Regular & Irregular Verbs
Practice English verb forms step by step. Complete verb tables, type missing forms, choose the correct form in sentences, and finish by writing the answer yourself.
Verb groups, missing cells, sentence prompts, and answer order change each time you practice.
Regular & Irregular Verb Forms
English verbs use different forms depending on the tense or grammar structure. Use the tables below as a reference before you start the practice.
The base form is the original form of the verb, such as go, study, or write. It is used after modal verbs such as can, should, and must, and with I, you, we, and they in the Present Simple.
The Past Simple describes actions or situations that started and finished in the past. It is often used with time expressions such as yesterday, last week, in 2024, or two days ago.
The past participle is used with have, has, and had in perfect tenses. For regular verbs it usually looks the same as the Past Simple, while irregular verbs may have a different form.
Regular verbs follow a predictable pattern. In most cases, add -ed to form both the Past Simple and Past Participle: work → worked → worked.
- Most verbs: add
-ed— play → played. - Verbs ending in
-e: add-d— live → lived. - Consonant +
y: changeytoiand add-ed— study → studied. - Some short verbs double the final consonant before
-ed, for example stop → stopped.
Irregular verbs do not use one common -ed rule. Their Past Simple and Past Participle forms need to be learned as part of the verb.
- All three forms can be different — go → went → gone.
- Past Simple and participle can match — buy → bought → bought.
- Base form and participle can match — come → came → come.
- Some forms change only slightly, while others change completely.
Look at the three forms together and notice the pattern. Then start the practice and try to recall the correct form from memory. Use the tables below whenever you need a quick reminder.
Regular Verbs
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| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| ask | asked | asked |
| call | called | called |
| clean | cleaned | cleaned |
| close | closed | closed |
| cook | cooked | cooked |
| dance | danced | danced |
| help | helped | helped |
| learn | learned | learned |
| listen | listened | listened |
| live | lived | lived |
| look | looked | looked |
| open | opened | opened |
| play | played | played |
| start | started | started |
| study | studied | studied |
| talk | talked | talked |
| travel | traveled | traveled |
| visit | visited | visited |
| walk | walked | walked |
| want | wanted | wanted |
| watch | watched | watched |
| work | worked | worked |
Irregular Verbs
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| Base Form | Past Simple | Past Participle |
|---|---|---|
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| build | built | built |
| buy | bought | bought |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| come | came | come |
| do | did | done |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| drive | drove | driven |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| feel | felt | felt |
| find | found | found |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| give | gave | given |
| go | went | gone |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | known |
| leave | left | left |
| make | made | made |
| meet | met | met |
| run | ran | run |
| say | said | said |
| see | saw | seen |
| sell | sold | sold |
| send | sent | sent |
| sing | sang | sung |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tell | told | told |
| think | thought | thought |
| wear | wore | worn |
| win | won | won |
| write | wrote | written |