100 Most Common English Verbs List

This is a list of the 100 most common verbs in English. If you are learning English it would be
useful to learn these popular verbs first.
Irregular verb forms are in red
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No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

be

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

10

take

took

taken

11

see

saw

seen

12

come

came

come

13

want

wanted

wanted

No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

14

use

used

used

15

find

found

found

16

give

gave

given

17

tell

told

told

18

work

worked

worked

19

call

called

called

20

try

tried

tried

21

ask

asked

asked

22

need

needed

needed

23

feel

felt

felt

24

become

became

become

25

leave

left

left

26

put

put

put

27

mean

meant

meant

28

keep

kept

kept

29

let

let

let

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Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

30

begin

began

begun

31

seem

seemed

seemed

32

help

helped

helped

33

show

showed

shown

34

hear

heard

heard

35

play

played

played

36

run

ran

run

37

move

moved

moved

38

live

lived

lived

39

believe

believed

believed

40

bring

brought

brought

41

happen

happened

happened

42

write

wrote

written

43

sit

sat

sat

44

stand

stood

stood

No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

45

lose

lost

lost

46

pay

paid

paid

47

meet

met

met

48

include

included

included

49

continue

continued

continued

50

set

set

set

51

learn

learnt / learned

learnt / learned

52

change

changed

changed

53

lead

led

led

54

understand

understood

understood

55

watch

watched

watched

56

follow

followed

followed

57

stop

stopped

stopped

58

create

created

created

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Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

59

speak

spoke

spoken

60

read

read

read

61

spend

spent

spent

62

grow

grew

grown

63

open

opened

opened

64

walk

walked

walked

65

win

won

won

66

teach

taught

taught

67

offer

offered

offered

68

remember

remembered

remembered

69

consider

considered

considered

70

appear

appeared

appeared

71

buy

bought

bought

72

serve

served

served

73

die

died

died

No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

74

send

sent

sent

75

build

built

built

76

stay

stayed

stayed

77

fall

fell

fallen

78

cut

cut

cut

79

reach

reached

reached

80

kill

killed

killed

81

raise

raised

raised

82

pass

passed

passed

83

sell

sold

sold

84

decide

decided

decided

85

return

returned

returned

86

explain

explained

explained

87

hope

hoped

hoped

88

develop

developed

developed

89

carry

carried

carried

No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

90

break

broke

broken

91

receive

received

received

92

agree

agreed

agreed

93

support

supported

supported

94

hit

hit

hit

95

produce

produced

produced

96

eat

ate

eaten

97

cover

covered

covered

98

catch

caught

caught

99

draw

drew

drawn

100

choose

chose

chosen