The verb is the king of the English language. Even the shortest sentence always contains a verb. Conversely, a verb can be used to make a sentence in one word, for example “ Stop!” (“Stop!”).
Verbs are sometimes called "action words". This is partly true. Many verbs convey the idea of action, "doing" something - for example, " run” (to run), “ fight” (fight), “ do" (do), " work" (work).
But some verbs have the meaning not of action, but of existence, not of “doing”, but of “being”. These are verbs like " be" (to be), " exist" (exist), " seem” (seem), “ belong” (to belong).
The subject is attached to the verb as a predicate. So, in the sentence Mary speaks English” (“Mary speaks English”) Mary- subject, and verb speaks- predicate.
Thus, we can say that verbs are words that explain what the subject is doing ( does) or what/what is ( is) and describe:
- action (" John plays football- "John plays football");
- condition (" Ashley seems kind"Ashley seems kind."
Verbs in English have one feature. Most words of other parts of speech - , etc. - do not change (although nouns have singular and plural forms). But almost all verbs change in grammatical forms. For example, the verb " to work” (“work”) five forms:
- to work, work, works, worked, working
Note, however, that this is not much compared to languages in which one verb can have 30 or more forms (for example, Hungarian) - if you started learning verbs in , you can breathe a sigh of relief.
100 main verbs in English
The following is a list of 100 basic English verbs. it will be useful to learn these most popular verbs of the English language first of all. The verbs in the table are given in descending order of frequency of use:
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have (to have) |
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do (do) |
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say (to speak) |
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get (receive) |
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make (do) |
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know (to know) |
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think (think) |
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take (take) |
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see (see) |
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come (come) |
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want (want) |
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use (use) |
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find (find) |
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give (give) |
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tell (to tell) |
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work (work) |
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call (to call; call) |
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try (try) |
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ask (ask; ask) |
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need (need) |
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feel (feel) |
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become (become) |
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leave (leave) |
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put (put; put) |
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mean (mean) |
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keep (keep) |
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let (allow) |
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begin (begin) |
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seem (seem) |
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help (help) |
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show (show) |
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hear (hear) |
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play (play) |
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run (run) |
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move (move) |
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believe (believe) |
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bring (bring) |
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happen (happen) |
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write (write) |
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sit (to sit) |
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stand (stand) |
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lose (lose) |
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pay (pay) |
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meet (meet) |
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include (include) |
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continue (continue) |
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set (set) |
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learn (teach) |
learned / learned |
learned / learned |
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change (change) |
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lead (lead) |
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understand (understand) |
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watch (watch) |
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follow (follow) |
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stop (stop) |
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create (create) |
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speak (to speak) |
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spend (spend) |
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grow (grow) |
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open (open) |
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win (win) |
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teach (teach) |
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offer (offer) |
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remember (remember) |
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appear (appear) |
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buy (buy) |
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serve (serve) |
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die (to die) |
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send (send) |
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build (build) |
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stay (stay) |
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fall (fall) |
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cut (cut) |
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reach (reach) |
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kill (kill) |
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raise (raise) |
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pass (pass) |
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sell (sell) |
Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for shameless and daring cramming! This is how you can remember the most common irregular verbs (irregular verbs) with pronunciation, which we have carefully selected for you, just like the leaves of the best teas are selected. Autumn is in full swing - brew some gulls and go over 3 forms of irregular verbs with you. Let's go!
Good to know that some of these verbs have the same spelling and pronunciation of all 3 forms, but there is also an insidious verb read, 2 and 3 whose form is read . So pay attention! And don't screw this up!
Basic irregular verbs with the same forms
So, at first it will be much easier to remember the aforementioned irregular verbs of the English language than to cram everything in a row. Here they are:
bet bet
burst explode)
cast cast a shadow, cast a shadow
cost cost, value
cut cut
fit fit (about clothes)
hit hit, hit
hurt hurt, injure, injure
let allow, allow
put put, put
quit leave, leave
rid deliver
set install, install, set up
Shed[ʃed] to shed (tears)
shit crap
shut[ʃʌt] to close
slit cut
split divide, split, split
spread spread
wet wet
In general, there are as many as 638 irregular verbs in the English language. But, fortunately, about 200+ are mainly used, and 100 of them are the most popular. Of course, you can learn all 638 and write a bestseller or retell Shakespeare in English. But do you really need that?
3 more verbs, the 1st and 3rd forms of which are the same:
come came come come
become became become become
run ran run run away
Ways to form irregular verbs
So easy! If the verb in Past Simple and Past Participle does not have the ending "- ed"(I felt / she has forgiven) - then he wrong, that is, verbs forming the form Past Simple and Past Participle do not add an ending «- ed» to the infinitive, and are formed in other wonderful ways.
