50 Most Common Irregular Verbs
These are the most common fifty irregular verbs in the English language. This does not include the auxiliary verbs "do" and "have". Just by learning these fifty, your students will have prepared themselves for 87% of irregular verb use in English! There is another page showing the usual list of irregular verbs in English.
| Rank | Base Form | Past Tense Form | Past Participle |
| 1 | say | said | said |
| 2 | make | made | made |
| 3 | go | went | gone |
| 4 | take | took | taken |
| 5 | come | came | come |
| 6 | see | saw | seen |
| 7 | know | knew | known |
| 8 | get | got | got/gotten (US) |
| 9 | give | gave | given |
| 10 | find | found | found |
| 11 | think | thought | thought |
| 12 | tell | told | told |
| 13 | become | became | become |
| 14 | show | showed | shown |
| 15 | leave | left | left |
| 16 | feel | felt | felt |
| 17 | put | put | put |
| 18 | bring | brought | brought |
| 19 | begin | began | begun |
| 20 | keep | kept | kept |
| 21 | hold | held | held |
| 22 | write | wrote | written |
| 23 | stand | stood | stood |
| 24 | hear | heard | heard |
| 25 | let | let | let |
| 26 | mean | meant | meant |
| 27 | set | set | set |
| 28 | meet | met | met |
| 29 | run | ran | run |
| 30 | pay | paid | paid |
| 31 | sit | sat | sat |
| 32 | speak | spoke | spoken |
| 33 | lie | lay | lain |
| 34 | lead | led | led |
| 35 | read | read | read |
| 36 | grow | grew | grown |
| 37 | lose | lost | lost |
| 38 | fall | fell | fallen |
| 39 | send | sent | sent |
| 40 | build | built | built |
| 41 | understand | understood | understood |
| 42 | draw | drew | drawn |
| 43 | break | broke | broken |
| 44 | spend | spent | spent |
| 45 | cut | cut | cut |
| 46 | rise | rose | risen |
| 47 | drive | drove | driven |
| 48 | buy | bought | bought |
| 49 | wear | wore | worn |
| 50 | choose | chose | chosen |
