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Here is a list of common irregular verbs. It might be helpful to memorize the ones you are not familiar with, but many are tricky no matter how many times we see and hear them.

Simple Form be (is, am, are) begin bend bet bite bleed blow break bring build buy catch choose come cost cut deal do draw drink drive eat fall feel fight find fly forget get go have hear hit hold keep know lead lend let lie (as in on a bed) lose make mean meet put read run see sleep speak spend stand swim take tell think throw wake wear write

Past Tense was, were began bent bet bit bled blew broke brought built bought caught chose came cost cut dealt did drew drank drove ate fell felt fought found flew forgot got went had heard hit held kept knew led lent let lay lost made meant met put read ran saw slept spoke spent stood swam took told thought threw woke (or waked) wore wrote

Past Participle been begun bent bet bitten (or bit) bled blown broken brought built bought caught chosen come cost cut dealt done drawn drunk driven eaten fallen felt fought found flown forgotten (or forgot) got (or gotten) gone had heard hit held kept known led lent let lain lost made meant met put read run seen slept spoken spent stood swum taken told thought thrown woken (or waked) worn written

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