VERBONKSPlay freeIrregular verbs list 279 English irregular verbs, grouped so they stick
Regular verbs are good citizens: they just add -ed (walk → walked). Irregular verbs break the rules (go → went → gone). The trick is that most of them break the rules in gangs: once you know sing, sang, sung, you can guess swim, swam, swum. Below are the 94 most common irregular verbs from A to Z, the same verbs in 16 gangs, and 185 more for B2 to C2.
🚔 Learn them with Officer Bonk, freeThe 94 most common irregular verbs (A1–B1)
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| Base (V1) | Past simple (V2) | Past participle (V3) | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| arise | arose | arisen | surgir |
| be | was / were | been | ser, estar |
| beat | beat | beaten | vencer, golpear |
| become | became | become | llegar a ser, convertirse |
| begin | began | begun | empezar |
| bend | bent | bent | doblar |
| bite | bit | bitten | morder |
| blow | blew | blown | soplar |
| break | broke | broken | romper |
| bring | brought | brought | traer |
| build | built | built | construir |
| burn | burned / burnt | burned / burnt | quemar |
| buy | bought | bought | comprar |
| catch | caught | caught | atrapar |
| choose | chose | chosen | elegir |
| come | came | come | venir |
| cut | cut | cut | cortar |
| deal | dealt | dealt | repartir, lidiar con |
| dig | dug | dug | cavar |
| do | did | done | hacer |
| draw | drew | drawn | dibujar |
| drink | drank | drunk | beber |
| drive | drove | driven | conducir, manejar |
| eat | ate | eaten | comer |
| fall | fell | fallen | caer |
| feed | fed | fed | alimentar |
| feel | felt | felt | sentir |
| fight | fought | fought | pelear, luchar |
| find | found | found | encontrar |
| fly | flew | flown | volar |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | olvidar |
| freeze | froze | frozen | congelar |
| get | got | got / gotten | conseguir, recibir |
| give | gave | given | dar |
| go | went | gone | ir |
| grow | grew | grown | crecer, cultivar |
| hang | hung | hung | colgar |
| have | had | had | tener |
| hear | heard | heard | oír |
| hide | hid | hidden | esconder |
| hit | hit | hit | golpear |
| hold | held | held | sostener |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | doler, herir |
| keep | kept | kept | guardar, mantener |
| know | knew | known | saber, conocer |
| lay | laid | laid | poner, colocar |
| lead | led | led | guiar, liderar |
| lean | leaned / leant | leaned / leant | apoyarse, inclinarse |
| learn | learned / learnt | learned / learnt | aprender |
| leave | left | left | irse, dejar |
| lend | lent | lent | prestar |
| let | let | let | dejar, permitir |
| lie | lay | lain | estar tumbado, yacer |
| light | lit / lighted | lit / lighted | encender |
| lose | lost | lost | perder |
| make | made | made | hacer, fabricar |
| mean | meant | meant | significar, querer decir |
| meet | met | met | conocer, juntarse |
| pay | paid | paid | pagar |
| put | put | put | poner |
| read | read | read | leer |
| ride | rode | ridden | andar en, montar |
| run | ran | run | correr |
| say | said | said | decir |
| see | saw | seen | ver |
| send | sent | sent | enviar |
| set | set | set | poner, fijar |
| show | showed | shown / showed | mostrar |
| shut | shut | shut | cerrar |
| sing | sang | sung | cantar |
| sit | sat | sat | sentarse |
| sleep | slept | slept | dormir |
| smell | smelled / smelt | smelled / smelt | oler |
| speak | spoke | spoken | hablar |
| spell | spelled / spelt | spelled / spelt | deletrear |
| spend | spent | spent | gastar, pasar (tiempo) |
| spill | spilled / spilt | spilled / spilt | derramar |
| stand | stood | stood | estar de pie |
| steal | stole | stolen | robar |
| stick | stuck | stuck | pegar |
| sting | stung | stung | picar (insecto) |
| sweep | swept | swept | barrer |
| swim | swam | swum | nadar |
| swing | swung | swung | balancear |
| take | took | taken | tomar, llevar |
| teach | taught | taught | enseñar |
| tell | told | told | decir, contar |
| think | thought | thought | pensar |
| throw | threw | thrown | lanzar, tirar |
| wake | woke | woken | despertar |
| wear | wore | worn | usar, llevar puesto |
| weep | wept | wept | llorar |
| win | won | won | ganar |
| write | wrote | written | escribir |
Irregular verbs by pattern: the verb gangs
😴 1. The Lazy Gang cut · cut · cut
Nobody has ever seen the Lazy Gang change clothes. Yesterday, today, last year: same outfit, same face. cut, cut, cut. put, put, put. Officer Bonk once stared at hit for an hour waiting for it to turn into "hitted". It never did. Detectives call it laziness. The gang calls it efficiency.