These are, for example:
- change root vowels on the " o» and adding graduation to 3 form:
break[breɪk] br o ke br o k en["brəuk (ə) n] (c) break
choose ch o se ch o se n["tʃəuz (ə) n] choose
forget forg o t forg o t ten forget
freeze fr o ze fr o ze n freeze, freeze
get g o t gott en["gɔtn] receive
speak sp o kesp o ke n["spəuk(ə)n] talk
steal st o le st o le n["stəulən] steal
tear t o re t o r n tear
wake w o ke w o ke n["wəuk(ə)n] wake up
wear w o re w o r n put on
- change root vowels on the " o» only in 2 verb form:
drive dr o ve driven ["drɪv(ə)n] drive
ride r o de ridden ["rɪd(ə)n] to ride
rise r o se risen ["rɪz(ə)n] to rise
write wr o te written ["rɪt(ə)n] write
- Appearance during 2 form graduation «- ew", and in 3 — «- own»
blow bl ew bl own blow
fly fl ew fl own fly
grow gr ew gr own grow, grow
know kn ew kn own know
throw[θrəu] thr ew[θru:] thr own[θrəun] to throw
- Changing endings 2 and 3 forms on the "- ought" and "- aught»
bring br ought br ought bring
buy b ought b ought buy
catch c aught c aught catch
fight f ought f ought fight
seek s ought s ought search
teach t aught t aught teach
think[θɪŋk]th ought[θɔ:t]th ought[θɔ:t] to think
- Change " ee" on the " e» in 2 and 3 verb form + pronunciation change
keep k e pt k e pt keep
sleep sl e pt sl e pt sleep
feel f e lt f e lt feel
bleed bl e dbl e d bleed
feed f e df e d feed
meet m e t m e t meet
lead l e d l e d lead
- Vowel alternation at the root of the word in all 3 forms according to the principle " i-a-u»:
begin beg a n run u n start
drink dr a nk dr u nk drink
ring r a ng-r u ng call
shrink[ʃrɪŋk] shr a nk [ʃræŋk] shr u nk [ʃrʌŋk] shrink
sing s a ngs u ng sing
sink s a nks u nk sink, sink
spring spr a ng spr u ng appear, jump out
swim sw a m sw u m swim
- And now! The most wrong English verbs at all! They are so wrong that Dr. Evil himself (from the Austin Powers movies) would be shocked! They defy explanation and logic, they do what they want, in a word, they are simply destroyers of the system! But what are the necessary and useful:
be was/were been to be, to be
do did done do
go went gone go
have had had have
make made made do, make
- Is there some more wrong and at the same time correct verbs, such verbs-shifters. Check it out!
| VERB | 2 FORM | 3 FORM | TRANSLATION |
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| bereave | bereft/bereaved | deprive | |
| bet | bet/betted | bet/betted | bet |
| broadcast["brɔ:dkɑ:st] | broadcast/broadcasted |
broadcast/broadcasted |
broadcast, transmit |
| burn | burned/burnt |
burned/burnt |
burn, burn |
| bust | busted/bust |
busted/bust |
round up |
| chide | chided/chid |
chided/chidden |
scold |
| clothes | clothed/clad |
clothed/clad |
dress |
| crow | crew/crowed |
crowed | crow, cheer squawk, laugh |
| dive | dived/dove |
dived | dive |
| dream | dreamed/dreamt |
dreamed/dreamt |
dream, dream |
| forecast["fɔ:kɑ:st] | forecast/forecasted ["fɔ:kɑ:st/"fɔ:kɑ:sted] |
forecast/forecasted ["fɔ:kɑ:st/"fɔ:kɑ:sted] |
to predict the weather) make a prediction |
| gild | gild/gilded |
gild/gilded |
gild gild |
| gird | girt/girded | girt/girded | surround, tighten (belt) attach a sword to a belt |
| hamstring["hæmstrɪŋ] | hamstring/hamstring ["hæmstrɪŋd/"hæmstrʌŋ] |
hamstring/hamstring ["hæmstrɪŋd/"hæmstrʌŋ] |
cut, mutilate |
| lean | leaned/leant |
leaned/leant |
tilt) bend |
| leap | leapt/leaped |
leapt/leaped |
jump, jump |
| learn | learned/learnt |
learned/learnt |
to study) |
| light | lit/lighted |
lit/lighted |
kindle, illuminate |
| shrive[ʃraɪv] | shrove/shrived [ʃrəuv/ʃraɪvd] |
shriven/shrived ["ʃrɪv(ə)n/ʃraɪvd] |
confess repent |
| spell | spell/spelled |
spell/spelled |
pronounce or spell to bewitch, to speak |
| spill | spilt/spilled |
spilt/spilled |
spill, spill spill, spill |
| spoilv | spoiled/spoiled |
spoiled/spoiled |
(is) spoil |
| thrive[θraɪv] | Throw/thrived [θrəuv/θraɪvd] |
thriven/thrived ["θrɪv(ə)n/θraɪvd] |
prosper thrive |
| wake | woke/waked |
woken/waked ["wəuk(ə)n/weɪkt] |
wake up |
We recommend that you memorize the form that is most familiar to you. After all, even the verb work"has irregular Past Indefinite and Past Participle forms (in both cases wrought), but it is outdated and almost never used. Create your own lists of irregular verbs and organize them into categories that are convenient for you to remember. And everything will be just fine!
