List of 100 Common Verbs in English

T. David / 2021

Base Form Third Person "ing" Past Past Participle Base Form Third Person "ing" Past Past Participle
1 . agree agrees agreeing agreed agreed 51 . make makes making made made
2 . allow allows allowing allowed allowed 52 . mean means meaning meant meant
3 . answer answers answering answered answered 53 . meet meets meeting met met
4 . ask asks asking asked asked 54 . move moves moving moved moved
5 . be is being was/were been 55 . need needs needing needed needed
6 . become becomes becoming became become 56 . open opens opening opened opened
7 . begin begins beginning began begun 57 . pay pays paying paid paid
8 . believe believes believing believed believed 58 . play plays playing played played
9 . bet bets betting bet bet 59 . promise promises promising promised promised
10 . borrow borrows borrowing borrowed borrowed 60 . put puts putting put put
11 . break breaks breaking broke broken 61 . read reads reading read read
12 . bring brings bringing brought brought 62 . remember remembers remembering remembered remembered
13 . build builds building built built 63 . ring rings ringing rang rung
14 . buy buys buying bought bought 64 . run runs running ran run
15 . call calls calling called called 65 . say says saying said said
16 . carry carries carrying carried carried 66 . see sees seeing saw seen
17 . change changes changing changed changed 67 . seem seems seeming seemed seemed
18 . close closes closing closed closed 68 . sell sells selling sold sold
19 . come comes coming came come 69 . send sends sending sent sent
20 . cut cuts cutting cut cut 70 . set sets setting set set
21 . do does doing did done 71 . show shows showing showed showed/shown
22 . drive drives driving drove driven 72 . sit sits sitting sat sat
23 . eat eats eating ate eaten 73 . sleep sleeps sleeping slept slept
24 . explain explains explaining explained explained 74 . speak speaks speaking spoke spoken
25 . fall falls falling fell fallen 75 . spend spends spending spent spent
26 . feel feels feeling felt felt 76 . stand stands standing stood stood
27 . fill fills filling filled filled 77 . start starts starting started started
28 . find finds finding found found 78 . stop stops stopping stopped stopped
29 . finish finishes finishing finished finished 79 . study studies studying studied studied
30 . fly flies flying flew flown 80 . suggest suggests suggesting suggested suggested
31 . follow follows following followed followed 81 . swim swims swimming swam swum
32 . forget forgets forgetting forgot forgotten 82 . take takes taking took taken
33 . get gets getting got gotten 83 . talk talks talking talked talked
34 . give gives giving gave given 84 . teach teaches teaching taught taught
35 . go goes going went gone 85 . tell tells telling told told
36 . happen happens happening happened happened 86 . think thinks thinking thought thought
37 . have has having had had 87 . travel travels traveling/travelling traveled/travelled traveled/travelled
38 . hear hears hearing heard heard 88 . try tries trying tried tried
39 . help helps helping helped helped 89 . turn turns turning turned turned
40 . hide hides hiding hid hidden 90 . understand understands understanding understood understood
41 . hold holds holding held held 91 . use uses using used used
42 . keep keeps keeping kept kept 92 . wait waits waiting waited waited
43 . know knows knowing knew known 93 . wake up wakes up waking up woke up/waked up woken up/waked up
44 . learn learns learning learned/learnt learned/learnt 94 . walk walks walking walked walked
45 . leave leaves leaving left left 95 . want wants wanting wanted wanted
46 . like likes liking liked liked 96 . watch watches watching watched watched
47 . listen listens listening listened listened 97 . win wins winning won won
48 . live lives living lived lived 98 . work works working worked worked
49 . look looks looking looked looked 99 . worry worries worrying worried worried
50 . lose loses losing lost lost 100 . write writes writing wrote written

Auxiliary Verbs: be do have