50 Irregular Verbs – ESL Lounge: 

An irregular verb does not have the regular ‘ED’ ending in the past tense. The ‘BE verb’ is an example of an irregular verb. Please see Chapter 2 to learn about the verb ‘To Be’.

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50 Most Common Irregular Verbs

These are the most common fifty irregular verbs in the English language. This does not include the auxiliary verbs “do” and “have”. Just by learning these fifty, your students will have prepared themselves for 87% of irregular verb use in English! There is another page showing the usual list of irregular verbs in English.

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Sentences with Irregular Verbs 1-10

Present tense/Past tense:

1. say/said – She said she likes school.
2. make/made – He made a cake.
3. go/went – They went shopping.
4. take/took – We took the books.
5. come/came – I came to work early.
6. see/saw – You saw the teacher.
7. know/knew – They knew the words.
8. get/got – We got sick.
9. give/gave – He gave me a sandwich.
10. find/found – I found a new apartment.

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Your Turn:

• Write past tense sentences with these five irregular verbs.
• Read the sentences to someone who can correct them.
• Read to a teacher, a friend, a family member, a librarian.

1. say/said – ________________________________________________________.
2. make/made – ____________________________________________________.
3. go/went – ________________________________________________________.
4. take/took – _______________________________________________________.
5. come/came – _____________________________________________________.