Irregular Verbs List: V1, V2, V3

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Irregular Verbs List: V1, V2, V3
Base	Past	Past participle	Group by pattern
be	was / were	been	ABC
have	had	had	ABB
do	did	done	ABC
say	said	said	ABB
go	went	gone	ABC
get	got	gotten / got	ABC
know	knew	known	ABC
make	made	made	ABB
think	thought	thought	ABB
see	saw	seen	ABC
come	came	come	ABA
take	took	taken	ABC
tell	told	told	ABB
find	found	found	ABB
give	gave	given	ABC
let	let	let	AAA
mean	meant	meant	ABB
feel	felt	felt	ABB
keep	kept	kept	ABB
leave	left	left	ABB
put	put	put	AAA
become	became	become	ABA
show	showed	shown / showed	ABC
hear	heard	heard	ABB
run	ran	run	ABA
write	wrote	written	ABC
bring	brought	brought	ABB
begin	began	begun	ABC
hold	held	held	ABB
read	read	read	AAA
pay	paid	paid	ABB
lose	lost	lost	ABB
understand	understood	understood	ABB
meet	met	met	ABB
sit	sat	sat	ABB
stand	stood	stood	ABB
speak	spoke	spoken	ABC
set	set	set	AAA
win	won	won	ABB
lead	led	led	ABB
spend	spent	spent	ABB
buy	bought	bought	ABB
send	sent	sent	ABB
grow	grew	grown	ABC
build	built	built	ABB
fall	fell	fallen	ABC
break	broke	broken	ABC
cut	cut	cut	AAA
eat	ate	eaten	ABC
sell	sold	sold	ABB

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How many irregular verbs are there in English?

There is no single fixed number: dictionaries count verbs and variants differently. This list focuses on 50 frequent verbs.