100 MOST COMMON VERBS LIST

Past Past
No. Verb Simple Past Participle No. Verb Simple Past Participle

1 to be were been 27 to mean meant meant

2 to have had had 28 to keep kept kept

3 to do did done 29 to let let let

4 to say said said 30 to begin began begun

5 to go went gone 31 to seem seemed seemed

6 to get got got / gotten 32 to help helped helped

7 to make made made 33 to show showed shown

8 to know knew known 34 to hear heard heard

9 to think thought thought 35 to play played played

10 to take took taken 36 to run ran run

11 to see saw seen 37 to move moved moved

12 to come came come 38 to live lived lived

13 to want wanted wanted 39 to believe believed believed

14 to use used used 40 to bring brought brought

15 to find found found 41 to happen happened happened

16 to give gave given 42 to write wrote written

17 to tell told told 43 to sit sat sat

18 to work worked worked 44 to stand stood stood

19 to call called called 45 to lose lost lost

20 to try tried tried 46 to pay paid paid

21 to ask asked asked 47 to meet met met

22 to need needed needed 48 to include included included

23 to feel felt felt 49 to continue continued continued

24 to become became become 50 to set set set

25 to leave left left 51 to learn learnt / learned learnt / learned

26 to put put put 52 to change changed changed

 100 MOST COMMON VERBS LIST

Past Past
No. Verb Simple Past Participle No. Verb Simple Past Participle

53 to lead led led 77 to fall fell fallen

54 to understood understood 78 to cut cut cut

understand
79 to reach reached reached
55 to watch watched watched
80 to kill killed killed
56 to follow followed followed
81 to raise raised raised
57 to stop stopped stopped
82 to pass passed passed
58 to create created created
83 to sell sold sold
59 to speak spoke spoken
84 to decide decided decided
60 to read read read
85 to return returned returned
61 to spend spent spent
86 to explain explained explained
62 to grow grew grown
87 to hope hoped hoped
63 to open opened opened
88 to develop developed developed
64 to walk walked walked
89 to carry carried carried
65 to win won won
90 to break broke broken
66 to teach taught taught
91 to receive received received
67 to offer offered offered
92 to agree agreed agreed
68 to remembered remembered
remember 93 to support supported supported

69 to consider considered considered 94 to hit hit hit

70 to appear appeared appeared 95 to produce produced produced

71 to buy bought bought 96 to eat ate eaten

72 to serve served served 97 to cover covered covered

73 to die died died 98 to catch caught caught

74 to send sent sent 99 to draw drew drawn

75 to build built built 100 to choose chose chosen

76 to stay stayed stayed

100 MOST COMMON VERBS LIST