Showing posts with label 100 most common verbs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 100 most common verbs. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

The 100 most-often used verbs in English

I compiled this from several sources (most of which agreed). I Do believe, however, that among those 100 words should be several related to bodily and procreative functions that are not, as they say, "used in polite company."


accept
allow
ask
believe
borrow
break
bring
buy
can/be able
cancel
change
clean
comb
complain
cough
count
cut
dance
draw
drink
drive
eat
explain
fall
fill
find
finish
fit
fix
fly
forget
give
go
have
hear
hurt
know
learn
leave
listen
live
look
lose
make/do
need
open
close/shut
organise
pay
play
put
rain
read
reply
run
say
see
sell
send
sign
sing
sit
sleep
smoke
speak
spell
spend
stand
start/begin
study
succeed
swim
take
talk
teach
tell
think
translate
travel
try
turn off
turn on
type
understand
use
wait
wake up
want
watch
work
worry
write

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