1. Ways of Learning Irregular Verbs
Here are some easy ways to learn English irregular verbs.

2. What are they?
The way a verb forms its past tense determines its classification as Regular
or Irregular. A Regular verb takes -d or –ed ending.
Ex. Play- played , call-called. There are no rules that exist to form for Irregular verbs. For example: go-went-gone, eat-ate-eaten, take-took-taken;
Read the following sentences:
Present Tense Past Tense
I run to school I ran to school.
I run in the morning I ran in the morning.
I run five miles every day I ran five miles yesterday.

3. Learn the pattern of irregular verbs
1.Verbs where all three forms are identical
Bet-bet-bet Burst-burst cast-cast-cast Let-let-let
cost- cut-cut
hit-hit-hit
Hurt-hurt-hurt
Put-put-put
quit-quit-quit
set-set-set
Shut-shut-shut
Split-split-split
Spread-spread-spread
2. Verbs with the same present and past participle
Many verbs also have the same present and past participle.
Example:
come (present), came (past) and come (past participle)
become (present), became (past) and become (past participle).

4. Learn the pattern of irregular verbs
3.Verbs where the long E changes to a short E
Here’s a list of words to learn:
Keep (present), kept (past), kept (past participle)
Sleep (present), slept (past), slept (past participle)
Feel (present), felt (past), felt (past participle)
Bleed (present), bled (past), bled (past participle)
Feed (present), fed (past), fed (past participle)
4.Verbs with definite sound patterns
Some irregular verbs have a song-like feel when you practice them in various tenses. This is because the vowels change from I to A to U creating a nice pattern. Examples include:
Begin (present), began (past), begun (past participle)
Drink (present), drank (past), drunk (past participle)
Ring (present), rang (past), rung (past participle)
Shrink (present), shrank (past), shrunk (past participle)
Sing (present), sang (past), sung (past participle)
Swim (present), swam (past), swum (past participle

5. Practice The following 10 examples are irregular verbs:
Be Was/were Been

6. Practice
He is in London today. He was in London yesterday. He has been in London for a week.

7. Practice
Eat Ate Eaten

8. He ate hot dogs yesterday for lunch.
Practice
He eats hot dogs every day for lunch.
He ate hot dogs yesterday for lunch.
He has eaten hot dogs all week for lunch.

9. Practice
Get Got Gotten

10. Practice
Andrew gets a large check every month. Andrew got a large check last month. Andrew has gotten a large check every month this year.

11. Practice
Go Went Gone

12. Frank went to Japan last summer.
Practice
Frank goes to Japan every summer.
Frank went to Japan last summer.
Frank has gone to Japan the 10 last summers.

13. Practice
Know Knew Known

14. Practice
I know the answers on today’s test. I knew the answers on the test yesterday. I have known the answers on the test for a week.

15. Practice
Ring Rang Rung

16. John’s phone rings a lot.
Practice
John’s phone rings a lot.
John’s phone rang 5 minutes ago.
John’s phone has rung for the past 3 hours.

17. Practice
Throw Threw Thrown

18. Practice
Jason throws his opponents. Jason threw his opponent yesterday. Jason has thrown his opponent every match this tournament.

19. Practice
Win Won Won

20. Practice
Iowa wins 90 % of their meet matches. Iowa won 90% of their meet matches last season. Iowa has won 90% of their meet matches for the last 3 years.

21. Practice
Teach Taught Taught

22. Practice
Mr. Smith teaches 6th grade Reading . Mr. Smith taught 6th grade Reading last year. Mr. Smith has taught 6 th grade Reading for 5 years.

23. Practice
Write Wrote Written

24. Practice
Irvine Welsh writes many interesting stories. Irvine Welsh wrote many interesting stories in the late 90’s. Irvine Welsh has written many interesting stories for the past 20 years.

25. Irregular verbs rhymes
Oak
I wake woke woken up
And I take took taken an oak.
I speak spoke spoken to my friend
And I break broke broken it in the end.
Pet
We let let let her
feed fed fed our pet.
Then she read read read
And set set set set her alarm clock.
The she leave left left.

26. Irregular verbs rhymes
Old
An old man tell told told me
That he sell sold sold tea.
Boss
The boss lose lost lost his honey.
It cost cost cost a lot of money.

27. Irregular verbs rhymes
Pilot When I grow grew grown I wanted to fly flew flown. As I know knew known I will wear wore worn a uniform. It First it bite bit bitten. Then it hide hid hidden. In the end we eat ate eaten it.