Past Simple: Irregular Verbs
 Many Past Simple verbs are irregular. Study the grammar reference chart below.
Below are 64 commonly used Past Simple irregular verbs in English.
For example:
“My friend buys a newspaper every day.”
“My friend bought a newspaper yesterday.”
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be
become
begin
bite
blow
break
bring
build
buy
can
catch
choose
come
cost
cut
do
draw
drink
drive
eat
fall
feed
feel
find
fly
forget
freeze
get
give
go
have
hear
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was / were
became
began
bit
blew
broke
brought
built
bought
could
caught
chose
came
cost
cut
did
drew
drank
drove
ate
fell
fed
felt
found
flew
forgot
froze
got
gave
went
had
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hit
hold
hurt
keep
know
leave
lose
make
meet
pay
put
read
ride
run
say
see
sell
sing
sit
spend
stand
steal
swim
take
teach
tell
think
throw
understand
wear
win
write
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hit
held
hurt
kept
knew
left
lost
made
met
paid
put
read
rode
ran
said
saw
sold
sang
sat
spent
stood
stole
swam
took
taught
told
thought
threw
understood
wore
won
wrote