100 most popular irregular verbs in English
| Infinitive | past simple | Past Participle | Translation |
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| be | was/were | been | to be, to be |
| beat | beat | beaten | beat, beat |
| become | became | become | become |
| be | was/were | been | to be, to be |
| begin | started | begun | start off |
| bend | bent | bent | bend |
| bet | bet | bet | bet |
| bite | bit | bitten | bite |
| blow | blew | blown | blow, exhale |
| break | broke | broken | break, smash destroy |
| bring | brought | brought | bring, bring deliver |
| build | built | built | build, construct |
| buy | bought | bought | buy, acquire |
| catch | caught | caught | catch, catch grab |
| choose | chose | chosen | choose, elect |
| come | came | come | come, approach |
| cost | cost | cost | cost, cost |
| cut | cut | cut | cut, cut |
| deal | dealt | dealt | deal, distribute |
| dig | arc | arc | dig, dig |
| do | did | done | do, perform |
| draw | drew | drawn | draw, draw |
| drink | drank | drunk | drink |
| drive | drove | driven | drive, drive |
| eat | ate | eaten | eat, absorb eat |
| fall | fell | fallen | fall |
| feed | fed | fed | feed |
| feel | felt | felt | feel, feel |
| fight | fought | fought | fight, fight fight |
| find | found | found | find, discover |
| fly | flew | flown | fly |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | forget about (something) |
| be | was/were | been | to be, to be |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven | forgive |
| freeze | frozen | frozen | freeze, freeze |
| get | got | got | receive, reach |
| give | gave | given | give, donate, bestow |
| go | went | gone | go, move |
| grow | grew | grown | grow up, grow up |
| hang | hung | hung | hang up, hang up hang |
| have | had | had | to have, to possess |
| hear | heard | heard | hear, hear |
| hide | hidden | hidden | hide, hide |
| hit | hit | hit | hit, hit |
| hold | held | held | hold, hold detain |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | hurt, bruise to cause a pain |
| keep | kept | kept | store, save support |
| know | knew | known | know, have an idea |
| lay | laid | laid | put cover |
| lead | led | led | lead, accompany lead |
| leave | left | left | leave, leave leave, leave |
| lend | lent | lent | lend to lend (to lend) |
| let | let | let | allow, allow |
| lie | lay | lain | lie |
| light | lit | lit | ignite, glow illuminate |
| lose | lost | lost | to lose, be deprived lose |
| make | made | made | do, create make |
| mean | meant | meant | mean, mean mean |
| meet | met | met | meet, meet |
| pay | paid | paid | pay, pay pay off |
| put | put | put | put, place put |
| read | read | read | read, read |
| ride | rode | ridden | ride, ride |
| ring | rank | rung | call, call |
| rise | rose | rising | ascend, get up get up |
| run | ran | run | run, run |
| say | said | said | speak, say pronounce |
| see | saw | seen | see |
| seek | sought | sought | seek, look for |
| sell | sold | sold | sell, trade |
| send | sent | sent | send, send send |
| set | set | set | set, set assign |
| shake | shook | shaken | shake, shake |
| shine | shone | shone | shine, shine, illumine |
| shoot | shot | shot | fire |
| show | showed | shown/showed | show |
| shut | shut | shut | close, lock shut |
| sing | sang | sung | sing, hum |
| sink | sank | sunk | sink, submerge |
| sit | sat | sat | sit, sit down |
| sleep | slept | slept | sleep |
| speak | spoke | spoken | speak, talk speak out |
| spend | spent | spent | spend, spend spend time) |
| stand | stood | stood | stand |
| steal | stole | stolen | steal, steal |
| stick | stuck | stuck | stick |
| strike | struck | struck/stricken | hit, hit hit |
| wear | swore | sworn | swear, swear |
| sweep | swept | swept | revenge/sweep brush away |
| swim | swam | swum | swim/sail |
| swing | swung | swung | swing, spin |
| take | took | taken | take, grab, take |
| teach | taught | taught | teach, teach |
| tear | tore | torn | tear, rip off |
| tell | told | told | tell |
| think | thought | thought | think, think meditate |
| throw | threw | thrown | throw, throw throw |
| understand | understood | understood | understand, comprehend |
| wake | woke | woken | wake up, wake up |
| wear | wore | worn | wear clothes) |
| win | won | won | win, win |
| write | wrote | written | write, write down |
memory game
We are talking about the analogy of the card "fool". Irregular verbs in English are written on the cards, each form is on a separate card. There are about 20 verbs in one deck, these are 60 cards. The players are dealt 6 cards. The one who has the initial form of the verb goes first. The next one must put the first or second form of this verb, or another verb in the initial form. For example: the first player makes a move with "go", the second must put "went" or "gone", or another verb in the initial form, for example, "come". Further - by analogy. There is also a joker - this is a verb in which all forms are the same, for example "hit-hit-hit". With the Joker, you can change the top card, that is, order the form of the verb that the owner of the Joker needs. If there are no suitable cards, then you need to take from the deck until you get one. The deck is sorted out to the end, and the one who has no cards left wins. The game is going "hooray"! Try it!