🔎 How to spot one: A short verb ending in -t that never changes: base, past and participle are identical.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| cut | cut | cut | cortar |
| put | put | put | poner |
| hit | hit | hit | golpear |
| let | let | let | dejar, permitir |
| set | set | set | poner, fijar |
| shut | shut | shut | cerrar |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | doler, herir |
😎 2. The Rebel Bosses no rules, just vibes
The Rebel Bosses ran this town before the rules were even written. They are the oldest families in English, and people use them every single day, so nobody ever forced them to fit in. Rumour says go stole its past, went, from a forgotten verb called "wend" and never gave it back. And be? It has two pasts, was and were, and nobody knows where it hid the loot.
🔎 How to spot one: No pattern at all. They are the most used verbs in English, so learn each one by heart.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | went | gone | ir |
| be | was / were | been | ser, estar |
| do | did | done | hacer |
| see | saw | seen | ver |
| get | got | got / gotten | conseguir, recibir |
💸 3. The Paid Gang pay · paid · paid
The Paid Gang had a dream: become good citizens and just add -ed. But they could only afford a -d. "Payed"? "Sayed"? Never. They squeeze in the cheap ending: pay → paid, say → said, make → made, have → had, hear → heard. Watch the y: in the past it turns into an i, like a bad disguise.
🔎 How to spot one: Past and participle are twins ending in -d. A y becomes an i: pay → paid.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| pay | paid | paid | pagar |
| say | said | said | decir |
| lay | laid | laid | poner, colocar |
| make | made | made | hacer, fabricar |
| have | had | had | tener |
| hear | heard | heard | oír |
🛌 4. The Sleepy Gang ee → e + t
Every member of the Sleepy Gang has a long, dreamy ee sound... until they wake up in the past. Then the long sound snaps short and a little -t appears at the end, like an alarm clock: sleep → slept, keep → kept, feel → felt, leave → left. Witnesses say you can hear it: sleeeep... slept!
🔎 How to spot one: A long ee now, a short e + t in the past. Past and participle are twins.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| sleep | slept | slept | dormir |
| keep | kept | kept | guardar, mantener |
| sweep | swept | swept | barrer |
| weep | wept | wept | llorar |
| feel | felt | felt | sentir |
| leave | left | left | irse, dejar |
🚓 5. The Thought Police → -ought / -aught
The Thought Police don't care what you looked like before. think, bring, buy, fight: the moment they are arrested, they all put on the same uniform. thought, brought, bought, fought. Two undercover agents wear a slightly different badge, -aught: caught and taught. Same sound, though. Say them out loud: they all rhyme.
🔎 How to spot one: Past and participle are twins that end in -ought or -aught and rhyme with "thought".
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| think | thought | thought | pensar |
| bring | brought | brought | traer |
| buy | bought | bought | comprar |
| fight | fought | fought | pelear, luchar |
| catch | caught | caught | atrapar |
| teach | taught | taught | enseñar |
🍽️ 6. The -en Gang take · took · taken
The -en Gang leaves the same signature at every crime scene: two little letters, -en. In the past they wear disguises (took, ate, gave, fell), but in the participle they just can't resist signing their work: taken, eaten, given, fallen, beaten. Look for the -en after "have" and you've got them.
