Pour se remettre à l'Anglais ou essayer de progresser, il est indispensable de connaître les principaux verbes irréguliers Anglais. Nous avons rétréci la liste « officielle » pour aboutir aux 50 verbes irréguliers les plus courants.
Imprimez cette liste et essayer de la mémoriser dans le métro ou à votre domicile. C'est un bon début et une première base pour votre kit de survie en Anglais.
Pour optimiser cet exercice de mémorisation, essayez de partir aussi du Français, par exemple « couper » = ?
| Verbe | Past simple | Past Participle | Traduction |
| To be | was | been | être |
| To become | became | become | devenir |
| To begin | began | begun | commencer |
| To break | broke | broken | casser |
| To bring | brought | brought | apporter |
| To choose | chose | chosen | choisir |
| To come | came | come | venir |
| To cut | cut | cut | couper |
| To do | did | done | faire |
| To drink | drank | drunk | boire |
| To drive | drove | driven | conduire |
| To eat | ate | eaten | manger |
| To fall | fell | fallen | tomber |
| To feel | felt | felt | sentir, éprouver |
| To fight | fought | fought | combattre |
| To find | found | found | trouver |
| To forget | forgot | forgotten | oublier |
| To give | gave | given | donner |
| To go | went | gone | aller |
| To have | had | had | avoir |
| To hear | heard | heard | entendre |
| To keep | kept | kept | garder |
| To know | knew | known | savoir |
| To learn | learnt | learnt | apprendre |
| To leave | left | left | laisser, quitter |
| To lose | lost | lost | perdre |
| To make | made | made | faire (fabriquer) |
| To mean | meant | meant | signifier |
| To meet | met | met | rencontrer |
| To pay | paid | paid | payer |
| To put | put | put | mettre |
| To read | read | read | lire |
| To run | ran | run | courir |
| To say | said | said | dire |
| To see | saw | seen | voir |
| To sell | sold | sold | vendre |
| To send | sent | sent | envoyer |
| To show | showed | shown | montrer |
| To sing | sang | sung | chanter |
| To sit | sat | sat | être assis |
| To sleep | slept | slept | dormir |
| To speak | spoke | spoken | parler |
| To take | took | taken | prendre |
| To tell | told | told | dire, raconter |
| To think | thought | thought | penser |
| To throw | threw | thrown | penser |
| To understand | understood | understood | comprendre |
| To wear | wore | worn | porter (des vêtements) |
| To win | won | won | gagner |
| To write | wrote | written | écrire |