Regular Verbs List

There are thousands of regular verbs in English. This is a list of 600 of the more common regular verbs. Note that there are some spelling variations in American English (for example, "practise" becomes "practice" in American English).

accept add admire admit advise afford agree alert back bake balance ban bang bare bat bathe battle beam calculate call camp care carry carve cause challenge change charge chase cheat check cheer chew dam damage dance dare decay deceive decide decorate delay delight

allow amuse analyse announce annoy answer apologise appear beg behave belong bleach bless blind blink blot blush boast

applaud appreciate approve argue arrange arrest arrive ask boil bolt bomb book bore borrow bounce bow box brake compare compete complain complete concentrate concern confess confuse connect consider consist contain continue copy correct

attach attack attempt attend attract avoid

branch breathe bruise brush bubble bump burn bury buzz

choke chop claim clap clean clear clip close coach coil collect colour comb command communicate

cough count cover crack crash crawl cross crush cry cure curl curve cycle

deliver depend describe desert deserve destroy detect develop disagree disappear

disapprove disarm discover dislike divide double doubt drag drain dream

dress drip drop drown drum dry dust

earn educate embarrass employ empty encourage face fade fail fancy fasten fax fear fence gather gaze glow glue hammer hand handle hang happen harass identify ignore imagine impress improve include jail jam kick kill label land last laugh launch

end enjoy enter entertain escape examine fetch file fill film fire fit fix flap grab grate grease greet harm hate haunt head heal heap increase influence inform inject injure instruct jog join kiss kneel

excite excuse exercise exist expand expect flash float flood flow flower fold follow fool grin grip groan guarantee heat help hook hop hope hover intend interest interfere interrupt introduce invent joke judge knit knock lighten like list listen live

explain explode extend

force form found frame frighten fry

guard guess guide

hug hum hunt hurry

invite irritate itch

juggle jump knot load lock long look love

learn level license lick lie

man manage march mark marry match mate nail name obey object observe pack paddle paint park part pass paste pat pause peck pedal peel peep perform question race radiate rain raise reach realise receive recognise record reduce reflect

matter measure meddle melt memorise mend mess up need nest obtain occur offend permit phone pick pinch pine place plan plant play please plug point poke polish queue refuse regret reign reject rejoice relax release rely remain remember remind

milk mine miss mix moan moor mourn nod note offer open order pop possess post pour practise pray preach precede prefer prepare present preserve press pretend

move muddle mug multiply murder

notice number overflow owe own prevent prick print produce program promise protect provide pull pump punch puncture punish push

remove repair repeat replace reply report reproduce request rescue retire return

rhyme rinse risk rob rock roll rot rub ruin rule rush

sack sail satisfy save saw scare scatter scold scorch scrape scratch scream screw scribble scrub seal search separate serve settle shade share shave shelter talk tame tap taste tease telephone tempt terrify test thank undress unfasten vanish wail wait walk wander want warm

shiver shock shop shrug sigh sign signal sin sip ski skip slap slip slow smash smell smile smoke snatch sneeze sniff snore snow soak

soothe sound spare spark sparkle spell spill spoil spot spray sprout squash squeak squeal squeeze stain stamp stare start stay steer step stir stitch

stop store strap strengthen stretch strip stroke stuff subtract succeed suck suffer suggest suit supply support suppose surprise surround suspect suspend switch

thaw tick tickle tie time tip tire touch tour tow unite unlock visit waste watch water wave weigh welcome

trace trade train transport trap travel treat tremble trick trip unpack untidy

trot trouble trust try tug tumble turn twist type

use

whirl whisper whistle wink wipe wish

work worry wrap wreck wrestle

warn wash x-ray yawn zip

whine whip

wobble wonder

wriggle

yell

zoom

Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs are an important feature of English. We use irregular verbs a lot when speaking, less when writing. Of course, the most famous English verb of all, the verb "to be", is irregular. What is the difference between regular verbs and irregular verbs?

Base Form With regular verbs, the rule is simple... finish The past simple and past participle always end in ed: stop work But with irregular verbs, there is no rule... Sometimes the verb changes completely: Sometimes there is "half" a change: Sometimes there is no change: sing buy cut

Past Simple

Past Participle

finished stopped worked

finished stopped worked

sang bought cut

sung bought cut

One good way to learn irregular verbs is to try sorting them into groups, as above.