100 Most Common Verbs in English
Learning a language can be a daunting task, but understanding the most common verbs is a great place to start. In English, there are many verbs that are used frequently in everyday conversations, writing, and reading. Here are the top 100 most common verbs in English:
The Top 10 Most Common Verbs
- be (is, am, are, be, been)
- have (has, had)
- do (does, did)
- say (says, said)
- go (goes, went)
- make (makes, made)
- take (takes, took)
- know (knows, knew)
- get (gets, got)
- see (sees, saw)
The Next 20 Most Common Verbs
- think (thinks, thought)
- tell (tells, told)
- ask (asks, asked)
- work (works, worked)
- find (finds, found)
- give (gives, gave)
- call (calls, called)
- try (tries, tried)
- buy (buys, bought)
- hold (holds, held)
- keep (keeps, kept)
- stand (stands, stood)
- bring (brings, brought)
- pay (pays, paid)
- meet (meets, met)
- help (helps, helped)
- read (reads, read)
- write (writes, wrote)
- drive (drives, drove)
- walk (walks, walked)
The Remaining 70 Most Common Verbs
- eat (eats, ate)
- wear (wears, wore)
- hear (hears, heard)
- lose (loses, lost)
- play (plays, played)
- run (runs, ran)
- learn (learns, learned)
- begin (begins, began)
- finish (finishes, finished)
- practice (practices, practiced)
- believe (believes, believed)
- remember (remembers, remembered)
- understand (understands, understood)
- explain (explains, explained)
- show (shows, showed)
- suggest (suggests, suggested)
- offer (offers, offered)
- accept (accepts, accepted)
- refuse (refuses, refused)
- agree (agrees, agreed)
- disagree (disagrees, disagreed)
- promise (promises, promised)
- warn (warns, warned)
- hurt (hurts, hurt)
- break (breaks, broke)
- buy (buys, bought)
- sell (sells, sold)
- clean (cleans, cleaned)
- cook (cooks, cooked)
- dress (dresses, dressed)
- draw (draws, drew)
- drive (drives, drove)
- eat (eats, ate)
- escape (escapes, escaped)
- exist (exists, existed)
- expect (expects, expected)
- fear (fears, feared)
- feel (feels, felt)
- fight (fights, fought)
- find (finds, found)
- follow (follows, followed)
- forget (forgets, forgot)
- forgive (forgives, forgave)
- gain (gains, gained)
- give (gives, gave)
- grow (grows, grew)
- happen (happens, happened)
- have (has, had)
- hear (hears, heard)
- help (helps, helped)
- hide (hides, hid)
- hold (holds, held)
- hope (hopes, hoped)
- imagine (imagines, imagined)
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