41 Common Irregular Verbs List

Common Irregular Verbs in the Past Simple Tense with Examples

be	was/were	I was here yesterday.
become	became	He became certified in 2001.
begin	began	We began dating in 2005.
buy	bought	I bought a new car.
choose	chose	I chose a compact car for the gas mileage.
come	came	I came to Richmond 2 years ago.
cost	cost	Repairing the roof cost me over $5000.
do	did	I did everything to reduce my interest rate.
drink	drank	I drank 3 cups of coffee this morning.
drive	drove	I drove to Roanoke in under 3 hours.
eat	ate	I ate pizza for dinner yesterday.
feed	fed	I fed the cats at 9:00 this morning.
find	found	I found $20 in my coat from last winter.
forget	forgot	I forgot my friend’s phone number.
get	got	I got the mail before you came home.
give	gave	I gave my credit card number to the salesman.
go	went	My brother went to Brazil.
have	had	I had a Metro before I bought the Civic.
hear	heard	I heard that eating sugar cures the hiccups.
keep	kept	I kept the ring my ex-fiance gave me.
know	knew	I knew it wasn’t true.
leave	left	They left over an hour ago.
let	let	I let my students choose their own schedules.
lose	lost	I lost a sock in the laundry.
make	made	My mom made a quilt.
mean	meant	That’s not what I meant to say.
read	read	I read Anna Karenina twice.
ride	rode	They rode to work together as part of a carpool.
ring	rang	My cell phone rang during the meeting.
run	ran	My phone’s battery ran out.
see	saw	I saw Spiderman the day it came out.
sell	sold	That company sold more than 50% of its shares.
send	sent	I sent the package yesterday.
sleep	slept	The children slept during the movie.
steal	stole	Someone stole my friend’s wallet.
stick	stuck	The window was stuck before I oiled it.
swear	swore	I swore I would never shop at that store again.
take	took	I took the afternoon off to enjoy the weather.
think	thought	I thought you were going to call me.
wake	woke	I woke up in the middle of the night.
write	wrote	I wrote 60 pages of my dissertation.

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