List of irregular verbs in English

The irregular verbs in English or Verbos irregulares They are so called because they do not conform to any regulations when it comes to forming the past. These verbs for the present tense do behave like regular verbs, that is, adding a 's' at the end of the third person singular, but irregular verbs in past tenses they do not follow the same shape as the regular ones. The only way to know how they are said or written correctly in these cases is by memorizing them in lists or tables, with the help of memory or memory games and speaking English habitual.

It is for this reason that in this lesson from a TEACHER you will find a list of irregular verbs in English to study easily. In addition, you can also practice with some exercises that will help you remember what the past forms of these irregular verbs are in English.

As knowing and learning the most used irregular verbs in English is not an easy task, we suggest that every day you read this list that you will find below and try memorize it, repeating it each time and in a short time you will see that you have already learned what the form of each of these verbs is in the past tenses, which are the most vary.

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In this Complete list of irregular verbs in English you will find more than 50 verbs ordered by infinitive (infinitive), simple past (past simple), participle (past participle) and its translation into Spanish and, in addition, you will find the pronunciation next to each one:

Be [bi] - was [guas] / were [güer] - been [bin] - ser / estar
Become [bicom] - became [biceim] - become [bicom] - convert / transform
Begin [bi´gin] - began [bi'gan] - begun [bi'gun] - begin
Break [breik] - broke [brouk] - broken [broukn] - break
Bring [bring] - brought [brot] - brought [brot] - bring
Build [bild] - built [bilt] - built [bilt] - build
Burn [barn] - burnt [barnt] - burnt [barnt] - burn
Buy [bai] - bought [bot] - bought [bot] - buy
Can [kan] - could [kuld] - been able to [bin aibol tu] - power
Catch [katch] - caught [kot] - caugh [kot] - catch
Choose [chuus] - chose [chous] - chosen [chosen] - choose
Come [kam] - came [keim] - come [kam] - come
Cost [kost] - cost [kost] - cost [kost] - cost
Cut [kat] - cut [kat] - cut [kat] - cut
Do [du] - did [did] - done [don] - do
Draw [drau] - drew [driu] - drawn [draun] - draw
Dream [driim] - dreamt [dremt] - dreamt [dremt] - dream
Drink [driink] - drank [drank] - drunk [draank] - drink
Drive [draiv] - drove [drouv] - driven [drivn] - drive
Eat [iit] - ate [eit] - eaten [iiten] - eat
Fall [fol] - fell [fel] - fallen [folen] - fall
Feel [fiil] - felt [felt] - felt [felt] - feel
Fight [fait] - fought [fout] - fought [fout] - fight
Fly [flai] - flew [flu] - flown [floun] - fly
Forget [forguet] - forgot [forgat] - forgotten [forgatn] - forget
Get [get] - got [gat] - got (GB) / gotten (USA) [gat / gaten] - get
Give [giv] - gave [gaiv] - given [givn] - give
Go [gou] - went [güent] - gone [gon] - go
Have [jav] - had [jad] - had [jad] - have
Hear [hir] - heard [herd] - heard [herd] - hear
Know [nou] - knew [niu] - known [noun] - know
Learn [lern] - learnt [lernt] - learnt [lernt] - learn
Leave [liif] - left [left] - left [left] - leave
Lose [luus] - lost [lost] - lost [lost] - lose
Make [meik] - made [meid] - made [meid] - make
Must [mast] - had to [hat tu] - had to [hat tu] - duty
Pay [pei] - paid [peid] - paid [peid] - pay
Put [put] - put [put] - put [put] - put
Read [riid] - read [red] - read [red] - read
Run [raan] - ran [ran] - run [raan] - run
Say [sei] - said [seid] - said [seid] - say
See [sii] - saw [sou] - seen [siin] - see
Show [shou] - showed [shoud] - shown [shoun] - show / show
Sing [sing] - sang [sang] - sung [sang] - sing
Sleep [esliip] - slept [eslept] - slept [eslept] - sleep
Speak [sspik] - spoke [sspouk] - spoken [sspoken] - speak
Spend [espend] - spent [espent] - spent [espent] - spend
Take [teik] - took [tuk] - taken [teikn] - take
Teach [tiich] - taught [tot] - taught [tot] - teach
Think [zInk] - thought [zot] - thought [zot] - think
Understand [anderstand] - understood [anderstuud] - understood [anderstuud] - understand
Win [güin] - won [guon] - won [guon] - win

List of irregular verbs in English - With exercises! - Complete list of the most used irregular verbs in English

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To start with some very useful exercises to learn the Verbos irregulares we suggest you try fill in the spaces by heart that we have left empty (with questions) in this list, thinking that this list follows the same order as the previous one:

1. Be -? - been -?
2.? - could -? - can
3. Do -? –? - make
4.? –? - eaten - eat
5. Fly -? - flown -?
6. Get - got -? - ?
7.? - had -? - to have
8. Know -? - known -?
9. I know -? -? - to lose
10.? - made -? - make
11. Read -? –? - read
12.? - saw -? - watch
13. Sing -? - sung -?
14. Take -? -? - drink
15.? - thought -? - think

Then, to practice a little more with the Verbos irregulares, fill in the space for these sentences with the proper verb:

1. We - by bus to the beach. (Past simple)
2. We - best friends at collage. (Past simple)
3. This was the first time he had - (do) his homework. (Past participle)
4. You have - (buy) so many t-shirts latley. (Past participle)
5. Have you ever - (drink) this Hindu tea? (Past participle)

In this last section on the list of irregular verbs in English that we have seen before we show you the solutions to exercises previously raised so that you can evaluate for yourself if you have answered correctly:

List of irregular verbs with empty spaces

1. Be - was / were - been - be be
2. Dog - could - been able to - can
3. Do - did – done - make
4. Eat – ate - eaten - eat
5. Fly - flew - flown - fly
6. Get - got - got / gotten - get
7. Have - had - had - to have
8. Know - knew - known - to know
9. I know - lost - lost - to lose
10. Make - made - made - make
11. Read - read – read - read
12. See - saw - seen - watch
13. Sing - sang - sung - sing
14. Take - took - taken - drink
15. Think - thought - thought - think

Phrases with irregular verbs in the past

1. We went by bus to the beach.
2. We were best friends at collage.
3. This was the first time he had done his homework.
4. You have bought so many t-shirts latley.
5. Have you ever drunk this Hindu tea?