• hear  – heard  -heard
• bet  – bet  – bet
• catch  – caught  – caught
• bear – bore – borne
• grind – ground – ground
• win – won – won
• draw – drew – drawn
• withdraw – withdrew – withdrawn
• drive – drove – driven
• rise  – rose  – risen
• kneel – knelt – knelt
• cast – cast – cast
• wake  – woke  – woken
• broadcast  – broadcast  – broadcast
• buy  – bought  – bought
• sling – slung – slung
• weave – wove /weaved – woven /weaved
• break  – broke  – broken
• saw – sawed – sawn /sawed
• throw  – threw  – thrown
• hide  – hid  – hidden
• dig – dug – dug
• leap – leapt /leaped – leapt /leaped
• tread – trod – trodden
• burn  – burned or burnt  – burned or burnt
• ring – rang – rung
• sweep – swept – swept
• swim  – swam  – swum
• sit – sat – sat
• spit – spat – spat
• awake – awoke – awoken
• fly  – flew  – flown
• thrive – thrived /throve – thrived
• read  – read  – read

Infographics (List of Irregular Verbs)

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