We hope that learning English irregular verbs will now be easier! And so that you have no doubts, we invite you to take a trial lesson! Don't be shy ;)
Big and friendly family EnglishDom
In about 70% of the cases when we want to explain ourselves in another language, do we need to use an irregular verb (irregular verb)? Even if you are completely sure that you understand the basics of English grammar and at least somehow understand the basic tenses, you still experience a headache when studying them.
Most words follow the same rule (that's why they are called correct) - add the ending -ed to the verb and you get the past tense: "I work, and yesterday I work ed"("I work, and yesterday I worked").
More than 190 English verbs are called irregular because they do not lend themselves to any norms. It could be worse, because until the 12th century there were three times as many of them in Old English. Through the years, under the influence of a group of Indo-European languages, English has become noticeably simpler.
Such words do not change in the same way as the correct ones, because they obey the norms of the language according to the old model. In other words, such irregular verbs are just "fragments" of a long-forgotten past. Why did they survive? According to the versions of eminent linguists, this is due to the frequency of their use. The younger generation of English speakers can't seem to forget the pattern. If the word begins to be rarely used, then it is separated from its archaic form, and step by step it begins to go over to the side of the "Jedi", that is, the correct verbs.
Verbs with a creak become "like everyone else." In various English-speaking countries, this phenomenon does not occur simultaneously, so a complete list of them all is not available.
For all American English lovers, we have prepared a list of where they are correct in American English and incorrect in British. Of course, not all of the words below are in the TOP 100.
6 basic forms and what they are eaten with
Let's get acquainted with the basic forms of the verb, which predetermine the entire aspect-temporal system of the English language. They will be shown in the table below with the correct mix (mix) and the wrong fly (fly).
We will not carefully describe each, because you want to see a list of a hundred irregular verbs. Moreover, we are only interested in two of them: the past and the past participle. But first, let's do a very brief overview of the other four.
Basic
This is literally its kind in the dictionary. Let's say you found the word swam (floated, swam), opened the dictionary to see what it means. To continue your search, instead of a translation, the dictionary will give a link to the base form - sing (to sing).
real
It is born directly from the base, with the exception of to be (to be, located). The main difference between base and present is that in the 3rd person singular, the ending -s or -es is added to the base. For example, take (take, take) - takes (takes).
Infinitives
They are used as an addition to certain words that answer the question "what to do." For example: "I want to see your friends." (I want see your friends)
Present participle
Most often, participles are used after to be (to be, is located) in long times (progressive tenses): “I’m flying to Prague tomorrow.” (I'm flying to Prague tomorrow)
past
It is used exclusively in the most "simple" tense - Past Simple (past simple). As mentioned a little above, there are only two types: correct and incorrect.
The correct one is built by adding the ending -ed to the base (or just -d if the base ends in -e):
Everyone is used to looking for the wrong one in English textbooks in the second column. Some patterns exist, for example:
We invite you to look for patterns from our list of 100 irregular verbs of the English language in order to learn and love them faster.
Past participle
It also has two types of participles, like the past. See above.
Proper participles are formed by adding the ending -ed to the base. In order to distinguish between the participle and the past, you need to remember that the past can be used on its own, and the participle only after to be (to be, be) or have (to have).
Irregular past participles are also unpredictable. They look for it in textbooks in the third column, hence the name "the third form of an irregular verb." Fortunately, a third of irregular participles end in -en or simply -n:
| Basic form | Past participle |
| choose (choose) | chosen (chosen) |
| see (see) | seen (seen) |
Usually past participles are used in perfect tenses with the helper word have: "I have already chosen this suit." (I have already chosen this suit).
TOP 100
So, we got to the most delicious topic in the article. The next 100 "irregular words" were divided into two groups: simple (1 - 50) and complex (51 - 100), they also contain transcription.
Why exactly them? They were chosen based on their syntactic and semantic richness. This means that they are the main link in the construction of stable and authentic phrases.
