In English grammar, an irregular verb is a verb that does not follow the rules for verb forms. Known as a strong verb.

Verbs in English are irregular if they don’t have the conventional -ed ending in the past tense and/or past participle forms. Contrast with a regular verb.

According to the 2002 edition of the book, “Longman Student Grammar,” the nine most common lexical verbs in English are all irregular: say, get, go, know, think, see, make, come, and take.

Examples and Observations

Sheila Watson

The bridge they built brought traffic in both directions.

Water slopping from the buckets froze on the feet as it fell.”

Bo Links

“He said Roadmap Jenkins got the good loops because he knew the yardage and read the break better than anyone else.”

George H. Devol

“Hearts were trumps. I stood, and made three to his nothing. I dealt; he begged; I gave him one, and made three more.”

Muriel Spark

“It was true, thought Miss Taylor, that the young nurses were less jolly since Sister Burstead had taken over the ward.”