100 Strong Verbs You Should Know
You should be able to give both the past tense and the past participle for these verbs quickly, as well as to give an
example of their use. Actually, in most cases, you should also be able to give examples of various uses and meanings.
1.
beat, beat, beaten
24.
fall, fell, fallen
48.
leave, left, left
2.
become, became,
become
25.
feed, fed, fed
49.
lend, lent, lent
26.
feel, felt, felt
50.
let, let, let
27.
fight, fought,
fought
51.
lie, lay, lain
52.
light, lit, lit
53.
lose, lost, lost
fit, fit/fitted,
fit/fitted
54.
30.
fly, flew, flown
31.
forget, forgot,
forgotten
3.
begin, began,
begun
4.
bend, bent, bent
5.
bite, bit, bitten
6.
blow, blew, blown
7.
break, broke,
broken
8.
bring, brought,
brought
9.
build, built, built
28.
29.
10.
11.
burn, burned,
burned
(or burnt)
buy, bought,
bought
freeze, froze,
frozen
33.
get, got, gotten/got
34.
give, gave, given
36.
12.
13.
14.
15.
catch, caught,
caught
choose, chose,
chosen
37.
17.
dig, dug, dug
18.
dive, dove, dived
38.
hide, hid, hidden
39.
hit, hit, hit
40.
hold, held, held
41.
hurt, hurt, hurt
42.
keep, kept, kept
43.
know, knew,
known
draw, drew, drawn
44.
lay, laid, laid
20.
dream, dreamed,
dreamed (dreamt)
45.
lead, led, led
46.
lean, leaned,
leaned
drink, drank, drunk
22.
drive, drove,
driven
23.
eat, ate, eaten
47.
75.
sing, sang, sung
76.
sink, sank, sunk
77.
shine, shined,
shone
make, made, made
78.
sleep, slept, slept
55.
mean, meant,
meant
79.
slide, slid, slid
80.
56.
meet, met, met
speak, spoke,
spoken
57.
pay, paid, paid
81.
spend, spent, spent
58.
put, put, put
82.
spread, spread,
spread
59.
quit, quit, quit
83.
stand, stood, stood
60.
read, read, read
84.
steal, stole, stolen
61.
ride, rode, ridden
85.
stick, stuck, stuck
62.
ring, rang, rung
86.
stink, stank, stunk
63.
run, ran, run
87.
swell, swelled,
swollen
hear, heard, heard
19.
21.
shut, shut, shut
grow, grew, grown
cost, cost, cost
cut, cut, cut
74.
go, went, gone
come, came, come
16.
shrink, shrank,
shrunk
find, found, found
32.
35.
73.
learn, learned,
learned
64.
say, said, said
65.
see, saw, seen
88.
sweep, swept,
swept
66.
seek, sought,
sought
89.
swim, swam, swum
67.
sell, sold, sold
90.
swing, swung,
swung
68.
send, sent, sent
91.
take, took, taken
69.
set, set, set
92.
teach, taught,
taught
93.
tear, tore, torn
94.
tell, told, told
95.
think, thought,
thought
70.
shake, shook,
shaken
71.
sit, sat, sat
72.
show, showed,
shown
96.
zz
throw, threw,
thrown
97.
understand,
understood,
understood
98.
wake, woke,
waken
99.
100.
wear, wore, worn
win, won, won