Looking for a comprehensive list of irregular verbs? You’ve come to the right place! This list includes 500 of the most common irregular verbs in English.
Irregular Verbs
Many English verbs are irregular, which means they don’t follow the standard rules of conjugation. For example, the verb “Throw” becomes “Threw” in the past tense, and “Thrown” in the past participle. These irregular verbs must be memorized, as there are too many to try to apply rules. The best way to learn them is by studying and memorizing this list of common irregular verbs.
500 Irregular Verbs List
| Base Form | Past Tense | Past Participle |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| spell | spelt /spelled | spelt /spelled |
| dream | dreamed or dreamt | dreamed or dreamt |
| bear | bore | borne |
| smite | smote | smitten |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| slit | slit | slit |
| swell | swelled | swelled /swollen |
| buy | bought | bought |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| become | became | become |
| cut | cut | cut |
| bend | bent | bent |
| thrive | thrived /throve | thrived |
| thrive | thrived /throve | thrived |
| learn | learned or learnt | learned or learnt |
| sell | sold | sold |
| lose | lost | lost |
| fight | fought | fought |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| upset | upset | upset |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| go | went | gone |
| bind | bound | bound |
| overdo | overdid | overdone |
| put | put | put |
| make | made | made |
| bid | bid | bid |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| dig | dug | dug |
| buy | bought | bought |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| build | built | built |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| hold | held | held |
| overtake | overtook | overtaken |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| spit | spat | spat |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| bring | brought | brought |
| cost | cost | cost |
| see | saw | seen |
| ring | rang | rung |
| beset | beset | beset |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| thrust | thrust | thrust |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| speed | sped /speeded | sped /speeded |
| begin | began | begun |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| sow | sowed | sown /sowed |
| sling | slung | slung |
| spend | spent | spent |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| weave | wove | woven |
| feel | felt | felt |
| withhold | withheld | withheld |
| lay | laid | laid |
| quit | quit | quit |
| withhold | withheld | withheld |
| break | broke | broken |
| tread | trod | trodden |
| do | did | done |
| bear | bore | borne |
| cast | cast | cast |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| sew | sewed | sewn/sewed |
| wring | wrung | wrung |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken |
| breed | bred | bred |
| spoil | spoilt /spoiled | spoilt /spoiled |
| lend | lent | lent |
| fling | flung | flung |
| understand | understood | understood |
| shine | shone | shone |
| wed | wedded | wedded |
| mow | mowed | mowed/mown |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| foretell | foretold | foretold |
| shed | shed | shed |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| grow | grew | grown |
| withstand | withstood | withstood |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| light | lit | lit |
| shear | sheared | sheared/shorn |
| send | sent | sent |
| awake | awoke | awoken |
| awake | awoke | awoken |
| cling | clung | clung |
| teach | taught | taught |
| win | won | won |
| shut | shut | shut |
| slide | slid | slid |
| upset | upset | upset |
| bet | bet | bet |
| begin | began | begun |
| tread | trod | trodden |
| stand | stood | stood |
| slay | slew | slayed /slain |
| run | ran | run |
| write | wrote | written |
| hang | hanged | hanged |
| swing | swung | swung |
| wind | wound | wound |
| be | was, were | been |
| flee | fled | fled |
| drive | drove | driven |
| mean | meant | meant |
| spread | spread | spread |
| withstand | withstood | withstood |
| think | thought | thought |
| fly | flew | flown |
| grind | ground | ground |
| understand | understood | understood |
| prove | proved | proved/proven |
| take | took | taken |
| hear | heard | heard |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| sing | sang | sung |
| seek | sought | sought |
| thrust | thrust | thrust |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| smell | smelt | smelt |
| come | came | come |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| build | built | built |
| weep | wept | wept |
| have | had | had |
| tell | told | told |
| be | was, were | been |
| bid | bid | bid |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| creep | crept | crept |
| mistake | mistook | mistaken |
| stride | strode | stridden |
| breed | bred | bred |
| find | found | found |
| uphold | upheld | upheld |
| lead | led | led |
| break | broke | broken |
| wake | woke | woken |
| plead | pleaded/plead | pleaded/plead |
| come | came | come |
| bet | bet | bet |
| let | let | let |
| spin | spun | spun |
| weep | wept | wept |
| hit | hit | hit |
| lie | lay | lain |
| sting | stung | stung |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| cast | cast | cast |
| wear | wore | worn |
| bring | brought | brought |
| beset | beset | beset |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| spill | spilt /spilled | spilt /spilled |
| catch | caught | caught |
| weave | wove /weaved | woven /weaved |
| leave | left | left |
| leap | leapt /leaped | leapt /leaped |
| bind | bound | bound |
| blow | blew | blown |
| meet | met | met |
| overcome | overcame | overcome |
| show | showed | showed or shown |
| wed | wedded /wed | wedded /wed |
| write | wrote | written |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| hang | hung | hung |
| burn | burned or burnt | burned or burnt |
| pay | paid | paid |
| kneel | knelt | knelt |
| dive | dived/dove | dived |
| wake | woke | woken |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| give | gave | given |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| become | became | become |
| set | set | set |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| read | read | read |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| fit | fit | fit |
| cling | clung | clung |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| swim | swam | swum |
| wear | wore | worn |
| overthrow | overthrew | overthrown |
| saw | sawed | sawn /sawed |
| get | got | got |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| bend | bent | bent |
| uphold | upheld | upheld |
| blow | blew | blown |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| sit | sat | sat |
| wind | wound | wound |
| win | won | won |
| rise | rose | risen |
| know | knew | known |
| say | said | said |
| wring | wrung | wrung |
| feed | fed | fed |
| burn | burned or burnt | burned or burnt |
| catch | caught | caught |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| burst | burst | burst |
| keep | kept | kept |
| burst | burst | burst |
| rid | rid | rid |
