Top 100 Verbs You Should Know for English

What is a Verb?

Verbs are the action words in a sentence that describe what the subject is doing.

Example: I drive a white car. She is going to the market.

Here, the verbs are drive and is going. They are describing what the subjects, I and She are doing respectively.

Verbs are often described as the ’doing’ words. This signifies that verbs are the part of the sentence that explains what is happening. Verbs and nouns are the main part of a sentence. In fact, you cannot construct a proper sentence without a verb. For example, even the most simple sentences, I am; Lily jumps; have a verb. Every verb has three forms, they are Present Form, Past Form and Past Participle Form.

Regular and Irregular Verb

There are two types of verbs.

Regular Verb

Regular verbs form their past form and past participle form by adding ‘ed’ at the end of the base verb. If the verb ends with an ‘e’ then simply a ‘d’ is added at the end of the base verb.

Call → Called → Called;

Report → Reported → Reported;

Like → Liked → Liked.

Irregular verb

Irregular verbs form their past and past participle forms in different ways. You cannot simply add an ‘ed’ or a ‘d’ at the end of the base word to form the past and past participle forms. In case of irregular verbs either all the verb forms are same or two of the three forms are same or all the forms are different.

            Put → Put → Put;

            Drink → Drank → Drunk

            Sit → Sat → Sat.

Top 100 English Verbs

PRESENT

PAST

PAST PARTICIPLE

REGULAR/ IRREGULAR

1.    

Be

Were

Been

Irregular

2.    

Have

Had

Had

Irregular

3.    

Do

Did

Done

Irregular

4.    

Say

Said

Said

Irregular

5.    

Go

Went

Gone

Irregular

6.    

Get

Got

Got / Gotten

Irregular

7.    

Make

Made

Made

Irregular

8.    

Know

Knew

Known

Irregular

9.    

Think

Thought

Thought

Irregular

10. 

Take

Took

Taken

Irregular

11. 

See

Saw

Seen

Irregular

12. 

Come

Came

Come

Irregular

13. 

Find

Found

Found

Irregular

14. 

Give

Gave

Given

Irregular

15. 

Tell

Told

Told

Irregular

16. 

Feel

Felt

Felt

Irregular

17. 

Become

Became

Become

Irregular

18. 

Leave

Left

Left

Irregular

19. 

Put

Put

Put

Irregular

20. 

Mean

Meant

Meant

Irregular

21. 

Keep

Kept

Kept

Irregular

22. 

Let

Let

Let

Irregular

23. 

Begin

Began

Begun

Irregular

24. 

Show

Showed

Shown

Irregular

25. 

Run

Ran

Run

Irregular

26. 

Hold

Held

Held

Irregular

27. 

Bring

Brought

Brought

Irregular

28. 

Sit

Sat

Sat

Irregular

29. 

Stand

Stood

Stood

Irregular

30. 

Lose

Lost

Lost

Irregular

31. 

Pay

Paid

Paid

Irregular

32. 

Write

Wrote

Written

Irregular

33. 

Meet

Met

Met

Irregular

34. 

Speak

Spoke

Spoken

Irregular

35. 

Read

Read

Read

Irregular

36. 

Set

Set

Set

Irregular

37. 

Learn

Learnt / Learned

Learnt / Learned

Irregular

38. 

Lead

Led

Led

Irregular

39. 

Understand

Understood

Understood

Irregular

40. 

Spend

Spent

Spent

Irregular

41. 

Grow

Grew

Grown

Irregular

42. 

Win

Won

Won

Irregular

43. 

Buy

Bought

Bought

Irregular

44. 

Send

Sent

Sent

Irregular

45. 

Build

Built

Built

Irregular

46. 

Fall

Fell

Fallen

Irregular

47. 

Cut

Cut

Cut

Irregular

48. 

Sell

Sold

Sold

Irregular

49. 

Awake

Awoke

Awoken

Irregular

50. 

Look

Looked

Looked

Regular

51. 

Use

Used

Used

Regular

52. 

Work

Worked

Worked

Regular

53. 

Call

Called

Called

Regular

54. 

Try

Tried

Tried

Regular

55. 

Ask

Asked

Asked

Regular

56. 

Need

Needed

Needed

Regular

57. 

Seem

Seemed

Seemed

Regular

58. 

Help

Helped

Helped

Regular

59. 

Talk

Talked

Talked

Regular

60. 

Turn

Turned

Turned

Regular

61. 

Start

Started

Started

Regular

62. 

Hear

Heard

Heard

Regular

63. 

Play

Played

Played

Regular

64. 

Move

Moved

Moved

Regular

65. 

Like

Liked

Liked

Regular

66. 

Live

Lived

Lived

Regular

67. 

Believe

Believed

Believed

Regular

68. 

Include

Included

Included

Regular

69. 

Continue

Continued

Continued

Regular

70. 

Happen

Happened

Happened

Regular

71. 

Provide

Provided

Provided

Regular

72. 

Watch

Watched

Watched

Regular

73. 

Follow

Followed

Followed

Regular

74. 

Stop

Stopped

Stopped

Regular

75. 

Create

Created

Created

Regular

76. 

Change

Changed

Changed

Regular

77. 

Offer

Offered

Offered

Regular

78. 

Remember

Remembered

Remembered

Regular

79. 

Love

Loved

Loved

Regular

80. 

Consider

Considered

Considered

Regular

81. 

Appear

Appeared

Appeared

Regular

82. 

Allow

Allowed

Allowed

Regular

83. 

Add

Added

Added

Regular

84. 

Wait

Waited

Waited

Regular

85. 

Serve

Served

Served

Regular

86. 

Open

Opened

Opened

Regular

87. 

Walk

Walked

Walked

Regular

88. 

Require

Required

Required

Regular

89. 

Report

Reported

Reported

Regular

90. 

Decide

Decided

Decided

Regular

91. 

Pull

Pulled

Pulled

Regular

92. 

Kill

Killed

Killed

Regular

93. 

Remain

Remained

Remained

Regular

94. 

Suggest

Suggested

Suggested

Regular

95. 

Raise

Raised

Raised

Regular

96. 

Pass

Passed

Passed

Regular

97. 

Die

Died

Died

Regular

98. 

Expect

Expected

Expected

Regular

99. 

Stay

Stayed

Stayed

Regular

100.      

Reach

Reached

Reached

Regular