IRREGULAR VERBS

There are many irregular verbs that don’t follow the normal rules. Here are the forms of some of the most
common irregular verbs:

3rd person singular 3rd person singular

Verb past participle present participle
present tense past tense
be is was been being
begin begins began begun beginning
bite bites bit bitten biting
break breaks broke broken breaking
buy buys bought bought buying
choose chooses chose chosen choosing
come comes came come coming
dig digs dug dug digging
do does did done doing
drink drinks drank drunk drinking
eat eats ate eaten eating
fall falls fell fallen falling
feel feels felt felt feeling
find finds found found finding
get gets got got getting
go goes went gone going
grow grows grew grown growing
have has had had having
hide hides hid hidden hiding
keep keeps kept kept keeping
know knows knew known knowing
lay lays laid laid laying
lead leads led led leading
leave leaves left left leaving
lie lies lay lain lying
lose loses lost lost losing
make makes made made making
meet meets met met meeting
put puts put put putting
read /ri:d/ reads read /red/ read /red/ reading
ride rides rode ridden riding
ring rings rang rung ringing
rise rises rose risen rising
run runs ran run running
say says said said saying
see sees saw seen seeing
sell sells sold sold selling
set sets set set setting
sing sings sang sung singing
sit sits sat sat sitting

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stand stands stood stood standing
stick sticks stuck stuck sticking
take takes took taken taking
teach teaches taught taught teaching
think thinks thought thought thinking
wake wakes woke woken waking

REGULAR VERBS LIST

There are thousands of regular verbs in English. This is a list of some 600 of the more
common regular verbs. Note that there are some spelling variations in American English
(for example, practise becomes practice in American English).

accept
amuse applaud
add
analyse (BrE) appreciate attach
admire
analyze (AmE) approve attack
admit
announce argue attempt
advise
annoy arrange attend
afford
answer arrest attract
agree
apologise arrive avoid
alert
appear ask
allow

back beg boil

branch
bake behave bolt
breathe
balance belong bomb
bruise
ban bleach book
brush
bang bless bore
bubble
bare blind borrow
bump
bat blink bounce
burn
bathe blot bow
bury
battle blush box
buzz
beam boast brake

calculate choke compare cough

call chop compete count
camp claim complain cover
care clap complete crack
carry clean concentrate crash
carve clear concern crawl
cause clip confess cross
challenge close confuse crush
change coach connect cry

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charge coil consider cure
chase collect consist curl
cheat colour contain curve
check comb continue cycle
cheer command copy
chew communicate correct

dam deliver disapprove

damage depend disarm
dress
dance describe discover
drip
dare desert dislike
drop
decay deserve divide
drown
deceive destroy double
drum
decide detect doubt
dry
decorate develop drag
dust
delay disagree drain
delight disappear dream

earn end excite

educate enjoy excuse
explain
embarrass enter exercise
explode
employ entertain exist
extend
empty escape expand
encourage examine expect

face fetch flash

fade file float force
fail fill flood form
fancy film flow found
fasten fire flower frame
fax fit fold frighten
fear fix follow fry
fence flap fool

gather grab grin

guard
gaze grate grip
guess
glow grease groan
guide
glue greet guarantee

hammer harm heat

hand hate help hug
handle haunt hook hum
hang head hop hunt
happen heal hope hurry
harass heap hover

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identify increase intend
ignore influence interest
invite
imagine inform interfere
irritate
impress inject interrupt
itch
improve injure introduce
include instruct invent

jail jog joke juggle

jam join judge jump

kick kiss knit

knot
kill kneel knock

label learn lighten load

land level like lock
last license list long
laugh lick listen look
launch lie live love