List of some most common and difficult irregular verbs. You should memorize these irregular verbs.
| V-1 (Base form) | V-2 (Past Simple) | V-3 (Past participle) |
|---|---|---|
| arise- to begin to exist or develop; to get out of bed | arose | arisen |
| bear- to be able to accept and deal with something unpleasant | bore | borne |
| bid- to offer to pay a particular price for something | bade | bidden |
| bite- to cut off with the teeth | bit | bitten |
| blow- to send out air from the mouth | blew | blown |
| break- to separate into pieces | broke | broken |
| choose- to select | chose | chosen |
| draw- to make pictures | drew | drawn |
| drink- to take liquid into your mouth and swallow it | drank | drunk |
| drive- to operate a vehicle | drove | driven |
| eat- to put food in your mouth | ate | eaten |
| fall- to drop down from a higher level to a lower level | fell | fallen |
| fly- to move through the air | flew | flown |
| forbid- to order somebody not to do something; to order that something must not be done | forbade | forbidden |
| forgive- to stop feeling angry with somebody who has done something to harm, annoy or upset you | forgave | forgiven |
| freeze- to become hard, and often turn to ice, as a result of extreme cold | froze | frozen |
| give- to had something to somebody so that they can look at it, use it or keep it for a time | gave | given |
| go- to move or travel from one place to another | went | gone |
| grow- to increase in size, number, strength or quality | grew | grown |
| hide- to put or keep somebody or something in a place where it cannot be seen or found | hid | hidden |
| know- to have information in your mind as a result of experience or because you have learned or been told it | knew | known |
| lie- to be or put yourself in a flat or horizontal position so that you are not standing or sitting | lay | lain |
| overtake- to become greater in number, amount or importance that something else | overtook | overtaken |
| ride- to sit on a horse, etc. and control it as it moves | rode | ridden |
| ring- to make sound | rang | rung |
| rise- to increase | rose | risen |
| see- to become aware of somebody or something by using your eyes | saw | seen |
| shrink- become smaller when something is washed in water | shrank | shrunk |
| sing- to make musical sounds with your voice | sang | sung |
| shake- to move or make somebody or something move with short quick movements | shook | shaken |
| show- to make something clear | showed | shown |
| sink- to go down below the surface or towards the bottom of a liquid | sank | sunk |
| slay- to kill somebody in a war or a fight | slayed/slew | slain |
| smite- to hit somebody or something hare; to attack or punish somebody | smote | smitten |
| sow- to plant or spread seeds in or on the ground | sowed | sown/sowed |
| spin- to turn round and round quickly | span | spun |
| spring- to jump or move suddenly and with one quick movement in a particular direction | sprang | sprung |
| steal- to take something from somebody or somewhere without permission | stole | stolen |
| swear- to use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry | swore | sworn |
| swim- to move through water in a horizontal position using the arms and legs | swam | swum |
| take- to carry from one place to another | took | taken |
| tear- to damage something by pulling it apart or pieces or by cutting it on something | tore | torn |
| throw- to send something form your hand through the air | threw | thrown |
| tread- to crush or press something with your feet | trod | trodden |
| undertake- to make yourself responsible for something and start doing it | undertook | undertaken |
| wake- to stop sleeping | woke | woken |
| wear- to have something on your body as a piece of clothing, a decoration, etc | wore | worn |
| weave- to interlace | wove | woven |
| withdraw- to move back or away from a place or situation | withdrew | withdrawn |
| write- to make letters or numbers on a surface, especially using a pen or a pencil | wrote | written |
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