Common Irregular Verbs in English

What are regular verbs in English?

Before discussing irregular verbs, we need to know what regular verbs are. With regular verbs in English, we form the past tense and past participle by adding –ed to the end of the word. For example:

Regular verbs are the simple types of verbs to use in the past tenses. And the good news is that most verbs in English are regular verbs. But, some of the verbs we use in everyday speech are irregular, so we need to learn them.

What are irregular verbs in English?

Irregular verbs in English do not use –ed to form the past tense and the past participle. About 200 irregular verbs are commonly used, meaning we use them often. And the 12 most frequently used verbs in English are irregular. So, if you’re looking for somewhere to start, you definitely need to learn them.

Four categories of irregular verbs

• Irregular verbs with the same base form, past tense and past participle
• Irregular verbs with the same base form and past participle
• Irregular verbs with the same past tense and past participle
• Irregular verbs with a different base form, past tense and past participle

How to learn irregular verbs

Wouldn’t it be great if there were an easy way to learn or remember the irregular verbs in English? Unfortunately, and possibly you know this already, there isn’t. The only way to learn irregular verbs in English is by memorising them.

The good news is that we made it easier for you with our Vocabulary Builder. Please follow the path below:

• Go to Select one of the demo dictionaries .
• Select the General English category and choose Irregular Verbs List.
• Now, you are ready to memorise irregular verbs.

We recommend using three exercises: Word Carousel, Flashcards and Spelling Practice. If you follow this subsequence, you will see significant progress in memorising these verbs.

Below is the list of the most used irregular words in English.