100 Strong Verbs & 100 Weak Verbs (Base - Past - Past Participle) | English Roots

100 Strong Verbs & 100 Weak Verbs

Complete Three-Form List (Base • Past • Past Participle)

A one-stop, easy-to-read list of the most important verbs for students. Learn, practice, and master verb forms — perfect for exams and spoken English.

📚 View Strong Verbs 📘 View Weak Verbs

Introduction — Why this list matters

Verbs are the engine of English. Strong verbs (mostly irregular) change their internal structure (e.g., go — went — gone) while weak verbs form past and participle with -ed (e.g., call — called — called). This post gives you 200 high-frequency verbs — 100 irregular (strong) and 100 regular (weak) — each shown with all three forms for fast memorization and practice.

💡 Pro Tip: Practice 10 verbs daily. Mix strong and weak verbs; say the forms aloud and write one sentence for each form.

🔴 Strong Verbs (Irregular) — 100 Verbs

Below are 100 common irregular (strong) verbs with the three principal parts: Base — Past — Past Participle. Use this table to memorize irregular patterns.

How to use this table

Read the base form aloud, then the past and the past participle.
Make 3 short sentences using each form (present, past, present perfect).
Download the list and turn it into flashcards for spaced repetition.

#	Base	Past	Past Participle
1	be	was / were	been
2	become	became	become
3	begin	began	begun
4	bend	bent	bent
5	bet	bet	bet
6	bite	bit	bitten
7	bleed	bled	bled
8	blow	blew	blown
9	break	broke	broken
10	bring	brought	brought
11	broadcast	broadcast	broadcast
12	build	built	built
13	burn	burnt	burnt
14	burst	burst	burst
15	buy	bought	bought
16	catch	caught	caught
17	choose	chose	chosen
18	cling	clung	clung
19	come	came	come
20	cost	cost	cost
21	creep	crept	crept
22	cut	cut	cut
23	deal	dealt	dealt
24	dig	dug	dug
25	do	did	done
26	draw	drew	drawn
27	dream	dreamt	dreamt
28	drink	drank	drunk
29	drive	drove	driven
30	eat	ate	eaten
31	fall	fell	fallen
32	feed	fed	fed
33	feel	felt	felt
34	fight	fought	fought
35	find	found	found
36	fly	flew	flown
37	forbid	forbade	forbidden
38	forget	forgot	forgotten
39	forgive	forgave	forgiven
40	freeze	froze	frozen
41	get	got	got
42	give	gave	given
43	go	went	gone
44	grow	grew	grown
45	hang	hung	hung
46	have	had	had
47	hear	heard	heard
48	hide	hid	hidden
49	hit	hit	hit
50	hold	held	held
51	hurt	hurt	hurt
52	keep	kept	kept
53	kneel	knelt	knelt
54	know	knew	known
55	lay	laid	laid
56	lead	led	led
57	lean	leant	leant
58	leap	leapt	leapt
59	leave	left	left
60	lend	lent	lent
61	let	let	let
62	lie (recline)	lay	lain
63	light	lit	lit
64	lose	lost	lost
65	make	made	made
66	mean	meant	meant
67	meet	met	met
68	pay	paid	paid
69	put	put	put
70	read	read	read
71	ride	rode	ridden
72	ring	rang	rung
73	rise	rose	risen
74	run	ran	run
75	say	said	said
76	see	saw	seen
77	sell	sold	sold
78	send	sent	sent
79	set	set	set
80	shake	shook	shaken
81	shed	shed	shed
82	shine	shone	shone
83	shoot	shot	shot
84	show	showed	shown
85	shrink	shrank	shrunk
86	shut	shut	shut
87	sing	sang	sung
88	sink	sank	sunk
89	sit	sat	sat
90	sleep	slept	slept
91	slide	slid	slid
92	smell	smelt	smelt
93	speak	spoke	spoken
94	spend	spent	spent
95	spin	spun	spun
96	spit	spat	spat
97	split	split	split
98	spread	spread	spread
99	spring	sprang	sprung
100	stand	stood	stood

🔵 Weak Verbs (Regular) — 100 Verbs

Regular (weak) verbs form their past and past participle by adding -ed (or spelling variants such as doubling the consonant or changing y to i). The past and participle are identical. Use the table below for drills and flashcards.

