En nuestra serie de publicaciones sobre los tiempos verbales, incluimos una lista larga de verbos irregulares agrupados por similitudes. Pero la verdad es que varios de los verbos de esa lista no son muy comunes.
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Las agrupaciones te ayudan a recordarlos, pero aun así son muchos. No hace falta memorizar todos de momento porque algunos casi nunca se usan. Así que aquí encontrarás los 80 verbos irregulares que debes saber, ordenados de los más usados a los menos usados. Según un estudio, una vez hayas aprendido estos verbos, sabrás suficientes verbos irregulares para el 95% de tus interacciones en inglés.
| Verb | Past | Participle |
| be | was/were | been |
| have | had | had |
| do | did | done |
| say | said | said |
| go | went | gone |
| get | got | got gotten |
| make | made | made |
| know | knew | known |
| think | thought | thought |
| take | took | taken |
| see | saw | seen |
| come | came | come |
| find | found | found |
| give | gave | given |
| tell | told | told |
| feel | felt | felt |
| become | became | become |
| leave | left | left |
| put | put | put |
| mean | meant | meant |
| keep | kept | kept |
| let | let | let |
| begin | began | begun |
| show | showed | shown |
| hear | heard | heard |
| run | ran | run |
| hold | held | held |
| write | wrote | written |
| bring | brought | brought |
| sit | sat | sat |
| stand | stood | stood |
| lose | lost | lost |
| pay | paid | paid |
| set | set | set |
| lead | led | led |
| understand | understood | understood |
| read | read | read |
| spend | spent | spent |
| grow | grew | grown |
| win | won | won |
| buy | bought | bought |
| send | sent | sent |
| build | built | built |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| cut | cut | cut |
| sell | sold | sold |
| drive | drove | driven |
| break | broke | broken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| hit | hit | hit |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| cost | cost | cost |
| catch | caught | caught |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| seek | sought | sought |
| fight | fought | fought |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| rise | rose | risen |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| lay | laid | laid |
| hang | hung | hung |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| fly | flew | flown |
| meet | met | met |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| sing | sang | sung |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| blow | blew | blown |
| swim | swam | swum |
| bend | bent | bent |
| wake | woke | woken |
| shut | shut | shut |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| lend | lent | lent |
Esta lista está basada en este estudio de los verbos más comunes, esta lista de los 1000 palabras más comunes, y mi propia experiencia como profesor de inglés.
Ahí tienes la lista de los verbos que debes saber, pero ¿cómo puedes aprenderlos bien? Primero, mira esta publicación donde los hemos agrupado para que sean más fácil de recordar. Después, añádelos a tu lista de vocabulario que vas estudiando regularmente. Y finalmente, la forma más eficaz de aprenderlos bien es usarlos todo lo que puedas cuando hables inglés.
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