100+ MOST COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS IN ENGLISH GROUP 1: FORM DOESN’T CHANGE BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE cost cost cost cut cut cut hurt hurt hurt shut shut shut put put put let let let set set set quit quit quit hit hit hit GROUP 2: SAME PAST AND PARTICIPLE FORM ending in -ought BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE buy bought bought bring brought brought catch caught caught fight fought fought teach taught taught think thought thought seek sought sought BASE FORM ending in -d CHANGES to -t lend lent lent spend spent spent send sent sent build built built Also ending in -t smell smelt smelt spell spelt spelt spoil spoilt spoilt deal dealt dealt mean meant meant learn learnt learnt feel felt felt leave left left meet met met keep kept kept sleep slept slept sweep swept swept weep wept wept Ending in -d feed fed fed lead led led hear heard heard say said said pay paid paid hold held held sell sold sold tell told told OTHER COMMON IRREGULAR SAME PAST AND PARTICIPLE FORM get got got have had had make made made find found found shine shone shone shoot shot shot sit sat sat win won won understand understood understood GROUP 3: THREE DIFFERENT FORMS Same vowel pattern: / i / / a / / u / BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE sing sang sung sink sank sunk begin began begun swim swam swum drink drank drunk ring rang rung shrink shrank shrunk Past participle ending in -en take took taken shake shook shaken give gave given eat ate eaten break broke broken wake woke woken choose chose chosen speak spoke spoken steal stole stolen fall fell fallen break broke broken write wrote written ride rode ridden drive drove driven bite bit bitten Past participle ending in -own throw threw thrown know knew known blow blew blown grow grew grown fly flew flown wear wore worn swear swore sworn tear tore torn OTHER COMMON IRREGULAR SAME PAST AND PARTICIPLE FORM be was/were been see saw seen do did done go went gone
