English Verbs
English Verbs
English Verbs
These are the top 331 verbs from the 3500 most common words in native English, according to the Macmillan Essential Dictionary
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updated 11/10/05
Regular Verb
There are thousands of regular verbs in English. This is a list of 600 of the more common regular verbs. Note there are some spelling variations in American English (for example, "practise" becomes "practice" in Ameri English). accept add admire admit advise
arrest arrive ask boil bolt bomb book bore borrow bounce bow box brake
attract avoid brake branch breathe bruise brush bubble bump burn bury buzz
beg behave belong bleach bless blind blink blot blush boast
beam
calculate call camp care carry carve cause challenge change charge chase cheat check cheer
choke chop claim clap clean clear clip close coach coil collect colour comb command
compare compete complain complete concentrate concern confess confuse connect consider consist contain continue copy
cough count cover crack crash crawl cross crush cry cure curl curve
cycle
chew
communicate
correct
deliver depend describe desert deserve destroy detect develop disagree disappear
delight
dream
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
encourage
examine
face fade fail fancy fasten fax fear fence gather gaze glow glue hammer hand handle hang happen harass identify ignore imagine impress improve include
fetch file fill film fire fit fix flap grab grate grease greet harm hate haunt head heal heap
fry
kneel
kill label land last laugh launch 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
knock lighten like list listen live milk mine miss mix moan moor mourn
lie
murder
mess up need nest obtain occur offend permit phone pick pinch pine place plan plant play please plug point poke polish
own
pop possess post pour practise pray preach precede prefer prepare present preserve press
prevent prick print produce program promise protect provide pull pump punch puncture punish
pretend
push
question
queue refuse regret reign reject rejoice relax release rely remain remember remind shiver shock shop shrug sigh sign signal sin sip ski skip slap slip slow smash smell smile smoke snatch sneeze sniff snore snow soak thaw tick tickle tie time remove repair repeat replace reply report reproduce request rescue retire
race radiate rain raise reach realise receive recognise record reduce
rhyme rinse risk rob rock roll rot rub ruin rule rush
reflect
return
sack sail satisfy save saw scare scatter scold scorch scrape scratch scream screw scribble scrub seal search separate serve settle shade share shave
soothe sound spare spark sparkle spell spill spoil spot spray sprout squash squeak squeal squeeze stain stamp stare start stay steer step stir
stop store strap strengthen stretch strip stroke stuff subtract succeed suck suffer suggest suit supply support suppose surprise surround suspect suspend
switch
vanish
whip
wonder
yell zoom
Irregular Verb
This is a list of some irregular verbs in English. Of course, there are many others, but these are the more com irregular verbs. Base Form awake be beat become begin bend bet bid bite blow break bring broadcast build burn buy catch choose come Past Simple awoke was, were beat became began bent bet bid bit blew broke brought broadcast built burned/burnt bought caught chose came Past Participle awoken been beaten become begun bent bet bid bitten blown broken brought broadcast built burned/burnt bought caught chosen come