List of Irregular Verbs in English: Learn English Verbs Exercises
Good day! In this complete tutorial for beginners, they are going to learn when and how to use Irregular Verbs in English. This lesson provides list of irregular verbs in English to determine the meaning and uses. There are also list of irregular verbs in English exercises for you to practice mastering these ideas. By the end of this discussion you can have the downloadable materials which can serve as your reference in the future.
Now, to start with let us know what are irregular verbs. Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t take on the regular –d, -ed, or -ied spelling patterns of the past simple or past participle. About 70% of the time when we use a verb in English, is irregular.
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Irregular verbs can make you go crazy; but in fact, they follow some patterns.
In this lesson, you’ll learn “groups” of irregular verbs that will help you remember them better.
The first group is irregular Verbs with all 3 forms identical.
These verbs are the same in the present, past and past participle.
| Present | Past | Present perfect or past participle |
| I always put the eggs in the refrigerator. | Yesterday I put the magazines on the table. | I’ve already put the clothes in the closet. |
Verbs with all 3 forms identical
| set | put | cut |
| shut | let | cost |
| split | hurt | burst |
| spread | hit | bet |
| quit | fit |
Verbs with identical present and past participle forms
| Present | Past | Past participle |
| run | ran | run |
| become | became | become |
| come | came | come |
Next is the List of Irregular Verbs in English with -N in the past participle
4 sub – groups:
- With “o” in the past and past participle
- With “o” in the past only
- Past: -ew, past participle: -own
- Other
Verbs with -N in the past participle
Sub – group 1:
| Present | Past | Past participle |
| break | broke | broken |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| get | got | gotten |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| wake | woke | woken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| Present | Past | Past participle |
| drive | drove | driven |
| rise | rose | risen |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| write | wrote | written |
Sub – group 3:
| Present | Past | Past participle |
| fly | flew | flown |
| grow | grew | grown |
| know | knew | known |
| throw | threw | thrown |
Sub – group 4: Other
| Present | Past | Past participle |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| give | gave | given |
| see | saw | seen |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| take | took | taken |
Another List of Irregular Verbs in English which are the pronunciation changes
1. Long “e” to short “e”
| Present | Past | Past participle |
| keep | kept | kept |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| feel | felt | felt |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| feed | fed | fed |
| meet | met | met |
| lead | led | led |
2. “ea” pronounced differently
| Present | Past | Past participle |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| mean | meant | meant |
| read | read | read |
| hear | heard | heard |
3. Long “i” changes to “ou”
| Present | Past | Past participle |
| bind | bound | bound |
| find | found | found |
| grind | ground | ground |
| wind | wound | wound |
4. Short “i” changes to “u”
| Present | Past | Past participle |
| dig | dug | dug |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| spin | spun | spun |
| sting | stung | stung |
5. -ell changes to -old
Present Past Past participle
sell sold sold
tell told told
| Present | Past | Past participle |
| bring | brought | brought |
| buy | bought | bought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| fight | fought | fought |
| seek | sought | sought |
| teach | taught | taught |
| think | thought | thought |
7. Changes from “I” to “a” to “u”
| Present | Past | Past participle |
| begin | began | begun |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| ring | rang | rung |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| swim | swam | swum |
Now is the List of Completely Irregular Verbs in English
Present Past Past Participle
Am / is / are was / were been
do did done
go went gone
have had had
make made made
Summary
You learn “groups” of irregular verbs
1. Verbs with all 3 forms identical
These verbs are the same in the present, past and past participle.
2. Verbs with identical present and past participle forms
3. Verbs with -N in the past participle
Verbs with pronunciation changes
1. Long “e” to short “e”
2. “ea” pronounced differently nb
3. Long “i” changes to “ou”
4. Short “i” changes to “u”
5. -ell changes to -old
6. – ought and -aught endings
7. Changes from “I” to “a” to “u”
Completely Irregular Verbs (do, have, go, make)
Downloadable Material
Here’s the downloadable material of Tutorial on Irregular Verbs in English Learn English Verbs which provides Exercises.
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