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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Verb Simple Past Past Participle
to stand stood stood
to lose lost lost
to pay paid paid
to meet met met
to include included included
to continue continued continued
to set set set
to learn learnt / learned learnt / learned
to change changed changed
to lead led led
to understand understood understood
to watch watched watched
to follow followed followed
to stop stopped stopped
to create created created
to speak spoke spoken
to read read read
to allow allowed allowed
to add added added
to spend spent spent
to grow grew grown
to open opened opened
to walk walked walked
to win won won
to offer offered offered
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