🔎 How to spot one: The participle ends in -en. The past is the one in disguise.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| take | took | taken | tomar, llevar |
| eat | ate | eaten | comer |
| give | gave | given | dar |
| fall | fell | fallen | caer |
| beat | beat | beaten | vencer, golpear |
🪃 7. The Boomerangs come · came · come
The Boomerangs leave, but they always come back. come → came → come. run → ran → run. In the past they look different for a moment, then the participle flies straight back home, identical to the base. Officer Bonk threw one once. It hit him on the way back.
🔎 How to spot one: The participle is the same as the base. Only the middle form changes.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| come | came | come | venir |
| become | became | become | llegar a ser, convertirse |
| run | ran | run | correr |
🌬️ 8. The Blown Away Gang ow → ew → own
Something blew through this neighbourhood, and every witness tells the same story. In the past the suspects whistled "ew": blew, knew, grew, threw, flew, drew. In the participle they left an -n behind: blown, known, grown, thrown, flown, drawn. show is the double agent: showed in the past, shown in the participle.
🔎 How to spot one: The past ends in -ew. The participle ends in -n.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| blow | blew | blown | soplar |
| know | knew | known | saber, conocer |
| grow | grew | grown | crecer, cultivar |
| throw | threw | thrown | lanzar, tirar |
| fly | flew | flown | volar |
| draw | drew | drawn | dibujar |
| show | showed | shown / showed | mostrar |
🎤 9. The Sing Gang i → a → u
The Sing Gang hides a secret code in their vowels. Listen closely: sing, sang, sung. i, a, u. Crack the code and you crack every member: drink, drank, drunk. swim, swam, swum. begin, began, begun. Their favourite crime? Getting people to say "I have sang".
🔎 How to spot one: The vowel goes i → a → u. The a is the past, the u is the participle.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| sing | sang | sung | cantar |
| drink | drank | drunk | beber |
| swim | swam | swum | nadar |
| begin | began | begun | empezar |
✍️ 10. The Written Gang write · wrote · written
The Written Gang leaves notes everywhere, and the notes always follow the same plan. A long i in the present (write, drive, ride), an o in the past (wrote, drove, rode, arose), and -en in the participle: written, driven, ridden, arisen. bite and hide are the sneaky ones. They skip the o: bit, bitten. hid, hidden.
🔎 How to spot one: i → o → i + en. Many double their last letter: written, ridden, bitten, hidden.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| write | wrote | written | escribir |
| drive | drove | driven | conducir, manejar |
| ride | rode | ridden | andar en, montar |
| arise | arose | arisen | surgir |
| bite | bit | bitten | morder |
| hide | hid | hidden | esconder |
💔 11. The Broken Gang o · o + en
Every member of the Broken Gang was caught with an o in their pocket: broke, spoke, woke, stole, froze, chose, forgot, wore. In the participle they keep the o and add -en: broken, spoken, stolen, frozen, chosen, forgotten. wear is the quiet one. It only adds an -n: worn.
🔎 How to spot one: The past has an o. The participle is the past + -en (or -n).
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| break | broke | broken | romper |
| speak | spoke | spoken | hablar |
| wake | woke | woken | despertar |
| steal | stole | stolen | robar |
| freeze | froze | frozen | congelar |
| choose | chose | chosen | elegir |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | olvidar |
| wear | wore | worn | usar, llevar puesto |
🥨 12. The Bent Gang -d → -t
The Bent Gang has just one trick, but they do it really well: they bend their d into a t. send → sent, spend → spent, lend → lent, bend → bent, build → built. Simple, quiet, effective. The detectives almost missed them.
🔎 How to spot one: Ends in -d now, -t in the past. Past and participle are twins.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| send | sent | sent | enviar |
| spend | spent | spent | gastar, pasar (tiempo) |
| lend | lent | lent | prestar |
| bend | bent | bent | doblar |
| build | built | built | construir |
🤏 13. The Shorties long ee → short e
The Shorties used to be tall: meet, feed, lead, all with a long, proud ee. Then, in the past, something shrank them: met, fed, led. mean and deal kept their spelling but lost their height: meant and dealt sound like "ment" and "delt". Nobody knows who shrank them. Officer Bonk has his suspicions.
