The 50 Most Used Irregular Verbs

This table shows the 50 most used irregular verbs in British English. Knowing how to use these verbs is essential to effective communications.

Infinitive	Past Simple	Past Participle	Rank
be	was/were	been	1
have	had	had	2
do	did	done	3
say	said	said	4
get	got	got/gotten	5
make	made	made	6
go	went	gone	7
see	saw	seen	8
come	came	come	9
know	knew	known	10
take	took	taken	11
give	gave	given	12
find	found	found	13
think	thought	thought	14
tell	told	told	15
become	became	become	16
show	showed	shown	17
leave	left	left	18
feel	felt	felt	19
put	put	put	20
bring	brought	brought	21
begin	began	begun	22
keep	kept	kept	23
hold	held	held	24
write	wrote	written	25
stand	stood	stood	26
hear	heard	heard	27
let	let	let	28
mean	meant	meant	29
set	set	set	30
meet	met	met	31
run	ran	run	32
pay	paid	paid	33
sit	sat	sat	34
speak	spoke	spoken	35
lie	lay	lain	36
lead	led	led	37
read	read	read	38
grow	grew	grown	39
lose	lost	lost	40
fall	fell	fallen	41
send	sent	sent	42
build	built	built	43
understand	understood	understood	44
draw	drew	drawn	45
break	broke	broken	46
spend	spent	spent	47
cut	cut	cut	48
rise	rose	risen	49
drive	drove	driven	50