Common Irregular Verbs for English Learners
Essential English Irregular Verbs
Master the core irregular verbs in English with this comprehensive list, including their infinitive, past simple, and past participle forms, along with common meanings.
Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle | Meaning (Spanish) |
---|---|---|---|
Be | was/were | been | |
Bear | bore | borne | Soportar |
Become | became | become | |
Begin | began | begun | |
Bend | bent | bent | Curva |
Bet | bet | bet | Apuesta |
Bite | bit | bitten | Morder |
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 | |
Dig | dug | dug | Excavación |
Do | did | done | |
Draw | drew | drawn | |
Dream | dreamed | dreamed | |
Drink | drank | drunk | |
Drive | drove | driven | |
Eat | ate | eaten | |
Fall | fell | fallen | |
Feed | fed | fed | |
Feel | felt | felt | |
Fight | fought | fought | |
Find | found | found | |
Fly | flew | flown | |
Forbid | forbade | forbidden | Prohibir |
Forget | forgot | forgotten | |
Forgive | forgave | forgiven | |
Freeze | froze | frozen | |
Get | got | got | |
Give | gave | given | |
Go | went | been/ |
List of English Irregular Verbs
A
- Acelerar: speed, sped, sped
- Agitar: shake, shook, shaken
- Apostar: bet, bet, bet
- Arrastrarse: creep, crept, crept
- Alimentarse: feed, fed, fed
- Aprender: learn, learnt, learnt
B
- Beber: drink, drank, drunk
- Brillar: shine, shone, shone
- Balancearse: swing, swung, swung
C
- Convertirse en: become, became, become
- Construir: build, built, built
- Comprar: buy, bought, bought
- Coger: catch, caught, caught
- Costar: cost, cost, cost
- Cortar: cut, cut, cut
- Cavar: dig, dug, dug
- Conducir: drive, drove, driven
- Comer: eat, ate, eaten
- Caer:
English Verb Forms and Spanish Translation
Infinitive | Simple Past | Past Participle | Spanish | Infinitive | Simple Past | Past Participle | Spanish |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
answer | answered | answered | responder | pay | paid | paid | pagar |
arrive | arrived | arrived | llegar | phone | phoned | phoned | llamar por teléfono |
ask | asked | asked | preguntar | play | played | played | jugar |
be | was/were | been | ser | prefer | preferred | preferred | preferir |
borrow | borrowed | borrowed | tomar prestado | prepare | prepared | prepared | preparar |
break | broke | broken | romper | push | pushed | pushed | empujar |
buy | bought | bought | comprar | put | put | put | poner |
catch | caught | caught | atrapar | rain | rained | rained | llover |
clean | cleaned | cleaned | limpiar | read | read | read | leer |
climb | climbed | climbed | escalar | remember | remembered | remembered | recordar |
collect | collected | collected | coleccionar | rent | rented | rented | alquilar |
come | came | come | venir | rescue | rescued | rescued | rescatar |
cook | cooked | cooked | cocinar | return | returned | returned | volver |
Irregular Verb Forms
Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle | Translation |
---|---|---|---|
be | was/were | been | ser/estar |
beat | beat | beaten | golpear |
become | became | become | llegar a ser |
begin | began | begun | empezar |
bend | bent | bent | doblar(se) |
bet | bet | bet | apostar |
bite | bit | bitten | morder |
bleed | bled | bled | sangrar |
blow | blew | blown | soplar |
break | broke | broken | romper |
bring | brought | brought | traer |
build | built | built | construir |
burn | burnt/burned | burnt/burned | quemar |
burst | burst | burst | reventar/estallar |
buy | bought | bought | comprar |
catch | caught | caught | coger/atrapar |
choose | chose | chosen | elegir |
come | came | come | venir |
cost | cost | cost | costar |
cut | cut | cut | cortar |
deal | dealt | dealt | comerciar/ |
Common Irregular English Verbs List
Common Irregular English Verbs
- Be (am/is/are): was/were, been (ser/estar)
- Break: broke, broken (romper)
- Buy: bought, bought (comprar)
- Catch: caught, caught (atrapar)
- Come: came, come (venir)
- Cut: cut, cut (cortar)
- Do/does: did, done (hacer)
- Drink: drank, drunk (beber)
- Drive: drove, driven (conducir)
- Eat: ate, eaten (comer)
- Fall: fell, fallen (caer)
- Feel: felt, felt (sentir)
- Find: found, found (encontrar)
- Fly: flew, flown (volar)
- Forget: forgot, forgotten (olvidar)
- Give: gave, given (dar)
- Go: went, gone (ir)
- Have:
Irregular Verb Forms
Common Irregular Verbs in English
Be
Present: be
Past: was/were
Past Participle: been
Become, Begin, Bid, Bite, Break
Become
Present: become
Past: became
Past Participle: become
Begin
Present: begin
Past: began
Past Participle: begun
Bid
Present: bid
Past: bid
Past Participle: bid
Bite
Present: bite
Past: bit
Past Participle: bitten
Break
Present: break
Past: broke
Past Participle: broken
Bring, Build, Burn, Buy
Bring
Present: bring
Past: brought
Past Participle: brought
Build
Present: build
Past: built
Past Participle: built
Burn
Present: