List of most frequent irregular verbs

Infinitive	Past simple	Past participle
arise	arose	arisen
awake	awoke	awoken
be	was / were	been
bear	bore	born
beat	beat	beaten
become	became	become
begin	began	begun
bend	bent	bent
bet	betted / bet	betted / bet
bid	bid / bade	bid / bidden
bind	bound	bound
bite	bit	bitten
bleed	bled	bled
blow	blew	blown
break	broke	broken
breed	bred	bred
bring	brought	brought
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast
build	built	built
burn	burned / burnt	burned / burnt
burst	burst	burst
bust	busted / bust	busted / bust
buy	bought	bought
cast	cast	cast
catch	caught	caught
choose	chose	chosen
cling	clung	clung
come	came	come
cost	cost	cost
creep	crept	crept
cut	cut	cut
deal	dealt	dealt
dig	dug	dug
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
dream	dreamed / dreamt	dreamed / dreamt
drink	drank	drunk
drive	drove	driven
dwell	dwelled / dwelt	dwelled / dwelt
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
feed	fed	fed
feel	felt	felt
fight	fought	fought
find	found	found
fit	fit / fitted	fit / fitted
flee	fled	fled
fling	flung	flung
fly	flew	flown
forbid	forbad(e)	forbidden
forecast	forecast	forecast
forget	forgot	forgotten
forgive	forgave	forgiven
freeze	froze	frozen
get	got	got / gotten
give	gave	given
go	went	gone
grind	ground	ground
grow	grew	grown
hang	hung / hanged	hung / hanged
have	had	had
hear	heard	heard
hide	hid	hidden
hit	hit	hit
hold	held	held
hurt	hurt	hurt
keep	kept	kept
kneel	kneeled / knelt	kneeled / knelt
knit	knit / knitted	knit / knitted
know	knew	known
lay	laid	laid
lead	led	led
lean	leaned / leant	leaned / leant
leap	leaped / leapt	leaped / leapt
learn	learnt / learned	learnt / learned
leave	left	left
lend	lent	lent
let	let	let
lie	lay	lain
light	lit / lighted	lit / lighted
lose	lost	lost
make	made	made
mean	meant	meant
meet	met	met
mistake	mistook	mistaken
mow	mowed	mowed / mown
pay	paid	paid
prove	proved	proved / proven
put	put	put
quit	quit / quitted	quit / quitted
read	read	read
rid	rid	rid
ride	rode	ridden
ring	rang	rung
rise	rose	risen
run	ran	run
saw	sawed	sawed / sawn
say	said	said
see	saw	seen
seek	sought	sought
sell	sold	sold
send	sent	sent
set	set	set
sew	sewed	sewn
shake	shook	shaken
sheer	sheered	shorn / sheered
shed	shed	shed
shine	shone	shone
shoot	shot	shot
show	showed	shown
shrink	shrank	shrunk
shut	shut	shut
sing	sang	sung
sink	sank	sunk
sit	sat	sat
slay	slew	slain
sleep	slept	slept
slide	slid	slid
sling	slung	slung
slit	slit	slit
smell	smelled / smelt	smelled / smelt
sow	sowed	sown / sowed
speak	spoke	spoken
speed	speeded / sped	speeded / sped
spell	spelled / spelt	spelled / spelt
spend	spent	spent
spill	spilled / spilt	spilled / spilt
spin	spun	spun / span
spit	spat	spat
split	split	split
spoil	spoiled / spoilt	spoiled / spoilt
spread	spread	spread
spring	sprang	sprung
stand	stood	stood
steal	stole	stolen
stick	stuck	stuck
sting	stung	stung
stink	stank	stunk
stride	strode	stridden
strike	struck	struck
string	strung	strung
strive	strove	striven
swear	swore	sworn
sweep	swept	swept
swell	swelled	swelled / swollen
swim	swam	swum
swing	swung	swung
take	took	taken
teach	taught	taught
tear	tore	torn
tell	told	told
think	thought	thought
throw	threw	thrown
thrust	thrust	thrust
tread	trod	trodden
understand	understood	understood
wake	waked / woke	waked / woken
wear	wore	worn
weave	wove	woven
weep	wept	wept
wet	wet / wetted	wet / wetted
win	won	won
wind	wound	wound
wring	wrung	wrung
write	wrote	written

 

 

Abbreviations and reference characters

 

 

(+)	–	the affirmative
(–)	–	the negative
(?)	–	the interrogative
S	–	subject
sb	–	somebody
sth	–	something
V1	–	the infinitive
V1s	–	the third person singular in the present simple
V2	–	the past simple form
V3	–	the past participle
Ving	–	the ing -form

 

Recommended learning resources

Reference and grammar books

1. Collins COBUILD Intermediate English Grammar. HarperCollins Publishers 2004

2. Jenny Dooley, Virginia Evans. Grammarway-3. Express Publishing 1999

3. Jenny Dooley, Virginia Evans. Grammarway-4. Express Publishing 1999

4. Michael Vince. Macmillan English Grammar in Context. Advanced with key. Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008

5. Michael Vince. Macmillan English Grammar in Context. Intermediate with key. Macmillan Publishers Limited 2007

6. Michael Vince (with Paul Emmerson). First Certificate Language Practice. English Grammar and Vocabulary. Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003

7. Michael Vince (with Paul Emmerson). Intermediate Language Practice. English Grammar and Vocabulary. Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003

8. Simon Clarke. Macmillan English Grammar in Context. Essential with key. Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008

 

 

Dictionaries

1. Мюллер В. К. Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь / Big English-Russian and Russian-English Dictionary. М.: Эксмо, 2011.

2. Новый Большой англо-русский словарь: В 3 т. / Ю. Д. Апресян, Э. М. Медникова, А. В. Петрова и др.; Под общ. рук. Ю. Д. Апресяна и Э. М. Медниковой. – 8-е изд., стереотип. – М.: Рус. яз., 2003.

3. ABBYY Lingvo x3 [CD-ROM edition]

4. ABBYY Lingvo x5 [CD-ROM edition]

5. www.Lingvo.ru

6. www.multitran.ru

Internet resources

 

www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/

www.better-english.com

www.ego4u.com

www.english4today.com

www.english-online.org.uk

www.english-test.net

www.lapasserelle.com/#languages

www.nonstopenglish.com

www.onestopenglish.com