The verb to be is the #1 helper for continuous tenses and for forming the passive voice. Therefore, it is he who is in the first place in the plate. All verbs in the table are given in alphabetical order, with translation and transcription in square brackets […].
| Base form-past participle | Translation | Basic form | Translation |
| 1. be-was/were-been | to be | 51. arise [əraiz] - arose - arisen | arise (question) |
| 2. bend-bent-bent | bend | 52. bear-bore-born | endure |
| 3. bet-bet-bet | bet | 53. bide - bade - bided | wait |
| 4. blow-blew-blown | blow | 54. cast-cast-cast | toss |
| 5. buy-bought-bought | buy | 55. creep - crept - crept | crawl |
| 6.choose-choose-chosen | to choose | 56. deal-dealt-dealt | to deal with |
| 7. come-came-come | come | 57. dig-dug-dug | dig |
| 8. do-did-done | do | 58. feed - fed - fed | feed |
| 9. drink-drank-drunk | drink | 59. forbid - forbade - forbidden | forbid |
| 10. drive - drove - driven | drive | 60. forsake - forsook - forsaken | break the habit |
| 11. eat - ate - eaten | eat | 61. freeze-froze-frozen | freeze |
| 12. fall - fell - fallen | fall | 62. grind-ground-ground | grind |
| 13. feel - felt - felt | feel | 63. hang-hung-hung | hang |
| 14. find - found - found | find | 64. hide-hid-hidden | hide |
| 15. fly - flew - flown | fly | 65. hold - held - held | Keep |
| 16. forget-forgot-forgotten | forget | 66. hurt - hurt - hurt | to cause a pain |
| 17. get - got - got | receive | 67. lead - led - led | to lead |
| 18. give - gave - given | give | 68. lay-lay-lain | lie |
| 19. go - went - gone | go | 69. mean - meant - meant | keep in mind |
| 20. have - had - had | have | 70. ride - rode - ridden | to ride) |
| 21. hear - heard - heard | hear | 71. ring-rang-rung | call |
| 22. keep - kept - kept | Keep | 72. rise-rose-risen | get up |
| 23. know | know | 73. saw [ˈsɔː] - sawed - sawn | sew |
| 24.leave-left-left | leave | 74. seek - sought - sought | search |
| 25. lend - lent - lent | lend | 75. set - set - set | install |
| 26. let-let-let | let | 76. shake [ʃeɪk] - shook - shaken | shake |
| 27. lose - lost - lost | lose, lose | 77. shave [ʃeɪv] - shaved - shaven | to shave |
| 28. make-made-made | do | 78. shine [ʃain] - shone - shone | shine |
| 29. meet-met-met | meet | 79. shoot [ʃut] - shot - shot | fire |
| 30. pay-paid-paid | to pay | 80. show [ʃou] showed - shown | show |
| 31. put - put - put | put | 81. sink - sank - sunk | drown |
| 32. read - read - read | read | 82. slide - slide - slide | slide |
| 33. run - run - run | run | 83. slink-slunk-slunk | steal |
| 34. say - said - said | talk something | 84. slit - slit - slit | cut |
| 35. see - saw - seen | see | 85. sneak-snuck-snuck | steal |
| 36. sing-sang-sung | sing | 86. speed - speed - speed | rush |
| 37. sleep - slept - slept | sleep | 87. spin - spun - spun | spin |
| 38. speak | speak some language | 88. spit - spit - spit | spit |
| 39. stand - stood - stood | stand | 89. split-split-split | break apart |
| 40. swim - swam - swum | to swim | 90. spread - spread - spread | spread |
| 41. take - took - taken | take | 91.steal - stole - stolen | steal |
| 42. teach - taught - taught | teach | 92. stick - stuck - stuck | stick |
| 43. tell - told - told | tell someone | 93. stink-stank-stunk | stink |
| 44. think [θɪŋk] - thought - thought | think | 94. strike - struck - stricken | strike |
| 45. understand [ˌʌndər'stænd] - understood - understood | understand | 95. striving - striving - striving | try |
| 46. wear-worn-worn | wear clothes) | 96. swear | swear |
| 47. write - wrote - written | write | 97. swept-swept-swept | sweep |
| 48. sit-sit-sit | sit | 98. tear [ˈtɪə] - tore - torn | tear |
| 49. sell - sold - sold | sell | 99. throw [θrəʊ] - threw - thrown | throw |
| 50. spend-spent-spent | spend | 100. uphold [ʌpˈhəʊld] - upheld - uphold | support |
There are a huge number of languages in the world. Why is English so popular? The rate of spread of English is influenced by its good structure and simplicity. However, in this universal language there are phenomena that go beyond logic - these are irregular verbs.
