A2 · CEFR
A2 irregular verbs
These are the 31 irregular verbs at CEFR level A2 (elementary) in the Irregular Verbs app. Learn their three forms: the base form, the past simple and the past participle. Choose a verb for its meaning and an example sentence.
| Base form | Past simple | Past participle | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| become | became | become | Begin to be. |
| break | broke | broken | Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain. |
| bring | brought | brought | Take or go with (someone or something) to a place. |
| build | built | built | Construct (something) by putting parts or material together. |
| catch | caught | caught | Intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped). |
| cost | cost | cost | (Of an object or action) require the payment of (a specified sum of money) before it can be acquired or done. |
| cut | cut | cut | Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object. |
| dream | dreamt | dreamt | A series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep. |
| fall | fell | fallen | (Of a person) lose one's balance and collapse. |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | Fail to remember. |
| grow | grew | grown | Become larger or greater over a period of time; increase. |
| hit | hit | hit | Bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully. |
| hold | held | held | Grasp, carry, or support with one's hands. |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | Cause physical pain or injury to. |
| keep | kept | kept | Have or retain possession of. |
| let | let | let | Not prevent or forbid; allow. |
| lose | lost | lost | Be deprived of or cease to have or retain (something). |
| mean | meant | meant | Intend to convey, indicate, or refer to (a particular thing or notion); signify. |
| ride | rode | ridden | Sit on and control the movement of (an animal, especially a horse), typically as a recreation or sport. |
| sell | sold | sold | Give or hand over (something) in exchange for money. |
| show | showed | shown | Allow or cause (something) to be visible. |
| spend | spent | spent | Pay out (money) in buying or hiring goods or services. |
| spell | spelt | spelt | Write or name the letters that form (a word) in correct sequence. |
| stand | stood | stood | Have or maintain an upright position, supported by one's feet. |
| steal | stole | stolen | Take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it. |
| swim | swam | swum | Propel the body through water by using the limbs, or (in the case of a fish or other aquatic animal) by using fins, tail, or other bodily movement. |
| throw | threw | thrown | Propel (something) with force through the air by a movement of the arm and hand. |
| understand | understood | understood | Perceive the intended meaning of (words, a language, or a speaker). |
| wake | woke | woken | Emerge or cause to emerge from a state of sleep; stop sleeping. |
| wear | wore | worn | Have on one's body or a part of one's body as clothing, decoration, protection, or for some other purpose. |
| win | won | won | Be successful or victorious in (a contest or conflict). |