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Top 10 Irregular Verbs in English
10 Most Popular Irregular Verbs
The top 10 irregular verbs in English are:- see, say, go, come, know, get, give, become, find, and think.
Table of Contents
- An Overview of Irregular Verbs
- The Full Conjugation in All 12 Tenses (Interactive)
- Printable Test
- Learn with Hangman!

An Overview of Irregular Verbs
Unlike regular verbs, irregular verbs do not follow a specific pattern when it comes to forming the past tense and past participle forms. Although the rules governing the formation of irregular verbs may seem daunting at first, mastering them is an essential part of learning English. Many common verbs are irregular verbs.The Full Conjugation in All 12 Tenses (Interactive)
Click on a verb to see how it conjugates in the 12 tenses.All 4 Past Tenses
Person | Simple Past | Past Progressive Tense | Past Perfect Tense | Past Perfect Progressive Tense |
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The simple past tense is for a completed activity that happened in the past.
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The past progressive tense is for an ongoing activity in the past. Often, it is used to set the scene for another action.
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The past perfect tense is for emphasizing that an action was completed before another took place.
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The past perfect progressive tense is for showing that an ongoing action in the past has ended.
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All 4 Present Tenses
Person | Simple Present | Present Progressive Tense | Present Perfect Tense | Present Perfect Progressive Tense |
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The simple present tense is mostly for a fact or a habit.
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The present progressive tense is for an ongoing action in the present.
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The present perfect tense is for an action that began in the past. (Often, the action continues into the present.)
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The present perfect progressive tense is for a continuous activity that began in the past and continues into the present (or finished very recently).
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All 4 Future Tenses
Person | Simple Future | Future Progressive Tense | Future Perfect Tense | Future Perfect Progressive Tense |
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The simple future tense is for an action that will occur in the future.
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The future progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will occur in the future.
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The future perfect tense is for an action that will have been completed at some point in the future.
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The future perfect progressive tense is for an ongoing action that will be completed at some specified time in the future.
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Here is a little more detail for each irregular verb:Learn with Hangman!
Hangman is a classic word game. In this version, the hidden word is a regular verb (not necessarily form this list). Choose your first letter to start.- Guess the hidden word by choosing one letter at a time.
- If you guess a letter in the hidden adjective, then all is good.
- If you guess a letter that is not in the hidden adjective, then the hangman starts to build the gallows.
- If the gallows are completed, you lose.
- Good luck!
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