These words come from the general rules for the formation of English verbs, and ordinary cramming is the only way to learn them, since there is still no universal method for memorizing them quickly. Irregular verbs just need to be remembered and that's it. This is very inconvenient when mastering the language, but you cannot do without these 450-480 words, or rather, without the 100-150 most high-frequency irregular verbs.
In simple terms, irregular verbs are "free-spirited rebel verbs." Moreover, they “rise” only in complex temporary constructions in the future and present, as well as in sentences with past tenses. Fortunately, in the simple future and present, these words are no different from regular verbs.
All verbs in English are conjugated within 3-4 forms. As for irregular verbs, they are of interest to us only in cases of forms 2 and 3 - the verb and the participle in the past tense.
And here a completely logical question arises, how to determine the verb is correct or incorrect? And there are no clear rules here either. You will first have to learn a table of irregular English verbs, consisting of at least 100 words. And those words that are not on the list will be correct. That's all grammar!
At first glance, everything seems simple. But the table contains 100 words, and each has 3 forms: infinitive, past tense and participle, therefore, you will have to learn at least 300 irregular verbs. But this is not all, but only the most used! This fact will undoubtedly subdue the ardor of those who decided to conquer the table at a time.
But if you download this table and constantly repeat the words, use them in speech, then you will understand that everything is not so scary. The main thing here is a great desire and a little diligence and patience. The more often you use these 100, or rather 300 irregular verbs in speech, the more reliably and quickly they will settle in your memory.
Table of 100 irregular verbs
(You can download and print this table or save it on your computer and repeat it from time to time)
table of irregular verbs |
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Indefinite form (Infinitive) | Simple Past (Past Simple) | Communion II (Past Participle) | Translation into Russian |
| arise [ə"raiz] | arose [ə"rəuz] | arisen [ə "riz (ə) n] | Arise, appear |
| awake [ə"weik] | awoke [ə"wəuk] | awoken [ə"wəukən] | wake up |
| be | were, were | been | To be |
| bear | bore | born | Wear |
| beat | beat | beaten ["bi:tn] | Beat |
| become | became | become | Become |
| begin | started | begun | Start off |
| bend | bent | bent | Bend; bend |
| bet | bet | bet | Bet |
| bind | bound | bound | To knit; bind |
| bite | bit | bitten["bitn] | Bite, sting |
| bleed | bled | bled | Bleed |
| blow | blew | blown | Blow |
| break | broke | broken ["brouk(e)n] | Break |
| breed | bred | bred | Bring up |
| bring | brought | brought | Bring |
| broadcast ["brɔ:dka:st] | broadcast ["brɔ:dka:st] | broadcast ["brɔ:dka:st] | Broadcast, broadcast |
| browbeat ["braubi:t] | browbeaten ["braubi:tn] | browbeaten ["braubi:tn] | Intimidate, intimidate |
| build | built | built | Build |
| burn | burnt | burnt | burn |
| burst | burst | burst | Break out |
| bust | bust | bust | Break down, destroy |
| buy | bought | bought | Buy |
| catch | caught | caught | catch, seize, catch |
| choose | chose [ʃəuz] | chosen | To choose |
| come | came | come | Come |
| cost | cost | cost | Cost |
| creep | crept | crept | Crawl |
| cut | cut | cut | Cut |
| do | did | done | Do |
| draw | drew | drawn | draw, drag |
| dream | dream | dream | Dream, nap |
| drink | drank | drunk | Drink |
| drive | drove | driven ["driven] | drive |
| eat | ate | eaten ["i:tn] | There is |
| fall | fell | fallen ["fɔ:lən] | Fall |
| feed | fed | fed | Feed |
| feel | felt | felt | Feel |
| fight | fought | fought | Fight |
| find | found | found | Find |
| fit | fit | fit | Fit to size |
| fly | flew | flown | Fly |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | Forget |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven | Forgive |
| freeze | frozen | frozen ["frouzn] | Freeze |
| get[get] | got | got | Receive |
| give | gave | given | giving |
| go | went | gone | Go |
| grow | grew | grown | Grow |
| hang | hung | hung | hang, hang |
| have | had | had | Have |
| hear | heard | heard | Hear |
| hide | hidden | hidden ["hidden] | Hide |
| hit | hit | hit | hit the target |
| hold | held | held | Hold |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | Hurt |
| keep | kept | kept | Contain |
| kneel | knelt | knelt | Kneel |
| know | knew | known | Know |
| lay | laid | laid | put |
