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9.1: 100 Common Irregular Verbs

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A Hundred of the Most Common Irregular Verbs in English--Corpus-Based-Arranged by Frequency
  Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Base Form Past Tense Past Participle
1 say said said 26 mean meant meant
2 make made made 27 set set set
3 go went gone 28 meet met met
4 take took taken 29 run ran run
5 come came come 30 pay paid paid
6 see saw seen 31 sit sat sat
7 know knew known 32 speak spoke spoken
8 get got gotten 33 sweep swept swept
9 give gave given 34 lead led led
10 find found found 35 read read read
11 think thought thought 36 grow grew grown
12 tell told told 37 lose lost lost
13 become became become 38 fall fell fallen
14 show showed shown 39 send sent sent
15 leave left left 40 build built built
16 feel felt felt 41 understand understood understood
17 put put put 42 draw drew drawn
18 bring brought brought 43 break broke broken
19 begin began begun 44 spend spent spent
20 keep kept kept 45 cut cut cut
21 hold held held 46 rise rose risen
22 write wrote written 47 drive drove driven
23 stand stood stood 48 buy bought bought
24 hear heard heard 49 wear wore worn
25 let let let 50 choose chose chosen
 
The 100 Most Common Irregular Verbs in English--Corpus-Based
  Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Base Form Past Tense Past Participle
51 seek sought sought 76 cost cost cost
52 throw threw thrown 77 beat beat beaten
53 catch caught caught 78 light lit lit
54 win won won 79 bet bet bet
55 forget forgot forgotten 80 cast cast cast
56 lay laid laid 81 hide hid hidden
57 sell sold sold 82 deal dealt dealt
58 fight fought fought 83 blow blew blown
59 sew sewed sewn 84 swim swam swum
60 teach taught taught 85 bend bent bent
61 eat ate eaten 86 wake woke woken
62 sing sang sung 87 stick stuck stuck
63 strike struck struck 88 fit fit fit
64 hang hung hung 89 quit quit quit
65 shake shook shaken 90 shut shut shut
66 ride rode ridden 91 steal stole stolen
67 feed fed fed 92 tear tore torn
68 shoot shot shot 93 hurt hurt hurt
69 drink drank drunk 94 ring rang rung
70 hit hit hit 95 spin spun spun
71 swing swung swung 96 bite bit bitten
72 fly flew flown 97 overcome overcame overcome
73 dig dug dug 98 freeze froze frozen
74 sleep slept slept 99 slide slid slid
75 spring sprang sprung 100 lend lent lent
 

Orginal Content by Allyson Marceau


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