There are 2000 to 3000 verbs in English, and new ones are created all the time, especially with the use of technology, slang, and other cultural developments. 95% of these verbs are regular, following a “regular pattern” of adding d or ed to the basic verb form. Examples:

Regular Verb

  • Play – Played – Played
  • Walk – Walked – Walked
  • Talk – Talked – Talked
  • Clean – Cleaned – Cleaned
  • Cook – Cooked – Cooked
  • Jump – Jumped – Jumped
  • Open – Opened – Opened
  • Close – Closed – Closed
  • Visit – Visited – Visited
  • Watch – Watched – Watched

However, around 200 of the verbs do not follow the d / ed pattern. They are unpredictable. Learn the following irregular verbs and win a reward. 

Irregular Verbs

  • Arise – arose – arisen
  • Awake – awoke – awoken
  • Be – was/were – been
  • Bear – bore – borne/born
  • Beat – beat – beaten
  • Become – became – become
  • Begin – began – begun
  • Bend – bent – bent
  • Bet – bet – bet
  • Bid – bid – bid
  • Bite – bit – bitten
  • Bleed – bled – bled
  • Blow – blew – blown
  • Break – broke – broken
  • Bring – brought – brought
  • Broadcast – broadcast – broadcast
  • Build – built – built
  • Buy – bought – bought
  • Catch – caught – caught
  • Choose – chose – chosen
  • Cling – clung – clung
  • Come – came – come
  • Cost – cost – cost
  • Creep – crept – crept
  • Cut – cut – cut
  • Deal – dealt – dealt
  • Do – did – done
  • Draw – drew – drawn
  • Dream – dreamed/dreamt – dreamed/dreamt
  • Drink – drank – drunk
  • Drive – drove – driven
  • Eat – ate – eaten
  • Fall – fell – fallen
  • Feed – fed – fed
  • Feel – felt – felt
  • Fight – fought – fought
  • Find – found – found
  • Flee – fled – fled
  • Fly – flew – flown
  • Forget – forgot – forgotten
  • Forgive – forgave – forgiven
  • Freeze – froze – frozen
  • Get – got – gotten/got
  • Give – gave – given
  • Go – went – gone
  • Grind – ground – ground
  • Grow – grew – grown
  • Hang – hung – hung
  • Have – had – had
  • Hear – heard – heard
  • Hide – hid – hidden
  • Hit – hit – hit
  • Hold – held – held
  • Hurt – hurt – hurt
  • Keep – kept – kept
  • Kneel – knelt/kneeled – knelt/kneeled
  • Know – knew – known
  • Lay – laid – laid
  • Lead – led – led
  • Leap – leapt – leapt
  • Learn – learned/learnt – learned/learnt
  • Leave – left – left
  • Lend – lent – lent
  • Let – let – let
  • Lie – lay – lain
  • Light – lit – lit
  • Lose – lost – lost
  • Make – made – made
  • Mean – meant – meant
  • Meet – met – met
  • Melt – melted – melted/molten
  • Miss – missed – missed
  • Omit – omitted – omitted
  • Outrun – outran – outrun
  • Overcome – overcame – overcome
  • Overtake – overtook – overtaken
  • Pay – paid – paid
  • Put – put – put
  • Quit – quit – quit
  • Read – read – read (pronounced “red”)
  • Ride – rode – ridden
  • Ring – rang – rung
  • Rise – rose – risen
  • Run – ran – run
  • Say – said – said
  • See – saw – seen
  • Sell – sold – sold
  • Send – sent – sent
  • Set – set – set
  • Shake – shook – shaken
  • Shine – shone – shone
  • Shoot – shot – shot
  • Show – showed – shown
  • Shrink – shrank – shrunk
  • Shut – shut – shut
  • Sing – sang – sung
  • Sink – sank – sunk
  • Sit – sat – sat
  • Sleep – slept – slept
  • Slide – slid – slid
  • Speak – spoke – spoken
  • Spend – spent – spent
  • Spill – spilled/spilt – spilled/spilt
  • Spin – spun – spun
  • Split – split – split
  • Spread – spread – spread
  • Spring – sprang – sprung
  • Stand – stood – stood
  • Steal – stole – stolen
  • Stick – stuck – stuck
  • Strike – struck – struck
  • Swear – swore – sworn
  • Sweep – swept – swept
  • Swim – swam – swum
  • Take – took – taken
  • Teach – taught – taught
  • Tear – tore – torn
  • Tell – told – told
  • Think – thought – thought
  • Throw – threw – thrown
  • Understand – understood – understood
  • Wake – woke – woken
  • Wear – wore – worn
  • Weep – wept – wept
  • Win – won – won
  • Wind – wound – wound
  • Write – wrote – written

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