As we all know, verbs are the most important part of speech in the English language. So today on Learglish, we present to you a list of the most important 100 verbs in English. Below is a list of the most important English verbs, consisting of 100 verbs arranged in alphabetical order.
Common verbs in English |
Most Used Verbs in English
Infinitive → Simple Past → Past Participle → Present Participle.
- add → added → added → adding.
- begin → began → begun → beginning.
- buy → bought → bought → buying.
- allow → allowed → allowed → allowing.
- appear → appeared → appeared → appearing.
- ask → asked → asked → asking.
- be → were → been → being.
- become → became → become → becoming.
- believe → believed → believed → believing.
- bring → brought → brought → bringing.
- build → built → built → building.
- call → called → called → calling.
- can → could. (Modal verb)
- change → changed → changed → changing.
- come → came → come → coming.
- consider → considered → considered → considering.
- continue → continued → continued → continuing.
- could (Simple past of the modal verb can)
- create → created → created → creating.
- cut → cut → cut → cutting.
- die → died → died → dying.
- do → did → done → doing.
- expect → expected → expected → expecting.
- fall → fell → fallen → falling.
- feel → felt → felt → feeling.
- find → found → found → finding.
- follow → followed → followed → following.
- get → got → gotten → getting.
- give → gave → given → giving.
- go → went → gone → going.
- grow → grew → grown → growing.
- happen → happened→ happened → happening.
- have → had → had → having.
- hear → heard → heard → hearing.
- help → helped → helped → helping.
- hold → held → held → holding.
- include → included → included → including.
- keep → kept → kept → keeping.
- kill → killed → killed → killing.
- know → knew → known → knowing.
- lead → led → led → leading.
- learn → learnt → learnt → learning.
- leave → left → left → leaving.
- let → let → let → letting.
- like → liked → liked → liking.
- live → lived → lived → living.
- look → looked → looked → looking.
- lose → lost → lost → losing.
- love → loved → loved → loving.
- make → made → made → making.
- may → might. (Modal verb)
- mean → meant → meant → meaning.
- meet → met → met → meeting.
- might (Simple past of the modal verb may)
- move → moved → moved → moving.
- must (Modal verb)
- need → needed → needed → needing.
- offer → offered → offered → offering.
- open → opened → opened → opening.
- pay → paid → paid → paying.
- play → played → played → playing.
- provide → provided → provided → providing.
- put → put → put → putting.
- reach → reached → reached → reaching.
- read → read → read → reading.
- remain → remained → remained → remaining.
- remember → remembered → remembered → remembering.
- run → ran → run → running.
- say → said → said → saying.
- see → saw → seen → seeing.
- seem → seemed → seemed → seeming.
- send → sent → sent → sending.
- serve → served → served → serving.
- set → set → set → setting.
- should (Modal verb)
- show → showed → showed → showing.
- sit → sat → sat → sitting.
- speak → spoke → spoken → speaking.
- spend → spent → spent → spending.
- stand → stood → stood → standing.
- start → started → started → starting.
- stay → stayed → stayed → staying.
- stop → stopped → stopped → stopping.
- take → took → taken → taking.
- talk → talked → talked → talking.
- tell → told → told → telling.
- think → thought → thought → thinking.
- try → tried → tried → trying.
- turn → turned → turned → turning.
- understand → understood → understood → understanding.
- use → used → used → using.
- wait → waited → waited → waiting.
- walk → walked → walked → walking.
- want → wanted → wanted → wanting.
- watch → watched → watched → watching.
- will → willed → willed → willing.
- win → won → won → winning.
- work → worked → worked → working.
- would (Simple past of the modal verb will)
- write → wrote → written → writing.
Most Common Verbs in English PDF
English most common verbs |
See also
The 8 Parts of Speech: Types, Definitions and Examples
How to Correctly Use English Phrasal Verbs? | Rules and Examples
IELTS Speaking Vocabulary PDF| IELTS Vocabulary for Technology.
IELTS Speaking Vocabulary | IELTS vocabulary for relationships.
IELTS Speaking Vocabulary List PDF | IELTS Vocabulary for Holidays.
100 most common words in English
500 Most Commonly Used Words in English
1000 Most Common English Words | Words Every English Beginner Must Know