Irregular Verbs
Regular verbs, yang dalam bahasa Indonesia disebut “Kata Kerja Beraturan“, adalah kata-kata kerja dimana bentuk verb1 ke verb2 atau ke verb3 berubah dengan menambahkan imbuhan -ed, atau hanya dengan menambahkan imbuhan -d saja jika verb-nya diakhiri dengan huruf e. Misalnya: dare – dared – dared (berani, lancang); encourage – encouraged – encouraged (mendorong/memicu semangat), dst.
Sebaliknya, irregular verbs (Kata Kerja Tidak Beraturan) adalah kata-kata kerja yang perubahan dari verb1 ke verb2 atau ke verb3 tidak dengan menambahkan imbuhan -ed, atau -d. Kata-kata kerja ini berubah secara tidak beraturan.
Mengingat jumlah kata kerja sangat banyak dan sebagian besar merupakan regular verbs, maka yang perlu dihafalkan adalah irregular verbs. Kata-kata dalam tabel berikut adalah common irregular verbs atau kata kerja tidak beraturan yang sering digunakan baik dalam speaking maupun writing.
| Verb1 | Verb2 | Verb3 | Penggunaan |
| arise | arose | arisen | |
| awake | awoke | awaken | Click |
| be | be | been | |
| is | was | been | |
| am | was | been | |
| are | were | been | |
| become | became | become | |
| begin | began | begun | |
| blow | blew | blown | |
| break | broke | broken | |
| bring | brought | brought | |
| build | built | built | |
| burst | burst | burst | |
| buy | bought | bought | |
| catch | caught | caught | |
| choose | chose | chosen | |
| come | came | come | |
| cut | cut | cut | |
| deal | dealt | dealt | |
| do | did | done | Click |
| drink | drank | drunk | |
| drive | drove | driven | |
| eat | ate | eaten | |
| fall | fell | fallen | |
| feed | fed | fed | |
| feel | felt | felt | |
| fight | fought | fought | |
| find | found | found | |
| fit | fit | fit | |
| fly | flew | flown | |
| forbid | forbade | forbidden | |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven | |
| freeze | froze | frozen | |
| get | got | got, gotten | Click |
| give | gave | given | |
| go | went | gone | |
| grow | grew | grown | |
| have | had | had | |
| hear | heard | heard | |
| hide | hid | hidden | |
| hit | hit | hit | |
| hold | held | held | |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | |
| keep | kept | kept | |
| know | knew | known | |
| lay | laid | laid | |
| lead | led | led | |
| leave | left | left | |
| let | let | let | |
| lie | lay | lain | |
| lose | lost | lost | |
| make | made | made | |
| meet | met | met | |
| pay | paid | paid | |
| quit | quit | quit | |
| read | read | read | |
| ride | rode | ridden | |
| ring | rang | rung | |
| rise | rose | risen | |
| run | ran | run | |
| say | said | said | |
| see | saw | seen | |
| seek | sought | sought | |
| sell | sold | sold | |
| send | sent | sent | |
| set | set | set | |
| shake | shook | shaken | |
| shine | shone | shone | |
| sing | sang | sung | |
| sit | sat | sat | |
| sleep | slept | slept | |
| speak | spoke | spoken | |
| spend | spent | spent | |
| spring | sprang | sprung | |
| stand | stood | stood | |
| steal | stole | stolen | |
| swim | swam | swum | |
| swing | swung | swung | |
| take | took | taken | |
| teach | taught | taught | |
| tear | tore | torn | |
| tell | told | told | |
| think | thought | thought | |
| throw | threw | thrown | |
| understand | understood | understood | |
| wake | woke | woken | |
| wear | wore | worn | |
| win | won | won | |
| write | wrote | written |