🔎 How to spot one: A long ee becomes a short e. Past and participle are twins.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| meet | met | met | conocer, juntarse |
| feed | fed | fed | alimentar |
| lead | led | led | guiar, liderar |
| mean | meant | meant | significar, querer decir |
| deal | dealt | dealt | repartir, lidiar con |
🍯 14. The Stuck Gang → u · u
The Stuck Gang walked into a jar of honey and never got out. Whatever their vowel was, it got stuck as a u: stick → stuck, sting → stung, swing → swung, dig → dug, hang → hung. win tried to escape with an o, won, but listen: it still says "wun".
🔎 How to spot one: Past and participle are twins with a u sound.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| stick | stuck | stuck | pegar |
| sting | stung | stung | picar (insecto) |
| swing | swung | swung | balancear |
| dig | dug | dug | cavar |
| hang | hung | hung | colgar |
| win | won | won | ganar |
🎭 15. The Two-Faced Gang -ed or -t, both OK
The Two-Faced Gang lives a double life. In the USA they act like good citizens: learned, burned, smelled. Cross the ocean to the UK and they show their other face: learnt, burnt, smelt. Both are correct, so you can't arrest them for either one. light is the master of disguise: lit, or sometimes lighted.
🔎 How to spot one: -ed or -t, both are right. Pick one style and stick with it.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| learn | learned / learnt | learned / learnt | aprender |
| burn | burned / burnt | burned / burnt | quemar |
| smell | smelled / smelt | smelled / smelt | oler |
| spell | spelled / spelt | spelled / spelt | deletrear |
| spill | spilled / spilt | spilled / spilt | derramar |
| lean | leaned / leant | leaned / leant | apoyarse, inclinarse |
| light | lit / lighted | lit / lighted | encender |
🤪 16. The Weirdos each one is its own thing
The Weirdos don't belong to any family, so they made their own. find → found, tell → told, stand → stood, sit → sat, lose → lost. read is the strangest of all: it keeps the same spelling but changes its voice (reed → red). And lie? Its past is lay, which is also a different verb. Nobody trusts lie.
🔎 How to spot one: No shared rule. Each one has its own story, so meet them one by one.
| Base | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| find | found | found | encontrar |
| tell | told | told | decir, contar |
| hold | held | held | sostener |
| stand | stood | stood | estar de pie |
| sit | sat | sat | sentarse |
| lose | lost | lost | perder |
| read | read | read | leer |
| lie | lay | lain | estar tumbado, yacer |
More irregular verbs, B2 to C2
| Base (V1) | Past simple (V2) | Past participle (V3) | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| abide | abided / abode | abided / abode | C1 |
| aby | abyed | abyed | C2 |
| alight | alit / alighted | alit / alighted | C2 |
| backbite | backbit | backbitten | C2 |
| backslide | backslid | backslidden / backslid | C2 |
| befall | befell | befallen | C2 |
| beget | begot / begat | begotten | C1 |
| begird | begirded / begirt | begirded / begirt | C2 |
| behold | beheld | beheld | C1 |
| bereave | bereft / bereaved | bereft / bereaved | C1 |
| beseech | besought / beseeched | besought / beseeched | C1 |
| beset | beset | beset | C1 |
| bespeak | bespoke | bespoken | C2 |
| bestride | bestrode | bestridden | C1 |
| bet | bet / betted | bet / betted | C2 |
| betake | betook | betaken | C2 |
| bid | bade / bid | bidden / bid | C1 |
| bind | bound | bound | B2 |
| browbeat | browbeat | browbeaten | C1 |
| burst | burst | burst | C2 |
| cast | cast | cast | B2 |
| chide | chided / chid | chided / chidden | C2 |
| clad | clad | clad | C2 |
| cleave | clove / cleft / cleaved | cloven / cleft / cleaved | C1 |
| cling | clung | clung | B2 |
