Published at June 12, 2024

Irregular Verbs in English - TOEIC Preparation

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un professeur enseignant les verbes irréguliers en anglais pour préparer le TOEIC

Introduction

Here is a non-exhaustive list of irregular verbs in English. For each verb, we have added a probability (hypothetical and unofficial, based on our own observations) that this verb will appear in the TOEIC.

The goal is for you to realise which words are most likely to appear in the TOEIC.

This base will be very useful to you as it will offer you a minimal vocabulary base, which will allow you to approach the TOEIC more easily.

TOEIC Irregular Verbs

Base Verb	Preterite	Past Participle	Probability
abide	abode	abode	10%
arise	arose	arisen	20%
awake	awoke	awoken	15%
be	was	been	95%
bear	bore	borne	25%
beat	beat	beaten	30%
become	became	become	95%
begin	began	begun	80%
bend	bent	bent	25%
bet	bet	bet	20%
bid	bid	bid	15%
bind	bound	bound	20%
bite	bit	bitten	15%
bleed	bled	bled	10%
blow	blew	blown	25%
break	broke	broken	80%
breed	bred	bred	15%
bring	brought	brought	95%
build	built	built	80%
burn	burnt	burnt	20%
burst	burst	burst	15%
buy	bought	bought	95%
cast	cast	cast	20%
catch	caught	caught	80%
choose	chose	chosen	50%
cling	clung	clung	15%
come	came	come	95%
cost	cost	cost	80%
creep	crept	crept	15%
cut	cut	cut	80%
deal	dealt	dealt	25%
dig	dug	dug	20%
do	did	done	95%
draw	drew	drawn	50%
dream	dreamt/dreamed	dreamt/dreamed	20%
drink	drank	drunk	50%
drive	drove	driven	50%
dwell	dwelt/dwelled	dwelt/dwelled	10%
eat	ate	eaten	80%
fall	fell	fallen	50%
feed	fed	fed	30%
feel	felt	felt	80%
fight	fought	fought	30%
find	found	found	95%
flee	fled	fled	15%
fling	flung	flung	10%
fly	flew	flown	30%
forbid	forbade	forbidden	20%
forecast	forecast	forecast	20%
foresee	foresaw	foreseen	15%
foretell	foretold	foretold	10%
forget	forgot	forgotten	50%
forgive	forgave	forgiven	25%
forsake	forsook	forsaken	15%
freeze	froze	frozen	30%
get	got	got	95%
give	gave	given	95%
go	went	gone	95%
grind	ground	ground	15%
grow	grew	grown	50%
hang	hung	hung	25%
have	had	had	95%
hear	heard	heard	80%
hide	hid	hidden	30%
hit	hit	hit	50%
hold	held	held	80%
hurt	hurt	hurt	50%
keep	kept	kept	80%
kneel	knelt/kneeled	knelt/kneeled	10%
knit	knit	knit	10%
know	knew	known	95%
lay	laid	laid	30%
lead	led	led	50%
lean	leaned/leant	leaned/leant	15%
leap	leaped/leapt	leaped/leapt	20%
learn	learnt	learnt	50%
leave	left	left	80%
lend	lent	lent	30%
let	let	let	80%
lie	lay	lain	30%
light	lit	lit	25%
lose	lost	lost	80%
make	made	made	95%
mean	meant	meant	80%
meet	met	met	80%
mow	mowed	mown	10%
overcome	overcame	overcome	30%
partake	partook	partaken	10%
pay	paid	paid	95%
put	put	put	95%
quit	quit	quit	20%
read	read	read	80%
rid	rid	rid	15%
ride	rode	ridden	50%
ring	rang	rung	25%
rise	rose	risen	30%
run	ran	run	95%
saw	sawed	sawn	15%
say	said	said	95%
see	saw	seen	95%
seek	sought	sought	30%
sell	sold	sold	80%
send	sent	sent	80%
set	set	set	80%
sew	sewed	sewn	15%
shake	shook	shaken	30%
shear	sheared	shorn	10%
shed	shed	shed	10%
shine	shone	shone	20%
shoe	shod	shod	10%
shoot	shot	shot	30%
show	showed	shown	50%
shut	shut	shut	25%
sing	sang	sung	30%
sink	sank	sunk	25%
sit	sat	sat	80%
slay	slew	slain	10%
sleep	slept	slept	50%
slide	slid	slid	20%
slit	slit	slit	15%
smell	smelt/smelled	smelt/smelled	25%
sow	sowed	sown	10%
speak	spoke	spoken	95%
speed	sped	sped	20%
spell	spelt	spelt	20%
spend	spent	spent	80%
spill	spilt	spilt	15%
spin	spun	spun	20%
spit	spat/spit	spat/spit	10%
split	split	split	20%
spoil	spoilt	spoilt	15%
spread	spread	spread	25%
spring	sprang	sprung	15%
stand	stood	stood	80%
steal	stole	stolen	30%
stick	stuck	stuck	25%
sting	stung	stung	15%
stink	stank	stunk	10%
stride	strode	stridden	10%
strike	struck	struck	30%
strive	strove	striven	15%
swear	swore	sworn	25%
sweep	swept	swept	20%
swell	swelled	swollen	15%
swim	swam	swum	25%
swing	swung	swung	15%
take	took	taken	95%
teach	taught	taught	95%
tear	tore	torn	25%
tell	told	told	95%
think	thought	thought	95%
throw	threw	thrown	50%
thrust	thrust	thrust	10%
tread	trod	trodden	10%
undergo	underwent	undergone	20%
understand	understood	understood	95%
undertake	undertook	undertaken	20%
upset	upset	upset	15%
wake	woke	woken	30%
wear	wore	worn	50%
weave	wove	woven	10%
weep	wept	wept	20%
win	won	won	80%
wind	wound	wound	15%
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	25%
withhold	withheld	withheld	20%
withstand	withstood	withstood	15%
wring	wrung	wrung	10%
write	wrote	written	95%
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	20%
deal (with)	dealt	dealt	25%
shrink	shrank	shrunk	15%

Conclusion

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