Irregular verbs
When it comes to irregular verbs, the best option is just to memorize them. Here’s a list of 25 of the most common irregular verbs in the English language. While we cannot make a comprehensive list of all irregular verbs, this list serves as a good jumping-off point.
As a reminder of how these verbs forms sound in a sentence:
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Ex
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I need to begin my homework. (Infinitive) |
| I began my homework. (Past simple) | |
| I had begun my homework. (Past participle) |
| Infinitive | Past simple | Past participle |
| Be | Was/were | Been |
| Become | Became | Become |
| Begin | Began | Begun |
| Choose | Chose | Chosen |
| Come | Came | Come |
| Do | Did | Done |
| Eat | Ate | Eaten |
| Feel | Felt | Felt |
| Fly | Flew | Flown |
| Forget | Forgot | Forgotten |
| Get | Got | UK: got USA: gotten |
| Go | Went | Gone |
| Have | Had | Had |
| Leave | Left | Left |
| Make | Made | Made |
| Meet | Met | Met |
| Pay | Paid | Paid |
| Put | Put | Put |
| Read (pronounced "reed") | Read (pronounced "red") | Read (pronounced "red") |
| Say | Said | Said |
| Sell | Sold | Sold |
| Sing | Sang | Sung |
| Sit | Sat | Sat |
| Think | Thought | Thought |