| lead | led | led | News |
| lean | lean | lean | Tilt |
| learn | learned | learned | Learn |
| leave | left | left | Leave |
| lend | lent | lent | borrow |
| let | let | let | Let |
| lie | lay | lain | Lie |
| light | lit | lit | illuminate |
| lose | lost | lost | Lose |
| make | made | made | Produce |
| mean | meant | meant | To mean |
| meet | met | met | Meet |
| mistake | mistook | mistaken | make mistakes |
| pay | paid | paid | To pay |
| prove | proved | proven | Prove |
| put | put | put | Put |
| quit | quit | quit | go out |
| read | read | read | Read |
| ride | rode | ridden ["ridn] | ride a horse |
| ring | rank | rung | Ring |
| rise | rose | risen ["rizn] | Get up |
| run | ran | run | run |
| say | said | said | Talk |
| see | saw | seen | See |
| seek | sought | sought | Search |
| sell | sold | sold | Sell |
| send | sent | sent | Send |
| set | set | set | Put |
| sew | sewed | sewn | Sew |
| shake [ʃeik] | shook [ʃuk] | shaken ["ʃeik (ə)n] | Shake |
| show [ʃəu] | showed [ʃəud] | shown [ʃəun] | Show |
| shrink [ʃriŋk] | shrank [ʃræŋk] | shrunk [ʃrʌŋk] | Reduce |
| shut [ʃʌt] | shut [ʃʌt] | shut [ʃʌt] | Close |
| sing | sang | sung | Sing |
| sink | sank, sunk | sunk | Drown |
| sit | sat | sat | Sit |
| sleep | slept | slept | Sleep |
| slide | slide | slide | Slide |
| sow | sowed | sown | Sow |
| speak | spoke | spoken ["spouk (e)n] | Talk |
Continued in the article
Oh, those irregular verbs! How much torment and doubt, how much confusion! It seems to be impossible to remember. And no matter how you try to do it “on the forehead”, you simply can’t come up with a better poetic form for remembering various schemes. Of course, it’s far from the first, but Eugene (Eugene) Papusha wrote a very light and harmonious rhyme to help students.
The poem is more than twenty years old, it was written to help my little son, who was learning verbs. The game technique (a point for a correct answer, a point for an incorrect one) and rhyming stanzas did their job, a five-year-old boy learned 300 verbs in a day!
Save and enjoy!
1. The sea argues with a light breeze,
storm arise, arose, arisen (to rise, arise)
2. Know everything - the verb to be
in childhood was, were, been (to be)
3. He was born wrong.
Don't forget: bear, bore, born (give birth, bear)
4. If "come" is pressed against "be" -
the word will be new to us,
how to become, became, become (to do, become)
5. If "be" has "gun" -
bully bully
suddenly begin, began, begun - (begin (s)
6. There is no benefit from cigarettes -
they are the body bend, bent, bent - (bend)
7. Regret will not stop
those who are with them bind, bound, bound (bind)
8. If the hive is teased -
bees hurt bite, bit, bit (bite (sya)
9. We urgently need to go to the infirmary
if the wound bleed, bled, bled (bleed)
10. I will not reveal a secret,
what the wind blow, blew, blown (blow)
11. There are deadlines for everything in life:
everything once break, broke, broken - (c) break)
12. I will give you one piece of advice:
children need to breed, bred, bred (breed)
13. The stewardess carries tea -
in English bring, brought, brought (to bring)
14. Those who built, do not forget
about verbs: build, built, built (to build)
15. Fire gives warmth to everyone
because burn, burnt, burnt (burn)
16. It's just a joke -
everything you need buy, bought, bought (buy)
17. and not poor get, got, got. (receive, become, become)
18. Life will not give that good,
who is in trouble for you cast, cast, cast (throw, pour metal)
19. A lazy fat cat is sleeping,
he doesn’t catch mice, caught, caught (catch, grab)
20. In life, the choice is often difficult.
how can we still choose, chose, chosen? (to choose)
21. Everyone will not be happy with you
if often come, came, come (come)
22. For the rich - no question:
How much is cost, cost, cost? (cost)
23. There is a ritual in the East...
The word to cut is cut, cut, cut (cut)
24. Pit don't swarm others, eccentric,
and don't dig, dug, dug (dig)
25. My son took a large cardboard
and a picture draw, drew, drawn (draw, drag)
26. Ladies will have a waist,
if charging do, did, done (do)
27. The esthete always says:
how beautiful dream, dream, dream! (to dream, to dream)
28. He who drinks is not a fool,
loves the word drink, drank, drunk (to drink)
29. If you drove a car,
you know drive, drove, driven (drive, drive)
30. If the husband came angry -
let eat - eat, ate, eaten (eat)
31. Everyone will be dissatisfied,
if it hurts fall, fell, fallen (fall)
32. Our cat Pussy-Kat
Baby loves feed, fed, fed (feed)
33. The poet feels with his heart ...
This word feel, felt, felt (feel)
34. Any people on Earth
for freedom fight, fought, fought (fight)
