Three-letter verbs in English
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List of three-letter verbs in English
It is important that you learn three-letter English verbs, since some are very common. There are both regular and irregular ones such as: cut, eat, fix, set. That is why it is very important that you have a good basic grammar foundation and learn how to conjugate them so you can express yourself properly in English.
Most used three-letter verbs in English
Here is a table with the conjugation of the most used three-letter verbs so you can see them online. We have also compiled in PDF both this list of most used verbs and a list of more than 50 three-letter verbs, regular and irregular, for you to download.
| Infinitive | Past simple | Past participle | Spanish |
| Act | Acted | Acted | Act |
| Add | Added | Added | Add / Sum |
| Ask | Asked | Asked | Ask |
| Beg | Begged | Begged | Plead |
| Bet | Bet | Bet | Bet |
| Buy | Bought | Bought | Buy |
| Cry | Cried | Cried | Cry |
| Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut |
| Die | Died | Died | Die |
| Dry | Dried | Dried | Dry |
| Eat | Ate | Eaten | Eat |
| Fix | Fixed | Fixed | Fix |
| Fly | Flew | Flown | Fly |
| Fry | Fried | Fried | Fry |
| Get | Got | Got | Get |
| Hit | Hit | Hit | Hit |
| Let | Let | Let | Let |
| Lie | Lay | Lain | Lie down |
| Pay | Paid | Paid | Pay |
| Put | Put | Put | Put |
| Run | Ran | Run | Run |
| Say | Said | Said | Say |
| See | Saw | Seen | See |
| Set | Set | Set | Set |
| Sew | Sewed | Sewn/Sewed | Sew |
| Sit | Sat | Sat | Sit down |
| Sow | Sowed | Sown | Sow |
| Tie | Tied | Tied | Tie |
| Try | Tried | Tried | Try |
| Use | Used | Used | Use |
| Win | Won | Won | Win |
| Infinitive – (Spanish) | Past simple | Past participle |
| Act – (Act) | Acted | Acted |
| Add – (Add / Sum) | Added | Added |
| Ask – (Ask) | Asked | Asked |
| Beg – (Plead) | Begged | Begged |
| Bet – (Bet) | Bet | Bet |
| Buy – (Buy) | Bought | Bought |
| Cry – (Cry) | Cried | Cried |
| Cut – (Cut) | Cut | Cut |
| Die – (Die) | Died | Died |
| Dry – (Dry) | Dried | Dried |
| Eat – (Eat) | Ate | Eaten |
| Fix – (Fix) | Fixed | Fixed |
| Fly – (Fly) | Flew | Flown |
| Fry – (Fry) | Fried | Fried |
| Get – (Get) | Got | Got |
| Hit – (Hit) | Hit | Hit |
| Let – (Let) | Let | Let |
| Lie – (Lie down) | Lay | Lain |
| Pay – (Pay) | Paid | Paid |
| Put – (Put) | Put | Put |
| Run – (Run) | Ran | Run |
| Say – (Say) | Said | Said |
| See – (See) | Saw | Seen |
| Set – (Set) | Set | Set |
| Sew – (Sew) | Sewed | Sewn/Sewed |
| Sit – (Sit down) | Sat | Sat |
| Sow – (Sow) | Sowed | Sown |
| Tie – (Tie) | Tied | Tied |
| Try – (Try) | Tried | Tried |
| Use – (Use) | Used | Used |
| Win – (Win) | Won | Won |
Learn them in order, for example: eat → ate → eaten you’ll see how easy it is to remember them!
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- Verbs with S
- Verbs with T
- Verbs with U
- Verbs with V
- Verbs with W
- Verbs with X
- Verbs with Y
- Verbs with Z
- Verbs with ZZ
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- Four-letter verbs
- Five-letter verbs
- Six-letter verbs
- Seven-letter verbs
- English verbs with prepositions
- Most common English verbs
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