Irregular Verb Lists

Irregular verbs are verbs in which the past tense is not formed by adding the usual -ed ending (e.g. sing, sang vs. laugh, laughed). Irregular verbs have different spellings for the past and past participle.

Young children may use irregular verbs in conversation, but irregular verb lists are not taught formally until Grade 2, after students have learned simple verb tenses of regular verbs. Third grade students learn that some verbs do not have -ed past tense forms, and these verbs that change to other words are called irregular verbs. In Grade 3, students also learn that irregular verbs have a special form when used with has and have, and word study practice helps students avoid confusing the two past forms of irregular verbs. Engaging irregular verb exercises online, in addition to practice games, help drive knowledge retention in your learners.

As students progress and learn more verb terminology, word study should include irregular verb practice on the correct verb form to use with a helping verb (He went home may also be expressed as He has gone home, but not as He has went home).

Commonly Used Irregular Verbs Close

Present Tense	Past Tense
bend	bent
burn	burnt
lend	lent
light	lit
ring	rang
rise	rose
sink	sank
shoot	shot
stick	stuck
tear	tore
wake	woke
bleed	bled
speed	sped
creep	crept
dream	dreamt
ride	rode
freeze	froze
lie	lay
strike	struck
shrink	shrank
sting	stung

View Common Core State Standards Related to Irregular Verbs Close

Common Core State Standards Related to Irregular Verbs

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3.g
Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.2.1.d
Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told).

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.3.f
Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.1.d
Form and use regular and irregular verbs.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.3.3.d
Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

View Words at a Glance Close

Common Irregular Verbs #1: say, said, make, made, go, went, come, came, see, saw, get, got, give, gave, tell, told, hold, held, sit, sat

Common Irregular Verbs #2: do, did, eat, ate, run, ran, hear, heard, fall, fell, know, knew, find, found, think, thought, take, took, drink, drank

Common Irregular Verbs #3: meet, met, send, sent, leave, left, catch, caught, bring, brought, begin, began, write, wrote, stand, stood, pay, paid, drive, drove

Common Irregular Verbs #4: buy, bought, grow, grew, swim, swam, sing, sang, keep, kept, speak, spoke, draw, drew, sleep, slept, throw, threw, break, broke

Common Irregular Verbs #5: mean, meant, lead, led, lose, lost, build, built, spend, spent, wear, wore, choose, chose, bite, bit, blow, blew, feel, felt

Common Irregular Verbs #6: fly, flew, fight, fought, hide, hid, feed, fed, sell, sold, teach, taught, win, won, dig, dug, shake, shook, steal, stole

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