50 Irregular Verbs in English
Irregular verbs are verbs that do not follow a specific pattern or rule when forming their past tense and past participle. These verbs can be difficult to learn, but they are an essential part of the English language. Here are 50 irregular verbs in English, along with their base form, past tense, and past participle:
1. Go
- Base form: go
- Past tense: went
- Past participle: gone
2. Take
- Base form: take
- Past tense: took
- Past participle: taken
3. Make
- Base form: make
- Past tense: made
- Past participle: made
4. Do
- Base form: do
- Past tense: did
- Past participle: done
5. Say
- Base form: say
- Past tense: said
- Past participle: said
6. See
- Base form: see
- Past tense: saw
- Past participle: seen
7. Hear
- Base form: hear
- Past tense: heard
- Past participle: heard
8. Know
- Base form: know
- Past tense: knew
- Past participle: known
9. Think
- Base form: think
- Past tense: thought
- Past participle: thought
10. Feel
- Base form: feel
- Past tense: felt
- Past participle: felt
11. Meet
- Base form: meet
- Past tense: met
- Past participle: met
12. Ridden
- Base form: ride
- Past tense: rode
- Past participle: ridden
13. Write
- Base form: write
- Past tense: wrote
- Past participle: written
14. Run
- Base form: run
- Past tense: ran
- Past participle: run
15. Eat
- Base form: eat
- Past tense: ate
- Past participle: eaten
16. Sleep
- Base form: sleep
- Past tense: slept
- Past participle: slept
17. Wake
- Base form: wake
- Past tense: woke
- Past participle: woken
18. Break
- Base form: break
- Past tense: broke
- Past participle: broken
19. Keep
- Base form: keep
- Past tense: kept
- Past participle: kept
20. Bring
- Base form: bring
- Past tense: brought
- Past participle: brought
21. Buy
- Base form: buy
- Past tense: bought
- Past participle: bought
22. Catch
- Base form: catch
- Past tense: caught
- Past participle: caught
23. Teach
- Base form: teach
- Past tense: taught
- Past participle: taught
24. Learn
- Base form: learn
- Past tense: learned
- Past participle: learned
25. Love
- Base form: love
- Past tense: loved
- Past participle: loved
26. Leave
- Base form: leave
- Past tense: left
- Past participle: left
27. Lend
- Base form: lend
- Past tense: lent
- Past participle: lent
28. Lose
- Base form: lose
- Past tense: lost
- Past participle: lost
29. Pay
- Base form: pay
- Past tense: paid
- Past participle: paid
30. Put
- Base form: put
- Past tense: put
- Past participle: put
31. Read
- Base form: read
- Past tense: read
- Past participle: read
32. Ride
- Base form: ride
- Past tense: rode
- Past participle: ridden
33. Ring
- Base form: ring
- Past tense: rang
- Past participle: rung
34. Rise
- Base form: rise
- Past tense: rose
- Past participle: risen
35. Sell
- Base form: sell
- Past tense: sold
- Past participle: sold
36. Send
- Base form: send
- Past tense: sent
- Past participle: sent
37. Shine
- Base form: shine
- Past tense: shone
- Past participle: shone
38. Show
- Base form: show
- Past tense: showed
- Past participle: shown
39. Sing
- Base form: sing
- Past tense: sang
- Past participle: sung
**40. Sit