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Most Commonly Used English Verbs List (PDF)

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Discover the 100 Most Common English Verbs: From essential verbs like “be,” “have,” and “do” to versatile ones such as “think,” “find,” and “take.” Explore this comprehensive list to enhance your English language skills today!

According to the Oxford Dictionary, there are now around 250,000 English words. Well, not all of them are common. It is hard to say which words are common or not, or which English words are useful or not. You can use this list to learn verbs and their base forms, past simple, past participle, 3rd person singular and present participle/gerund forms.

Practice and learn every word, and don’t forget to use a dictionary to find out the meaning of the words. You can easily increase your vocabulary and gain confidence in speaking English. You can also download Most Commonly Used Verbs List PDF down below.

100 Common English Verbs List 1

Main verbs have three basic forms: the base form, the past form and the -ed form (sometimes called the ‘-ed participle’). This list also show you the most common verbs in their basic and 3rd person singular forms.

100 Common English Verbs List 2

No.	Verb	No.	Verb
1	be	51	believe
2	have	52	hold
3	do	53	bring
4	say	54	happen
5	go	55	must
6	can	56	write
7	get	57	provide
8	would	58	sit
9	make	59	stand
10	know	60	lose
11	will	61	pay
12	think	62	meet
13	take	63	include
14	see	64	continue
15	come	65	set
16	could	66	learn
17	want	67	change
18	look	68	lead
19	use	69	understand
20	find	70	watch
21	give	71	follow
22	tell	72	stop
23	work	73	create
24	may	74	speak
25	should	75	read
26	call	76	allow
27	try	77	add
28	ask	78	spend
29	need	79	grow
30	feel	80	open
31	become	81	walk
32	leave	82	win
33	put	83	offer
34	mean	84	remember
35	keep	85	love
36	let	86	consider
37	begin	87	appear
38	seem	88	buy
39	help	89	wait
40	talk	90	serve
41	turn	91	die
42	start	92	send
43	might	93	expect
44	show	94	build
45	hear	95	stay
46	play	96	fall
47	run	97	cut
48	move	98	reach
49	like	99	kill
50	live in	100	remain