The 50 Most Common Irregular Verbs in English | English Grammar Lesson

Today you're going to learn the 50 most  common irregular verbs in English. Now,  

an irregular verb is a verb that doesn't use "ed"  in the past or the participle form. And there are  

over 200 irregular verbs in English. But don't  worry, many of those aren't commonly used. But  

the 50 that you're going to learn in this lesson  are used every single day in everyday speech. So  

you need to learn them. And make sure you watch  right until the end because I'm going to share  

a PDF that summarizes all 50 irregular verbs with  example sentences. And you can download and save  

this PDF right onto your computer. Of course, I'm  Jennifer, welcome back to JForrestEnglish.com,  

your place to become a fluent, confident English  speaker. Now let's get started with this lesson.  

Now as we're going through these irregular verbs,  I want you to stop when you get to a verb that  

is new to you. And I want you to leave an example  sentence in the comments so you get some practice  

with this new irregular verb and you'll remember  it a lot better. The first verb is the most common  

verb in English. The verb to be. To be, was or  were, been. Notice for the past simple we have  

two choices, was or were. Your choice depends  on the subject. I, he, she, it: was. Yesterday  

I was sick. Yesterday he was sick. Were is for  you, we and they. We were sick yesterday. They  

were sick yesterday. The participle been:  I haven't been sick in years. Become became  

become. Yesterday I became sick.  Have you become sick? Begin, Began,  

Begun. I began the project two weeks ago. Have you  begun the project yet? Bring brought brought. She  

brought chocolates to the party. She had already  brought the chocolates by the time I came. Buy  

Bought Bought. She bought new shoes last week. She  had bought the shoes before she got the promotion.  

Choose chose chosen. Notice the pronunciation  difference between our base verb choose and  

the past and the participle chose. Ooh, oh.  Choose chose chosen. She chose me for her team.  

Who had chosen that book? Come came come. She  came home late. Has she come to the party yet? Do  

did done. I did the chores. Have  you done the chores? Drink Drank  

Drunk. She drank the entire bottle. She's  drunk two bottles so far. Drive Drove Driven.  

Who drove you here? I was driven by my friend.  Eat Ate Eaten. I ate early yesterday. Have you  

eaten yet? Fall fell fallen. She fell really hard.  She had fallen before it rained. Feel felt felt.  

I felt bad. I haven't felt fabric like that  before. Find found found. I found 10 bucks on the  

street. Have you ever found money before? Fly flew  flown. They flew to Paris last week. I've flown  

five times this year. Forget forgot forgotten. Oh  no, I forgot to buy milk. Have you ever forgotten  

someone's birthday? Get Got Got or Gotten. You  can use either one in the past participle form,  

got or gotten. Gotten is more common in American  English. Yesterday I got a speeding ticket. Have  

you ever gotten a speeding ticket? Give gave  given. I gave her a box of chocolates. Have  

you ever given someone chocolates? Go went gone.  Such a common verb but I hear a lot of mistakes  

with the verb Go. Go went gone. Yesterday we went  to the store. They've been gone for 20 minutes.  

Have had had. She had a great time yesterday.  We've had a great time since we got here. Here  

heard heard. Yesterday I heard the best song.  Have you ever heard that song? Keep kept kept.  

The politician kept his promise. Have you kept  your photos from your trip? Know Knew Known.  

I knew she did it. I've known him for 10 years.  Leave left left. She left at five o'clock. She had  

already left by the time I came. Lend Lent Lent.  I lent him some money. Have you ever lent anyone  

money? Let let let. That one's easy. She let me  keep the money. I've let five people into the room  

so far. Lose, lost, lost. I lost their number.  Have you ever lost your wallet? Make made made.  

They made a terrible mistake. Have you ever made a  promise that you didn't keep. Meet met met. We met  

last week. Have you met Fred yet? Pay Paid Paid.  I already paid the bill. She had paid the bill by  

the time I got back from the bathroom. Put put  put. that one's easy. I put my new shoes in the  

closet. Have you put away your groceries yet?  Read read read. Notice the spelling is exactly  

the same but the pronunciation changes. Reed. Red.  Red. Yesterday I read my book for 20 minutes. Have  

you read his autobiography yet? Run ran run. He  ran a marathon last week. We've run three tests  

so far. Say said said. Who said that? She had  said that before our conversation. See saw seen.  

I saw a movie last week. Have you seen that movie  yet? Sell sold sold. We sold our car. Have you  

sold your house yet? Send sent sent. We sent a  package last week. Have you sent the package yet?  

Sing Sang Sung? She sang in the shower yesterday.  Have you ever sung in the shower? Sit Sat Sat. She  

sat down and broke the chair. Have you ever sat  beside someone famous? Sleep slept slept. I slept  

terrible last night. Have you ever slept outside?  Speak spoke spoken. Who spoke at the wedding? I  

haven't spoken to her in years. Stand stood stood.  He stood me up. Have you ever been stood up? When  

someone stands you up, it means you made plans  with someone, usually romantically like a date,  

but the other person didn't show up. They didn't  come to the restaurant at seven o'clock like they  

said they would. So have you ever been stood up?  Or have you ever stood someone up? Hopefully not.  

Swim, swam swum. I swam in the ocean last week.  I haven't swum in the ocean for five years. Take  

took taken. She took our photo. Have you taken  anyone's photo before? Teach, taught taught. She  

taught them how to use irregular verbs. Have you  ever taught someone how to use irregular verbs?  

Tell told told. She told me the truth. Have you  ever told a lie? Think thought thought. I thought  

it was a good idea. Have you thought about moving?  Understand Understood Understood. I understood her  

explanation. Have you understood all these  irregular verbs? Wear wore worn. She wore  

her green dress to the party. She hasn't worn her  blue dress yet. Write wrote written. I wrote the  

answer in my notebook. Have you written the essay  yet? Amazing job, you did it! Now you have the 50  

most common irregular verbs in English. Make sure  you leave some example sentences practicing the  

irregular verbs that are new to you, the ones you  didn't know before, because the more you practice,  

the easier it will be to use them in your speech.  And here's the link where you can download the  

PDF that summarizes all 50 irregular verbs and  the example sentences. You can go to that link  

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