Do you know your verbs? In English, verbs are one of the most important parts of speech. They can be used to describe an action, indicate a state of being, or express an idea. There are thousands of verbs in the English language, but we’ve compiled a list of 50 common ones to get you started. Learn the different forms each verb can take and practice using them in sentences. With this helpful guide, you’ll be conjugating verbs like a pro in no time!
50 Verbs in English, Verb 1 2 3 Words
V1 | V2 | V3 |
think | thought | thought |
hang | hung | hung |
know | knew | known |
hear | heard | heard |
lead | led | led |
swear | swore | sworn |
grow | grew | grown |
beat | beat | beaten |
dwell | dwelt | dwelt |
buy | bought | Bought |
feed | fed | fed |
burn | burnt | burnt |
awake | awoke | awoken |
strike | struck | struck |
burst | burst | burst |
bend | bent | bent |
breed | bred | bred |
grind | ground | ground |
hide | hid | hidden |
teach | taught | taught |
sting | stung | stung |
tell | told | told |
have | had | had |
kneel | knelt | knelt |
do | did | done |
fall | fell | fallen |
drink | drank | drunk |
lay | laid | laid |
strive | strove | striven |
eat | ate | eaten |
bring | brought | brought |
feel | felt | felt |
bear | bore | born |
draw | drew | drawn |
stick | stuck | stuck |
dream | dreamt | dreamt |
string | strung | strung |
steal | stole | stolen |
sweep | swept | swept |
swim | swam | swum |
abide | abode | abode |
stink | stank | stunk |
tear | tore | torn |
drive | drove | driven |
lean | leant | leant |
be | was/were | been |
build | built | built |
broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
swing | swung | swung |
hit | hit | hit |
keep | kept | kept |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
fight | fought | fought |
arise | arose | arisen |
hold | held | held |
beget | begot | begotten |
begin | began | begun |
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A List of Verbs in English
Emphasize | Find | Destroy |
Relieve | Remember | Pretend |
Swell | Taste | Supply |
Consent | Cost | Confirm |
Examine | Explain | Doubt |
Include | Invest | Imagine |
Ride | Sanction | Remind |
Assure | Attempt | Arrive |
Can/Could | Change | Burst |
Extend | Fit | Establish |
Paint | Peel | Melt |
Repair | Risk | Remain |
Require | See | Receive |
Spend | Spit | Shut |
Calculate | Communicate | Bring |
Investigate | Justify | Intend |
Resist | Retire | Replace |
Concern | Criticize | Cling |
Hope | Identify | Hear |
Serve | Sing | Satisfy |
Win | Afford | Threaten |
Begin | Belong | Assume |
Freeze | Hang | Forbid |
Roast | Set | Refuse |
Break | Build | Bounce |
Dislike | Eat | Discuss |
Mix | Observe | Mention |
Volunteer | Will | Survive |
Beg | Borrow | Bathe |
Lay | Manage | Know |
Swim | Throw | Struggle |
Achieve | Adapt | Wish |
Demand | Discover | Cut |
Rid | Run | Retain |
Take | Tolerate | Submit |
Compete | Contain | Carry |
Must | Negotiate | Meet |
Understand | Vary | Tiptoe |
Announce | Apply | Adore |
Entail | Fight | Drop |
Proceed | Protect | Practice |
Swing | Tend | Sweep |
Accept | Acquire | Write |
Introduce | Iron | Imply |
Measure | Miss | Maintain |
Quit | Read | Prepare |
Believe | Bow | Attend |
Promise | Pull | Possess |
Solve | Spread | Slide |
Succeed | Surprise | Study |
Approve | Become | Allow |
Encourage | Enhance | Earn |
Recommend | Rely | Prefer |
Adjust | Admit | Think |
Have | Hop | Fry |
Settle | Shoot | Scrub |
Claim | Come | Choose |
Develop | Distribute | Deserve |
Get | Hurt | Fly |
Regret | Relate | Recall |
Aim | Argue | Accuse |
Complain | Create | Catch |
Experiment | Fail | Engage |
Punch | Pursue | Postpone |
Anticipate | Arise | Add |
Learn | Mean | Kick |
Overcome | Prevent | Operate |
Refer | Shake | Realize |
Creep | Depend | Complete |
Lack | Lose | Kiss |
Value | Wake | Swear |
Convince | Deal | Consider |
Need | Order | Mow |
Sell | Shine | Rise |
Bear | Beat | Ask |
Feed | Go | Exist |
Propose | Reflect | Plan |
Bite | Burn | Be |
Explore | Finish | Enter |
Should | Snore | Shed |
Follow | Forgive | Feel |
Knit | Listen | Keep |
Perform | Play | Neglect |
Walk | Whip | Tell |
Decide | Deliver | Dance |
Participate | Point | Occur |
Stir | Suggest | Spell |
Forget | Grind | Expand |
Might | Open | Light |
Wait | Want | Talk |
Acknowledge | Appear | Wave |
Differ | Enjoy | Desire |
Organize | Own | Offer |
Disagree | Dream | Cry |
Fold | Give | Fall |
Lead | Lie (in bed) | Jump |
Shall | Show | Seem |
Buy | Commit | Breed |
Involve | Leap | Incorporate |
Relax | Represent | Reduce |
Attract | Awake | Approach |
Indicate | Kneel | Improve |
Squat | Stretch | Slice |
Consult | Count | Celebrate |
Recollect | Resent | Qualify |
Stand | Strike | Stack |
Translate | Try | Teach |
Advise | Bake | Admire |
Dry | Enable | Drink |
Send | Sew | Say |
Wash | Would | Vacuum |
Avoid | Bet | Arrange |
Hold | Hug | Hide |
Put | React | Push |
Ensure | Expect | Drive |
Hurry | Install | Hesitate |
Matter | Mind | Love |
Suppose | Tear | Slip |
Bend | Bind | Behave |
Continue | Delay | Compare |
Look | Make | Like |
Smell | Specify | Sleep |
Cook | Crawl | Consist |
Lean | May | Laugh |
Ski | Speak | Ring |
Adopt | Appreciate | Weigh |
Happen | Hate | Grow |
Pour | Prove | Ought to |
Chop | Climb | Care |
Ignore | Inform | Generate |
Start | Sting | Spill |
Defer | Determine | Dare |
Overtake | Pinch | Obtain |
Watch | Wear | Warn |
Astonish | Attach | Apologize |
Boil | Broadcast | Blow |
Impress | Leave | Hit |
Sink | Sit | Shrink |
Dive | Drag | Deny |
Insist | Jog | Illustrate |
Stop | Suffer | Stick |
Do | Drill | Describe |
Pay | Persuade | Owe |
Steal | Stink | Sow |