200 HUNDRED MOST COMMON ENGLISH VERBS

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1 Abide Abode/Abided Abode/Abided/Abidden Abiding

2 Alight Alit Alit/Alighted Alighting

3 Arise Arose Arisen Arising

4 Awake Awoke Awoken Awaking

5 Be Was/Were Been Being

6 Bear Bore Borne Bearing

7 Beat Beat Beaten Beating

8 Become Became Become Becoming

9 Begin Began Begun Beginning

10 Behold Beheld Beheld Beholding

11 Bend Bent Bent Bending

12 Bet Bet Bet Betting

13 Bid Bade Bidden Bidding

14 Bind Bind Bound Binding

15 Bite Bit Bitten Biting

16 Bleed Bled Bled Bleeding

17 Blow Blew Blown Blowing

18 Break Broke Broken Breaking

19 Breed Bred Bred Breeding

20 Bring Brought Brought Bringing

21 Build Built Built Building

22 Burn Burnt Burnt Burning

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23 Burst Burst Burst Bursting

24 Bust Bust Bust Busting

25 Buy Bought Bought Buying

26 Cast Cast Cast Casting

27 Catch Caught Caught Catching

28 Choose Chose Chosen Choosing

29 Cling Clung Clung Clinging

30 Clothe Clad Clad Clothing

31 Come Came Come Coming

32 Cost Cost Cost Costing

33 Creep Crept Crept Creeping

34 Cut Cut Cut Cutting

35 Deal Dealt Dealt Dealing

36 Dig Dug Dug Digging

37 Dive Dove/Dived Dove/Dived Diving

38 Do Did Done Doing

39 Draw Drew Drawn Drawing

40 Dream Dreamt Dreamt Dreaming

41 Drink Drank Drunk Drinking

42 Drive Drove Driven Driving

43 Dwell Dwelt Dwelt Dwelling

44 Eat Ate Eaten Eating

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45 Fall Fell Fallen Falling

46 Feed Fed Fed Feeding

47 Feel Felt Felt Feeling

48 Fight Fought Fought Fighting

49 Find Found Found Finding

50 Fit Fit Fit Fitting

51 Flee Fled Fled Fleeing

52 Fling Flung Flung Flinging

53 Fly Flew Flown Flying

54 Forbid Forbade Forbidden Forbidding

55 Foresee Foresaw Foreseen Foreseeing

56 Forget Forgot Forgotten Forgetting

57 Forgive Forgave Forgiven Forgiving

58 Forsake Forsook Forsaken Forsaking

59 Freeze Froze Frozen Freezing

60 Frostbite Frostbit Frostbitten Frostbiting

61 Get Got Got Getting

62 Give Gave Given Giving

63 Go Went Gone Going

64 Grind Ground Ground Grinding

65 Grow Grew Grown Growing

66 Handwrite Handwrote Handwritten Handwritin

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67 Hang Hung Hung Hanging

68 Have Had Had Having

69 Hear Heard Heard Hearing

70 Hide Hid Hidden Hiding

71 Hit Hit Hit Hitting

72 Hold Held Held Holding

73 Hurt Hurt Hurt Hurting

74 Inlay Inlaid Inlaid Inlaying

75 Keep Kept Kept Keeping

76 Kneel Knelt Knelt Kneeling

77 Knit Knit Knit Knitting

78 Know Knew Known Knowing

79 Lay Laid Laid Laying

80 Lead Led Led Leading

81 Lean Leant Leant Leaning

82 Leap Leapt Leapt Leaping

83 Learn Learnt Learnt Learning

84 Leave Left Left Leaving

85 Lend Lent Lent Lending

86 Let Let Let Letting

87 Lie Lay Lain Lying

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88 Light Lit Lit Lighting

89 Lose Lost Lost Losing

90 Make Made Made Making

91 Mean Meant Meant Meaning

92 Meet Met Met Meeting

93 Melt Melted Molten Melting

94 Mislead Misled Misled Misleading

95 Mistake Mistook Mistaken Mistaking

96 Misunderstand Misunderstood Misunderstood Misunderst

anding

97 Mow Mowed Mown Mowing

98 Overdraw Overdrew Overdrawn Overdrawi

ng

99 Overhear Overheard Overheard Overhearin

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100 Overtake Overtook Overtaken Overtaking

