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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. Click though to see full conjugation tables of each verb.
Irregular verb forms are in red

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No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

to be

were

been

Conjugate

to have

had

had

Conjugate

to do

did

done

Conjugate

to say

said

said

Conjugate

to go

went

gone

Conjugate

to get

got

got / gotten

Conjugate

to make

made

made

Conjugate

to know

knew

known

Conjugate

to think

thought

thought

Conjugate

10

to take

took

taken

Conjugate

11

to see

saw

seen

Conjugate

12

to come

came

come

Conjugate

13

to want

wanted

wanted

Conjugate

14

to use

used

used

Conjugate

15

to find

found

found

Conjugate

16

to give

gave

given

Conjugate

17

to tell

told

told

Conjugate

18

to work

worked

worked

Conjugate

19

to call

called

called

Conjugate

No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

20

to try

tried

tried

Conjugate

21

to ask

asked

asked

Conjugate

22

to need

needed

needed

Conjugate

23

to feel

felt

felt

Conjugate

24

to become

became

become

Conjugate

25

to leave

left

left

Conjugate

No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

26

to put

put

put

Conjugate

27

to mean

meant

meant

Conjugate

28

to keep

kept

kept

Conjugate

29

to let

let

let

Conjugate

30

to begin

began

begun

Conjugate

31

to seem

seemed

seemed

Conjugate

32

to help

helped

helped

Conjugate

33

to show

showed

shown

Conjugate

34

to hear

heard

heard

Conjugate

35

to play

played

played

Conjugate

36

to run

ran

run

Conjugate

37

to move

moved

moved

Conjugate

38

to live

lived

lived

Conjugate

39

to believe

believed

believed

Conjugate

40

to bring

brought

brought

Conjugate

41

to happen

happened

happened

Conjugate

No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

42

to write

wrote

written

Conjugate

43

to sit

sat

sat

Conjugate

44

to stand

stood

stood

Conjugate

45

to lose

lost

lost

Conjugate

46

to pay

paid

paid

Conjugate

47

to meet

met

met

Conjugate

48

to include

included

included

Conjugate

49

to continue

continued

continued

Conjugate

50

to set

set

set

No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

51

to learn

learnt / learned

learnt / learned

Conjugate

52

to change

changed

changed

Conjugate

53

to lead

led

led

Conjugate

54

to understand

understood

understood

Conjugate

55

to watch

watched

watched

Conjugate

56

to follow

followed

followed

Conjugate

57

to stop

stopped

stopped

Conjugate

58

to create

created

created

Conjugate

59

to speak

spoke

spoken

Conjugate

60

to read

read

read

Conjugate

61

to spend

spent

spent

Conjugate

62

to grow

grew

grown

Conjugate

63

to open

opened

opened

Conjugate

No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

64

to walk

walked

walked

Conjugate

65

to win

won

won

Conjugate

66

to teach

taught

taught

Conjugate

67

to offer

offered

offered

Conjugate

68

to remember

remembered

remembered

Conjugate

69

to consider

considered

considered

Conjugate

70

to appear

appeared

appeared

Conjugate

71

to buy

bought

bought

Conjugate

72

to serve

served

served

Conjugate

73

to die

died

died

Conjugate

74

to send

sent

sent

Conjugate

75

to build

built

built

No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

76

to stay

stayed

stayed

Conjugate

77

to fall

fell

fallen

Conjugate

78

to cut

cut

cut

Conjugate

79

to reach

reached

reached

Conjugate

80

to kill

killed

killed

Conjugate

81

to raise

raised

raised

Conjugate

82

to pass

passed

passed

Conjugate

83

to sell

sold

sold

Conjugate

84

to decide

decided

decided

Conjugate

No.

Verb

Simple Past

Past Participle

85

to return

returned

returned

Conjugate

86

to explain

explained

explained

Conjugate

87

to hope

hoped

hoped

Conjugate

88

to develop

developed

developed

Conjugate

89

to carry

carried

carried

Conjugate

90

to break

broke

broken

Conjugate

91

to receive

received

received

Conjugate

92

to agree

agreed

agreed

Conjugate

93

to support

supported

supported

Conjugate

94

to hit

hit

hit

Conjugate

95

to produce

produced

produced

Conjugate

96

to eat

ate

eaten

Conjugate

97

to cover

covered

covered

Conjugate

98

to catch

caught

caught

Conjugate

99

to draw

drew

drawn

Conjugate

100

to choose

chose

chosen

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