Irregular Verbs: Examples
Here are some examples of irregular verbs, grouped by their base form and how they change in the past tense and past participle:
Group 1: Base form, Past Tense, Past Participle all the same
* cut: cut, cut
* hit: hit, hit
* put: put, put
* set: set, set
* let: let, let
* quit: quit, quit
* hurt: hurt, hurt
Group 2: Base form and Past Tense the same, Past Participle different
* begin: began, begun
* swim: swam, swum
* drink: drank, drunk
* run: ran, run
* sing: sang, sung
* come: came, come
* give: gave, given
* see: saw, seen
* take: took, taken
* write: wrote, written
* go: went, gone
Group 3: Base form, Past Tense, Past Participle all different
* be: was/were, been
* do: did, done
* have: had, had
* say: said, said
* make: made, made
* get: got, gotten (American English) / got (British English)
* eat: ate, eaten
* break: broke, broken
* speak: spoke, spoken
* know: knew, known
* wear: wore, worn
* tear: tore, torn
* throw: threw, thrown
* grow: grew, grown
* fly: flew, flown
* steal: stole, stolen
* draw: drew, drawn
* fall: fell, fallen
* buy: bought, bought
* fight: fought, fought
* catch: caught, caught
* teach: taught, taught
Group 4: Other Irregular Verbs
* can: could, could
* will: would, would
* may: might, might
* shall: should, should
* must: must, must
Remember: This is not an exhaustive list. There are many other irregular verbs in English. It is important to learn these verbs and their forms to communicate effectively. You can find comprehensive lists of irregular verbs online or in grammar books.