100 Most Common English Verbs List

This is a list of the 100 most common verbs in English. If you are learning English it would be useful to learn these popular verbs first. Click though to see full conjugation tables of each verb.

Irregular verb forms are in red

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No.	Verb	Simple Past	Past Participle
1	to be	were	been	Conjugate
2	to have	had	had	Conjugate
3	to do	did	done	Conjugate
4	to say	said	said	Conjugate
5	to go	went	gone	Conjugate
6	to get	got	got / gotten	Conjugate
7	to make	made	made	Conjugate
8	to know	knew	known	Conjugate
9	to think	thought	thought	Conjugate
10	to take	took	taken	Conjugate
11	to see	saw	seen	Conjugate
12	to come	came	come	Conjugate
13	to want	wanted	wanted	Conjugate
14	to look	looked	looked	Conjugate
15	to use	used	used	Conjugate
16	to find	found	found	Conjugate
17	to give	gave	given	Conjugate
18	to tell	told	told	Conjugate
19	to work	worked	worked	Conjugate
20	to call	called	called	Conjugate
21	to try	tried	tried	Conjugate
22	to ask	asked	asked	Conjugate
23	to need	needed	needed	Conjugate
24	to feel	felt	felt	Conjugate
25	to become	became	become	Conjugate