101 Pay Paid Paid Paying

102 Preset Preset Preset Presetting

103 Prove Proved Proven Proving

104 Put Put Put Putting

105 Quit Quit Quit Quitting

106 Read Read Read Reading

107 Rid Rid Rid Ridding

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108 Ride Rode Ridden Riding

109 Ring Rang Rung Ringing

110 Rise Rose Risen Rising

111 Rive Rived Riven Riving

112 Run Ran Run Running

113 Saw Sawed Sawn Sawing

114 Say Said Said Saying

115 See Saw Seen Seeing

116 Seek Sought Sought Seeking

117 Sell Sold Sold Selling

118 Send Sent Sent Sending

119 Set Set Set Setting

120 Sew Sewed Sewn Sewing

121 Shake Shook Shaken Shaking

122 Shave Shaved Shaven Shaving

123 Shear Shore Shorn Shearing

124 Shed Shed Shed Shedding

125 Shine Shone Shone Shining

126 Shoe Shod Shod Shoeing

127 Shoot Shot Shot Shooting

128 Show Showed Shown Showing

129 Shrink Shrank Shrunk Shrinking

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130 Shut Shut Shut Shutting

131 Sing Sang Sung Singing

132 Sink Sank Sunk Sinking

133 Sit Sat Sat Sitting

134 Slay Slew Slain Slaying

135 Sleep Slept Slept Sleeping

136 Slide Slid Slid Sliding

137 Sling Slung Slung Slinging

138 Slink Slunk Slunk Slinking

139 Slit Slit Slit Slitting

140 Smell Smelt Smelt Smelling

141 Sneak Snuck Snuck Sneaking

142 Sow Sowed Sown Sowing

143 Speak Spoke Spoken Speaking

144 Speed Sped Sped Speeding

145 Spell Spelt Spelt Spelling

146 Spend Spent Spent Spending

147 Spill Spilt Spilt Spilling

148 Spin Span Spun Spinning

149 Spit Spat Spat Spitting

150 Split Split Split Splitting

151 Spoil Spoilt Spoilt Spoiling

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152 Spread Spread Spread Spreading

153 Spring Sprang Sprung Springing

154 Stand Stood Stood Standing

155 Steal Stole Stolen Stealing

156 Stick Stick Stuck Sticking

157 Sting Stung Stung Stinging

158 Stink Stank Stunk Stinking

159 Stride Strode Stridden Striding

160 Strike Struck Struck Striking

161 String Strung Strung Stringing

162 Strip Stripped/Stript Stripped/Stript Stripping

163 Strive Strove Striven Striving

164 Sublet Sublet Sublet Subletting

165 Sunburn Sunburnt Sunburnt Sunburnin

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166 Swear Swore Sworn Swearing

167 Sweat Sweat Sweat Sweating

168 Sweep Swept Swept Sweeping

169 Swell Swelled Swollen Swelling

170 Swim Swam Swum Swimming

171 Swing Swung Swung Swinging

172 Take Took Taken Taking

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173 Teach Taught Taught Teaching

174 Tear Tore Torn Tearing

175 Tell Told Told Telling

176 Think Thought Thought Thinking

177 Thrive Throve Thriven Thriving

178 Throw Threw Thrown Throwing

179 Thrust Thrust Thrust Thrusting

180 Tread Trod Trodden Treading

181 Undergo Underwent Undergone Undergoin

g

182 Understand Understood Understood Understan

ding

183 Undertake Undertook Undertaken Undertakin

g

184 Upset Upset Upset Upsetting

185 Vex Vext/Vexed Vext/Vexed Vexing

186 Wake Woke Woken Waking

187 Wear Wore Worn Wearing

188 Weave Wove Woven Weaving

189 Wed Wed Wed Wedding

190 Weep Wept Wept Weeping

191 Wend Went Went Wending

192 Wet Wet Wet Wetting

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193 Win Won Won Winning

194 Wind Wound Wound Winding

195 Withdraw Withdrew Withdrawn Withdrawi

ng

196 Withhold Withheld Withheld Withholdin

g

197 Withstand Withstood Withstood Withstandi

ng

198 Wring Wrung Wrung Wringing

199 Write Wrote Written Writing

200 Zinc Zincked Zincked Zincking

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