English has many irregular verbs. Students should make sure that they know all of them. Here is a list of the more common irregular verbs. For a complete list of irregular verbs, see a good dictionary.
| Infinitive | Simple past | Past participle |
| Arise | Arose | Arisen |
| Awake | Awoke | Awoken |
| Bet | Bet, betted | Bet, betted |
| Beat | Beat | Beaten |
| Become | Became | Become |
| Begin | Began | Begun |
| Bend | Bent | Bent |
| Bind | Bound | Bound |
| Bite | Bit | Bitten |
| Bleed | Bled | Bled |
| Blow | Blew | Blown |
| Break | Broke | Broken |
| Bring | Brought | Brought |
| Build | Built | Built |
| Burn | Burned/burnt | Burned/burnt |
| Buy | Bought | Bought |
| Catch | Caught | Caught |
| Choose | Chose | Chosen |
| Come | Came | Come |
| Cost | Cost | Cost |
| Cut | Cut | Cut |
| Deal | Dealt | Dealt |
| Dig | Dug | Dug |
| Do | Did | Done |
| Draw | Drew | Drawn |
| Dream | Dreamt/dreamed | Dreamt/dreamed |
| Drink | Drank | Drunk |
| Drive | Drove | Driven |
| Eat | Ate | Eaten |
| Fall | Fell | Fallen |
| Feed | Fed | Fed |
| Fight | Fought | Fought |
| Find | Found | Found |
| Fly | Flew | Flown |
| Forget | Forgot | Forgotten |
| Forgive | Forgave | Forgiven |
| Freeze | Froze | Frozen |
| Get | Got | Got/gotten |
| Give | Gave | Given |
| Go | Went | Gone/been |
| Grow | Grew | Grown |
| Hang | Hung | Hung |
| Have | Had | Had |
| Hear | Heard | Heard |
| Hide | Hid | Hidden |
| Hit | Hit | Hit |
| Hold | Held | Held |
| Hurt | Hurt | Hurt |
| Keep | Kept | Kept |
| Know | Knew | Known |
| Lay | Laid | Laid |
| Lead | Led | Led |
| Lean | Leant/leaned | Leant/leaned |
| Learn | Learnt/learned | Learnt/learned |
| Mean | Meant | Meant |
| Read | Read | Read |
| Ride | Rode | Ridden |
| Shake | Shook | Shaken |
| Sink | Sank | Sunk |
| Speed | Sped | Sped |
| Steal | Stole | Stolen |
| Spoil | Spoilt/spoiled | Spoilt/spoiled |
| Swing | Swung | Swung |
| Teach | Taught | Taught |
| Throw | Threw | Thrown |
| Wear | Wore | Worn |
| Write | Wrote | Written |