90 Most Common English Verbs

This is a list of the 90 most common English verbs.

These verbs are some of the most widely used in English. Learning them will help you build a strong foundation in the language.

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We’ve also included an exercise based on these 90 verbs to help you memorize them more easily.

Exercise: 90 Most Common English Verbs

90 Most Common English Verbs

	Base form	Past Simple	Past Participle
1	be be	was were	been
2	have	had	had
3	do	did	done
4	say	said	said
5	go	went	gone
6	get get	got got	got gotten
7	make	made	made
8	know	knew	known
9	think	thought	thought
10	take	took	taken
11	see	saw	seen
12	come	came	come
13	want	wanted	wanted
14	look	looked	looked
15	use	used	used
16	find	found	found
17	give	gave	given
18	tell	told	told
19	work	worked	worked
20	call	called	called
21	try	tried	tried
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
30	begin	began	begun
31	seem	seemed	seemed
32	help	helped	helped
33	talk	talked	talked
34	turn	turned	turned
35	start	started	started
36	show	showed	shown
37	hear	heard	heard
38	play	played	played
39	run	ran	run
40	move	moved	moved
41	like	liked	liked
42	live	lived	lived
43	believe	believed	believed
44	hold	held	held
45	bring	brought	brought
46	happen	happened	happened
47	write	wrote	written
48	provide	provided	provided
49	sit	sat	sat
50	stand	stood	stood
51	lose	lost	lost
52	pay	paid	paid
53	meet	met	met
54	include	included	included
55	continue	continued	continued
56	set	set	set
57	learn learn	learnt learned	learnt learned
58	change	changed	changed
59	lead	led	led
60	understand	understood	understood
61	watch	watched	watched
62	follow	followed	followed
63	stop	stopped	stopped
64	create	created	created
65	speak	spoke	spoken
66	read	read	read
67	allow	allowed	allowed
68	add	added	added
69	spend	spent	spent
70	grow	grew	grown
71	open	opened	opened
72	walk	walked	walked
73	win	won	won
74	offer	offered	offered
75	remember	remembered	remembered
76	love	loved	loved
77	consider	considered	considered
78	appear	appeared	appeared
79	buy	bought	bought
80	wait	waited	waited
81	serve	served	served
82	die	died	died
83	send	sent	sent
84	expect	expected	expected
85	build	built	built
86	stay	stayed	stayed
87	fall	fell	fallen
88	cut	cut	cut
89	reach	reached	reached
90	kill	killed	killed
91	remain	remained	remained