ESL Grammar: 100 Common Verbs

This page lists 100 of the most common verbs. This is a useful resource for beginner or intermediate level students.

1. agree

2. ask

3. become

4. believe

5. bite

6. borrow

7. break

8. bring

9. brush

10. buy

11. cancel

12. change

13. clean

14. climb

15. close

16. complain

17. count

18. cure

19. cut

20. cry

21. dance

22. draw

23. drink

24. drive

25. eat

26. explain

27. fall

28. find

29. finish

30. fix

31. fly

32. forget

33. give

34. go

35. have

36. hear

37. hide

38. hold

39. hope

40. ignore

41. know

42. learn

43. leave

44. lend

45. listen

46. live

47. look

48. lose

49. make

50. need

51. open

52. pay

53. play

54. practice

55. pretend

56. promise

57. put

58. rain

59. read

60. ride

61. run

62. save

63. say

64. see

65. sell

66. share

67. sing

68. sit

69. sleep

70. speak

71. spell

72. spend

73. stand

74. start

75. steal

76. study

77. swim

78. take

79. talk

80. teach

81. tease

82. tell

83. think

84. throw

85. translate

86. travel

87. trust

88. try

89. turn off

90. turn on

91. understand

92. use

93. wait

94. wake up

95. walk

96. want

97. watch

98. work

99. worry

100. write