35. Found a boxer knockout.
This word is find, found, found (find)
36. Don't fool around, my advice,
so that later you don’t flee, fled, fled (to run, to escape)
37. To all the Rollingstones countries
by plane fly, flew, flown (fly)
38. and their talent grow, grew, grown (grow, become)
39. Call home from work
I forget, forgot, forgotten (to forget)
40. So that your friends do not forget you -
in debt is not worth give, gave, given (give)
41. Who is born as a postman -
day and night go, went, gone (go, walk, leave)
42. If there is a flaw on the wall -
you picture hang, hung, hung (hang, hang)
43. You are always a poet in your soul,
if the soul have, had, had (to have)
44. Sound went flying...
This is hear, heard, heard (hear)
45. The treasure is not visible to the robber
because hide, hid, hidden (hide)
46. Hire a convertible
allow - let, let, let (allow)
47. Who stole the convertible?
Hey, hold, hold, held, held! (Keep)
48. To everyone who loves the sound of coins -
money in the bank keep, kept, kept (keep)
49. How to make a crafty clown laugh.
knows know, knew and known (to know)
50. Animal footprint in the snow
you to the lair lead, led, led (lead)
51. It's been a year now
I am English learn, learned, learned (to learn)
52. The frigate is waiting, yearning, the bollard ...
Port ship leave, left, left (leave)
53. Can someone buy coins for bread
me some lend, lent, lent? (to lend)
54. A match with an asterisk burns,
if the match is light, lit, lit (light)
55. Bill, keep your nose in the wind -
the scent is dangerous lose, lost, lost (to lose)
56. We have lunch for 100 people,
livelier make, made, made (to do)
57. Awareness moment
in English: mean, meant, meant (to mean)
58. There is no meeting without parting.
the meeting will be: meet, met, met (meet)
59. There was a pretty cool wrestler -
on the shoulder blades put, put, put (put)
60. You are obliged from childhood
in English read, read, read (read)
61. Will you, like a lord, be solid,
if riding ride, rode, ridden (to ride)
62. Robe shines from brocade -
the sun in the sky rise, rose, risen (rise)
63. To be healthy for you -
daily run, ran, run (run, flow)
64. Language yesterday neighbor
barely say, said, said (to say)
65. Then we keep a secret,
if you don’t see it, saw, seen (see)
66. I bought a cow yesterday,
and the goat sell, sold, sold (sell)
67. We are for you, at one moment,
fax messages send, sent, sent (send)
68. Mary and I face-to-face
only the sun set, set, set (set - about the sun, set)
69. Hey bartender, shake your shaker!
Live, shake, shake, shaken! (shake)
70. The rain wept and passed.
The sun brightly shine, shone, shone (shine, shine)
71. Good at targets
I'm a sniper shoot, shot, shot (shoot, shoot)
72. People are not in a hurry to that house,
where the doors are shut, shut, shut (to close)
74. Heart pulls to heaven ...
And I'm in the sky sink, sank, sunk (dive)
75. For seven troubles, one answer ...
Just don't sit, sat, sat (sit)
76. Sleep is getting closer - step by step,
soon children sleep, slept, slept (sleep)
77. It's been like 40 years
childhood tree smell, smelt, smelt (smell, smell)
78. There, there will always be no use,
where it is plentiful to speak, spoken, spoken (to speak)
79. Do not save for many years -
wives money spend, spent, spent (spend)
80. Is it worth arguing so hard?
these are nerves spoil, spoilt, spoilt (spoil)
81. Morning coffee for the whole world
delicious smell spread, spread, spread (spread)
82. Raising the hustle and bustle
rain on the roof spring, sprang, sprung (jump, jump up)
83. Everything will be not good for you,
if it's stand, stood, stood (stand)
84. Laughing all cunning clown
sadness stole steal, stole, stolen (steal)
85. In the morning the ram is angry.
to us at the gate strike, struck, stricken (hit, strike)
86. To not be defeated
you must strive, strove, striven (try, fight)
87. The word of honor is my law!
in this swear, swore, sworn (swear)
88. If it's hot for you in summer,
how nice swim, swam, swum (swim)
89. The inscription is on adhesive tape:
"Only flies: take, took, taken!" (take)
90. How the teacher will come to us -
starts teach, taught, taught (teach)
91. Silence spring thunder
with a bang tear, tore, torn (tear, tear)
92. If silence is pure gold
silver tell, told, told
93. If you're not dumb -
you have to think, thought, thought (think)
94. Through the fire with longing at times
tigers in the circus throw, threw, thrown (throw)
95. The fact that the descent was too steep
Understand, understood, understood (understand)
96. One hundred soles postman
for a year can wear, wore, worn (wear, wear out)
97. Who is blind in love,
after will be - weep, wept, wept (cry)
98. After a fight, many wounds
even if win, won, won (to win)
99. The clock will never,
if their wind, wound, wound (turn, wind (clock)
100. Easily teach now
what Eugene write, wrote, written (to write)
