The 200 most common English irregular verbs with their past simple and past participle forms, ordered by frequency of use.
| Verb | Past simple | Past participle |
|---|---|---|
| have | had | had |
| do | did | done |
| know | knew | known |
| get | got | got / gotten |
| go | went | gone |
| come | came | come |
| think | thought | thought |
| see | saw | seen |
| let | let | let |
| take | took | taken |
| tell | told | told |
| say | said | said |
| make | made | made |
| mean | meant | meant |
| give | gave | given |
| find | found | found |
| put | put | put |
| keep | kept | kept |
| leave | left | left |
| feel | felt | felt |
| understand | understood | understood |
| show | showed | shown |
| saw | sawed | sawn |
| hold | held | held |
| meet | met | met |
| bring | brought | brought |
| run | ran | run |
| sit | sat | sat |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| pay | paid | paid |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| drink | drank / drunk | drunk |
| shut | shut | shut |
| hit | hit | hit |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| set | set | set |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| fight | fought | fought |
| stand | stood | stood |
| read | read | read |
| cut | cut | cut |
| break | broke | broken |
| buy | bought | bought |
| send | sent | sent |
| become | became | become |
| light | lit | lit |
| lose | lost | lost |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| win | won | won |
| drive | drove | driven |
| hang | hung | hung |
| catch | caught | caught |
| lie | lay / laid | lain / laid |
| dream | dreamt | dreamt |
| write | wrote | written |
| bet | bet | bet |
| beat | beat | beaten / beat |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| learn | learnt | learnt |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| wake | woke | woken |
| mistake | mistook | mistaken |
| sell | sold | sold |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven |
| wear | wore | worn |
| sing | sang | sung |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| spend | spent | spent |
| ring | rang | rung |
| lead | led | led |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| list | list | list |
| fix | fixt | fixt |
| blow | blew | blown |
| fly | flew | flown |
| smell | smelt | smelt |
| prove | proved | proven |
| teach | taught | taught |
| upset | upset | upset |
| quit | quit | quit |
| bear | bore | borne / bore |
| wind | wound | wound |
| rid | rid | rid |
| grow | grew | grown |
| choose | chose | chosen / chose |
| press | prest | pressed |
| fit | fit | fit |
| begin | began | begun |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| build | built | built |
| burn | burnt | burnt |
| treat | tret | tret |
| cost | cost | cost |
| lay | laid | laid |
| speed | sped | sped |
| trial | trialled | trialled |
| feed | fed | fed |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| bite | bit | bitten / bit |
| split | split | split |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| wet | wet | wet |
| dig | dug | dug |
| spread | spread | spread |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| bless | blest | blest |
| rise | rose | risen |
| grave | graved | graven |
| spell | spelt | spelt |
| awake | awoke | awoken |
| monkey | monkied | monkied |
| swim | swam | swum |
| text | text | text |
| cast | cast | cast |
| tear | tore | torn |
| freeze | froze | frozen / froze |
| pen | pent | pent |
| seek | sought | sought |
| earn | earnt | earnt |
| swing | swung | swung |
| shoe | shod | shod |
| shine | shone | shone |
| sweat | sweat | sweat |
| bust | bust | bust |
| wing | wung | wung |
| fuel | fuelled | fuelled |
| ken | kent | kent |
| spit | spat | spat |
| pet | pet | pet |
| lend | lent | lent |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| pat | pat | pat |
| spin | spun / span | spun |
| shed | shed | shed |
| sneak | snuck | snuck |
| string | strung | strung |
| bend | bent | bent |
| slide | slid | slid |
| dive | dove | dove |
| bid | bid / bade | bid / bade |
| burst | burst | burst |
| spoil | spoilt | spoilt |
| stink | stank / stunk | stunk |
| lean | leant | leant |
| shave | shaved | shaven |
| swell | swelled | swollen |
| dial | dialled | dialled |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| overcome | overcame | overcome |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| creep | crept | crept |
| spill | spilt | spilt |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk / shrunken |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| leap | leapt | leapt |
| melt | melted | molten |
| initial | initialled | initialled |
| behold | beheld | beheld |
| plead | pled | pled |
| flee | fled | fled |
| clip | clipt | clipt |
| crow | crew | crew |
| sting | stung | stung |
| breed | bred | bred |
| duel | duelled | duelled |
| shanghai | shanghai'd | shanghai'd |
| kneel | knelt | knelt |
| weep | wept | wept |
| undo | undid | undone |
| rebuild | rebuilt | rebuilt |
| slit | slit | slit |
| sew | sewed | sewn |
| thrust | thrust | thrust |
| grind | ground | ground |
| spotlight | spotlit | spotlit |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| bind | bound | bound |
| shortcut | shortcut | shortcut |
| misunderstand | misunderstood | misunderstood |
| tread | trod / tread | trod |
| fling | flung | flung |
| dwell | dwelt | dwelt |
| reset | reset | reset |
| input | input | input |
| wed | wed | wed |
| override | overrode | overridden |
| heave | hove | hove |
| sow | sowed | sown |
| rewrite | rewrote | rewritten |
| slay | slew | slain |
| withstand | withstood | withstood |
| shred | shredded | shred |
| babysit | babysat | babysat |
| abide | abode | abode |
| handshake | handshook | handshook |
Last updated: October 12, 2026 · Source of translations: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)