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Regular vs irregular verbs in English
- List of common irregular verbs in English
Regular vs irregular verbs in English
The past simple forms of most regular verbs in English are obtained by adding -ed or '-d' to the main verbs.
See the table below for some examples.
| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| play 🔊 | played 🔊 | played 🔊 |
| work 🔊 | worked 🔊 | worked 🔊 |
| watch 🔊 | watched 🔊 | watched 🔊 |
| talk 🔊 | talked 🔊 | talked 🔊 |
| walk 🔊 | walked 🔊 | walked 🔊 |
| clean 🔊 | cleaned 🔊 | cleaned 🔊 |
| jump 🔊 | jumped 🔊 | jumped 🔊 |
| cook 🔊 | cooked 🔊 | cooked 🔊 |
| dance 🔊 | danced 🔊 | danced 🔊 |
| create 🔊 | created 🔊 | created 🔊 |
| answer 🔊 | answered 🔊 | answered 🔊 |
For more details, see our lesson on the past simple tense in English. Irregular verbs do not follow the above pattern to form their past simple and past participle forms. Unfortunately, you have to remember their past simple and past participle forms by heart. To help you with that, we have compiled a PDF list of the most common Irregular verbs in English. See also our lesson on the different categories of English verbs.