| clothe | clothed / clad | clothed / clad | C1 |
| cost | cost | cost | B2 |
| cowrite | cowrote | cowritten | C2 |
| creep | crept | crept | B2 |
| crossbreed | crossbred | crossbred | C2 |
| crow | crowed / crew | crowed | C1 |
| dare | dared / durst | dared | B2 |
| disprove | disproved | disproved / disproven | C2 |
| dream | dreamed / dreamt | dreamed / dreamt | B2 |
| dwell | dwelt / dwelled | dwelt / dwelled | B2 |
| embed | embedded | embedded | C1 |
| engrave | engraved | engraven / engraved | C1 |
| enwind | enwound | enwound | C2 |
| fling | flung | flung | C1 |
| forbid | forbade / forbad | forbidden | B2 |
| forego | forewent | foregone | C1 |
| foresee | foresaw | foreseen | B2 |
| foretell | foretold | foretold | C1 |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven | B2 |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken | B2 |
| frostbite | frostbit | frostbitten | C2 |
| gainsay | gainsaid | gainsaid | C1 |
| ghostwrite | ghostwrote | ghostwritten | C2 |
| gird | girded / girt | girded / girt | C1 |
| grind | ground | ground | B2 |
| hamstring | hamstrung | hamstrung | C1 |
| handwrite | handwrote | handwritten | C2 |
| hew | hewed | hewn / hewed | C1 |
| impel | impelled | impelled | C2 |
| inbreed | inbred | inbred | C2 |
| inlay | inlaid | inlaid | C1 |
| interbreed | interbred | interbred | C2 |
| interweave | interwove / interweaved | interwoven / interweaved | C2 |
| inweave | inwove / inweaved | inwoven / inweaved | C2 |
| kneel | knelt / kneeled | knelt / kneeled | B2 |
| knit | knit / knitted | knit / knitted | B2 |
| leap | leaped / leapt | leaped / leapt | B2 |
| mishear | misheard | misheard | C1 |
| mishit | mishit | mishit | C2 |
| mislay | mislaid | mislaid | C1 |
| mislead | misled | misled | B2 |
| misread | misread | misread | C1 |
| misspell | misspelled / misspelt | misspelled / misspelt | C1 |
| misspend | misspent | misspent | C2 |
| miswrite | miswrote | miswritten | C2 |
| mow | mowed | mown / mowed | B2 |
| offset | offset | offset | C1 |
| outbid | outbid | outbid | C1 |
| outdo | outdid | outdone | C1 |
| outgrow | outgrew | outgrown | C1 |
| outrun | outran | outrun | C1 |
| outshine | outshone | outshone | C1 |
| overbid | overbid | overbid | C2 |
| overblow | overblew | overblown | C2 |
| overcast | overcast | overcast | C1 |
| overcome | overcame | overcome | B2 |
| overdo | overdid | overdone | B2 |
| overfly | overflew | overflown | C2 |
| overhear | overheard | overheard | C1 |
| overlay | overlaid | overlaid | C1 |
| overpay | overpaid | overpaid | C2 |
| override | overrode | overridden | C2 |
| overrun | overran | overrun | C1 |
| oversee | oversaw | overseen | C1 |
| overshoot | overshot | overshot | C2 |
| oversleep | overslept | overslept | C2 |
| overspend | overspent | overspent | C2 |
| overtake | overtook | overtaken | B2 |
| overthrow | overthrew | overthrown | C2 |
| partake | partook | partaken | C1 |
| plead | pleaded / pled | pleaded / pled | B2 |
| prepay | prepaid | prepaid | C2 |
| proofread | proofread | proofread | C2 |
| prove | proved | proven / proved | B2 |
| quit | quit / quitted | quit / quitted | B2 |
| rebuild | rebuilt | rebuilt | C2 |
| recast | recast | recast | C1 |
| redo | redid | redone | C1 |
| relay | relaid | relaid | C1 |
| remake | remade | remade | C1 |
| rend | rent | rent | C2 |
| repay | repaid | repaid | C1 |
| rerun | reran | rerun | C1 |
| resell | resold | resold | C2 |
| resit | resat | resat | C2 |
| retell | retold | retold | C1 |
| retread | retrod | retrodden / retrod | C2 |
| rewind | rewound | rewound | C1 |
| rewrite | rewrote | rewritten | C1 |
| rid | rid | rid | B2 |
| rise | rose | risen | B2 |
| roughcast | roughcast | roughcast | C2 |
| saw | sawed | sawn / sawed | B2 |
| seek | sought | sought | B2 |
| sell | sold | sold | B2 |
