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