List of most common verbs in English
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Most common English verbs
At ABA English we present to you various lists of the most used English verbs. First you will see a list combining the most common regular and irregular verbs and a downloadable pdf. Then you will find the regular verbs and finally the irregular verbs.
30 Most Used English Verbs
We present you a list with the most used English verbs. In the table you will see only 30 but in the pdf you can find the 100 most common verbs so you can learn them on the go!
| Verb | Spanish | Type |
| Answer | Reply | Regular |
| Arrive | Arrive | Regular |
| Ask | Ask | Regular |
| Be | Be / To be | Irregular |
| Break | Break | Irregular |
| Bring | Bring | Irregular |
| Buy | Buy | Irregular |
| Die | Die | Regular |
| Do | Do | Irregular |
| Drink | Drink | Irregular |
| Drive | Drive | Irregular |
| Eat | Eat | Irregular |
| Find | Find | Irregular |
| Give | Give | Irregular |
| Go | Go | Irregular |
| Have | Have | Irregular |
| Help | Help | Regular |
| Make | Make | Irregular |
| Put | Put | Irregular |
| Say | Say | Regular |
| See | See | Irregular |
| Sell | Sell | Irregular |
| Take | Take | Irregular |
| Tell | Tell | Irregular |
| Try | Try | Regular |
| Understand | Understand | Irregular |
| Use | Use | Regular |
| Wait | Wait | Regular |
| Want | Want | Regular |
| Write | Write | Irregular |
35 Most Common Regular Verbs in English
Our list of the most used regular verbs contains the verbs you will use in your daily life.
But if you want to expand your vocabulary and learn many more, check out our regular verbs page with more than 200 verbs which you can download for free.
| Verb | Past simple | Spanish |
| Answer | Answered | Reply |
| Arrive | Arrived | Arrive |
| Ask | Asked | Ask |
| Believe | Believed | Believe |
| Call | Called | Call |
| Close | Closed | Close |
| Cry | Cried | Cry |
| Die | Died | Die |
| Dress | Dressed | Dress |
| Enjoy | Enjoyed | Enjoy |
| Finish | Finished | Finish |
| Follow | Followed | Follow |
| Happen | Happened | Happen |
| Help | Helped | Help |
| Kiss | Kissed | Kiss |
| Like | Liked | Like |
| Look | Looked | Look |
| Open | Opened | Open |
| Park | Parked | Park |
| Play | Played | Play |
| Remember | Remembered | Remember |
| Sign | Signed | Sign |
| Smile | Smiled | Smile |
| Stay | Stayed | Stay |
| Stop | Stopped | Stop |
| Study | Studied | Study |
| Talk | Talked | Talk |
| Touch | Touched | Touch |
| Try | Tried | Try |
| Use | Used | Use |
| Visit | Visited | Visit |
| Wait | Waited | Wait |
| Walk | Walked | Walk |
| Want | Wanted | Want |
| Work | Worked | Work |
30 Most Used Irregular Verbs in English
Our list of most used irregular verbs contains the verbs that are used daily and that you absolutely need to know.
But if you don’t want to stop at these and want to learn many more, check out our irregular verbs page which includes 100 verbs and you can download a pdf to study them wherever you prefer.
| Infinitive | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
| Be | Was / Were | Been | Be / To be |
| Become | Became | Become | Become |
| Begin | Began | Begun | Begin |
| Buy | Bought | Bought | Buy |
| Choose | Chose | Chosen | Choose |
| Come | Came | Come | Come |
| Do | Did | Done | Do |
| Drink | Drank | Drunk | Drink |
| Eat | Ate | Eaten | Eat |
| Find | Found | Found | Find |
| Forget | Forgot | Forgotten | Forget |
| Get | Got | Got | Get |
| Give | Gave | Given | Give |
| Go | Went | Gone | Go |
| Learn | Learnt | Learnt | Learn |
| Meet | Met | Met | Meet |
| Pay | Paid | Paid | Pay |
| Put | Put | Put | Put |
| Read | Read | Read | Read |
| Run | Ran | Run | Run |
| Say | Said | Said | Say |
| See | Saw | Seen | See |
| Sell | Sold | Sold | Sell |
| Speak | Spoke | Spoken | Speak |
| Spend | Spent | Spent | Spend |
| Take | Took | Taken | Take |
| Tell | Told | Told | Tell |
| Think | Thought | Thought | Think |
| Understand | Understood | Understood | Understand |
| Write | Wrote | Written | Write |
| Infinitive – (Spanish) | Past simple | Past participle |
| Be – (Be / To be) | Was / Were | Been |
| Become – (Become) | Became | Become |
| Begin – (Begin) | Began | Begun |
| Buy – (Buy) | Bought | Bought |
| Choose – (Choose) | Chose | Chosen |
| Come – (Come) | Came | Come |
| Do – (Do) | Did | Done |
| Drink – (Drink) | Drank | Drunk |
| Eat – (Eat) | Ate | Eaten |
| Find – (Find) | Found | Found |
| Forget – (Forget) | Forgot | Forgotten |
| Get – (Get) | Got | Got |
| Give – (Give) | Gave | Given |
| Go – (Go) | Went | Gone |
| Learn – (Learn) | Learnt | Learnt |
| Meet – (Meet) | Met | Met |
| Pay – (Pay) | Paid | Paid |
| Put – (Put) | Put | Put |
| Read – (Read) | Read | Read |
| Run – (Run) | Ran | Run |
| Say – (Say) | Said | Said |
| See – (See) | Saw | Seen |
| Sell – (Sell) | Sold | Sold |
| Speak – (Speak) | Spoke | Spoken |
| Spend – (Spend) | Spent | Spent |
| Take – (Take) | Took | Taken |
| Tell – (Tell) | Told | Told |
| Think – (Think) | Thought | Thought |
| Understand – (Understand) | Understood | Understood |
| Write – (Write) | Wrote | Written |
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