| shear | sheared | shorn / sheared | C1 |
| shed | shed | shed | B2 |
| shine | shone / shined | shone / shined | B2 |
| shoe | shod | shod | C1 |
| shoot | shot | shot | B2 |
| shrink | shrank / shrunk | shrunk | B2 |
| simulcast | simulcast | simulcast | C2 |
| sink | sank / sunk | sunk | B2 |
| slay | slew | slain | C1 |
| slide | slid | slid | B2 |
| sling | slung | slung | B2 |
| slit | slit | slit | C1 |
| smelt | smelted / smelt | smelted / smelt | C2 |
| smite | smote | smitten | C1 |
| sneak | sneaked / snuck | sneaked / snuck | C2 |
| sow | sowed | sown / sowed | B2 |
| speed | sped / speeded | sped / speeded | C2 |
| spin | spun | spun | B2 |
| spit | spat / spit | spat / spit | C1 |
| split | split | split | B2 |
| spoil | spoiled / spoilt | spoiled / spoilt | C1 |
| spoon-feed | spoon-fed | spoon-fed | C2 |
| spread | spread | spread | B2 |
| spring | sprang / sprung | sprung | B2 |
| stave | staved / stove | staved / stove | C1 |
| strew | strewed | strewn / strewed | C1 |
| stride | strode | stridden | B2 |
| strike | struck | struck / stricken | B2 |
| string | strung | strung | B2 |
| strive | strove / strived | striven / strived | C1 |
| sublet | sublet | sublet | C1 |
| sunburn | sunburned / sunburnt | sunburned / sunburnt | C2 |
| swear | swore | sworn | B2 |
| sweat | sweat / sweated | sweat / sweated | C1 |
| tear | tore | torn | B2 |
| thrive | throve / thrived | thriven / thrived | C1 |
| thrust | thrust | thrust | C1 |
| tread | trod | trodden / trod | B2 |
| typewrite | typewrote | typewritten | C2 |
| unbind | unbound | unbound | C1 |
| unbuild | unbuilt | unbuilt | C2 |
| undercut | undercut | undercut | C2 |
| underfeed | underfed | underfed | C2 |
| undergo | underwent | undergone | B2 |
| underlie | underlay | underlain | C1 |
| underpay | underpaid | underpaid | C2 |
| underwrite | underwrote | underwritten | C2 |
| undo | undid | undone | C1 |
| unlearn | unlearned / unlearnt | unlearned / unlearnt | C2 |
| unmake | unmade | unmade | C2 |
| unsay | unsaid | unsaid | C2 |
| unsell | unsold | unsold | C2 |
| unwind | unwound | unwound | C1 |
| upbring | upbrought | upbrought | C2 |
| uphold | upheld | upheld | C1 |
| upset | upset | upset | B2 |
| waylay | waylaid | waylaid | C1 |
| weave | wove / weaved | woven / weaved | C1 |
| wed | wedded / wed | wedded / wed | C1 |
| wet | wetted / wet | wetted / wet | C1 |
| wind | wound | wound | C1 |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn | B2 |
| withstand | withstood | withstood | C2 |
| work | worked / wrought | worked / wrought | C2 |
| wring | wrung | wrung | C1 |
Practice irregular verbs
Questions about irregular verbs
How many irregular verbs are there in English?
Around 200 are in common use. You meet about 50 in everyday English, and the 94 on the A1 to B1 lists cover almost everything a learner needs. This page lists 279.
What is the best way to learn irregular verbs?
Learn them in groups that change the same way (sing-sang-sung, swim-swam-swum), say them out loud, and review the ones you miss on different days. Verbonks does all three as a free game.
What is the difference between the past simple and the past participle?
The past simple is used alone (I drank). The past participle goes with have, has or had, and in the passive (I have drunk, it was drunk).
What are V1, V2 and V3?
They are the three forms of a verb: V1 is the base form (go), V2 the past simple (went) and V3 the past participle (gone).
Which irregular verbs should I learn first?
Start with be, have, do, go, get, say, make, know, think, take, see and come: they are the most frequent verbs in English.
Is there a printable irregular verbs list?
Yes. The printable page has the 94 most common irregular verbs on one sheet. Print it or save it as a PDF from your browser.