Regular and Irregular Verbs
Regular and Irregular Verbs
There are hundreds of words in the English language that are regular verbs and that
follow the normal rules of conjugation. Here is a shortlist of examples
Present Past Past Participle
Accept Accepted Accepted
Behave Behaved Behaved
Close Closed Closed
Disturb Disturbed Disturbed
Dress Dressed Dressed
Dry Dried Dried
Eliminate Eliminated Eliminated
Fix Fixed Fixed
Fry Fried Fried
Match Matched Matched
Name Named Named
Program Programmed Programmed
Protect Protected Protected
Review Reviewed Reviewed
Shop Shopped Shopped
Slow Slowed Slowed
Turn Turned Turned
Underline Underlined Underlined
Want Wanted Wanted
Irregular Verbs Examples
Here is a list of some of the most commonly used irregular verbs in the English
language.
Present Simple Past Past Participle
beat beat beaten
begin began begun
break broke broken
bring brought brought
build built built
buy bought bought
choose chose chosen
come came come
cut cut cut
draw drew drawn
drive drove driven
fall fell fallen
feel felt felt
find found found
get got got/gotten (US)
give gave given
go went gone
grow grew grown
hear heard heard
hold held held
keep kept kept
know knew known
lead led led
leave left left
let let let
lie lay lain
lose lost lost
make made made
mean meant meant
meet met met
pay paid paid
put put put
read read (pronounced as ‘red’) read (pronounced as
‘red’)
rise rose risen
run ran run
say said said
see saw seen
send sent sent
set set set
show showed shown
sit sat sat
speak spoke spoken
spend spent spent
stand stood stood
take took taken
tell told told
think thought thought
understand understood understood
wear wore worn
write wrote written