How to quickly memorize regular verbs

Group by spelling pattern: plain -ed, double consonant (stop→stopped), change y→i (carry→carried).
Say base → base+ed aloud, then write one sentence using the past participle in present perfect.

#	Base	Past	Past Participle
1	accept	accepted	accepted
2	ache	ached	ached
3	add	added	added
4	admire	admired	admired
5	admit	admitted	admitted
6	advise	advised	advised
7	agree	agreed	agreed
8	allow	allowed	allowed
9	answer	answered	answered
10	apologize	apologized	apologized
11	appear	appeared	appeared
12	apply	applied	applied
13	argue	argued	argued
14	arrive	arrived	arrived
15	attach	attached	attached
16	attempt	attempted	attempted
17	attend	attended	attended
18	attract	attracted	attracted
19	avoid	avoided	avoided
20	bake	baked	baked
21	breathed	breathed
22	bathe	bathed	bathed
23	behave	behaved	behaved
24	believe	believed	believed
25	belong	belonged	belonged
26	bless	blessed	blessed
27	borrow	borrowed	borrowed
28	bounce	bounced	bounced
29	bow	bowed	bowed
30	brush	brushed	brushed
31	bump	bumped	bumped
32	call	called	called
33	care	cared	cared
34	carry	carried	carried
35	change	changed	changed
36	chase	chased	chased
37	cheer	cheered	cheered
38	chew	chewed	chewed
39	clean	cleaned	cleaned
40	clear	cleared	cleared
41	climb	climbed	climbed
42	close	closed	closed
43	collect	collected	collected
44	comb	combed	combed
45	compare	compared	compared
46	complain	complained	complained
47	complete	completed	completed
48	concern	concerned	concerned
49	confirm	confirmed	confirmed
50	connect	connected	connected
51	consider	considered	considered
52	contact	contacted	contacted
53	cook	cooked	cooked
54	copy	copied	copied
55	correct	corrected	corrected
56	cough	coughed	coughed
57	count	counted	counted
58	cover	covered	covered
59	crash	crashed	crashed
60	create	created	created
61	cross	crossed	crossed
62	cry	cried	cried
63	curl	curled	curled
64	dance	danced	danced
65	decide	decided	decided
66	decorate	decorated	decorated
67	delay	delayed	delayed
68	deliver	delivered	delivered
69	depend	depended	depended
70	describe	described	described
71	design	designed	designed
72	destroy	destroyed	destroyed
73	develop	developed	developed
74	differ	differed	differed
75	disagree	disagreed	disagreed
76	discover	discovered	discovered
77	discuss	discussed	discussed
78	divide	divided	divided
79	doubt	doubted	doubted
80	drag	dragged	dragged
81	dress	dressed	dressed
82	drop	dropped	dropped
83	dry	dried	dried
84	earn	earned	earned
85	educate	educated	educated
86	eliminate	eliminated	eliminated
87	encourage	encouraged	encouraged
88	enjoy	enjoyed	enjoyed
89	enter	entered	entered
90	escape	escaped	escaped
91	examine	examined	examined
92	excite	excited	excited
93	explain	explained	explained
94	explore	explored	explored
95	fail	failed	failed
96	fasten	fastened	fastened
97	favor	favored	favored
98	fetch	fetched	fetched
99	fill	filled	filled
100	film	filmed	filmed

Practice Ideas — Turn this list into results

Quick drills

Pick 10 verbs per day — say the 3 forms aloud, write them, and make one sentence for each form.
Use flashcards: front = base, back = past + participle.
Play the “verb swap” game: one child says base, another must say past and participle.

Challenge ideas

7-day irregular-verb challenge — 14 verbs daily (7 strong + 7 weak).
Use verbs in spoken prompts: “Tell a short story using 10 past participles.”
Create a daily quiz post for your WhatsApp Channel or classroom board.

✨ Memorization trick: Group irregular verbs by similarity (e.g., sing–sang–sung, ring–rang–rung) to form mini-patterns — easier to remember than random lists.

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