331 MOST COMMON VERBS IN ENGLISH ACCORDING TO MACMILLAN

DICTIONARY
Present
(base form)
accept
account
achieve
act
add
admit
affect
afford
agree
aim
allow
answer
appear
apply
argue
arrange
arrive
ask
attack
avoid
base
be
beat
become
begin
believe
belong
break
build
burn
buy
call
can
care
carry
catch
cause
change
charge
check
choose
claim
clean
clear
climb

Past tense
accepted
accounted
achieved
acted
added
admitted
affected
afforded
agreed
aimed
allowed
answered
appeared
applied
argued
arranged
arrived
asked
attacked
avoided
based
was , were
beat
became
began
believed
belonged
broke
built
burned
bought
called
could
cared
carried
caught
caused
changed
charged
checked
chose
claimed
cleaned
cleared
climbed

Past Participle
accepted
accounted
achieved
acted
added
admitted
affected
afforded
agreed
aimed
allowed
answered
appeared
applied
argued
arranged
arrived
asked
attacked
avoided
based
been
beat, beaten
become
begun
believed
belonged
broken
built
burned
bought
called
cared
carried
caught
caused
changed
charged
checked
chosen
claimed
cleaned
cleared
climbed

Meaning
aceptar
relatar
obtener, lograr
actuar
aadir
admitir
afectar
poder pagar, permitirse el lujo
estar de acuerdo
apuntar
permitir
responder, contestar
aparecer, parecer
aplicar
discutir
arreglar
llegar
preguntar
atacar
evitar
basar
ser o estar
golpear
convertirse, llegar a ser
comenzar
creer
pertenecer
romper
construir
quemar
comprar
llamar
Poder (habilidad, sugerencia)
preocuparse
llevar
coger, agarrar
causar
cambiar
cargar (bateras, combate).
chequear
escoger
reclamar
limpiar
aclarar
escalar, subir

Prof. Herman F. Bartley N.

UIP ULACIT 6672-5279
h.bartley.n@gmail.com

close
collect
come
commit
compare
complain
complete
concern
confirm
connect
consider
consist
contact
contain
continue
contribute
control
cook
copy
correct
cost
could
count
cover
create
cross
cry
cut
damage
dance
deal
decide
deliver
demand
deny
depend
describe
design
destroy
develop
die
disappear
discover
discuss
divide
do
draw
dress
drink
drive

closed
collected
came
committed
compared
complained
completed
concerned
confirmed
connected
considered
consisted
contacted
contained
continued
contributed
controlled
cooked
copied
corrected
cost
counted
covered
created
crossed
cried
cut
damaged
danced
dealt
decided
delivered
demanded
denied
depended
described
designed
destroyed
developed
died
disappeared
discovered
discussed
divided
did
drew
dressed
drank
drove

closed
collected
come
committed
compared
complained
completed
concerned
confirmed
connected
considered
consisted
contacted
contained
continued
contributed
controlled
cooked
copied
corrected
cost

cerrar
recoger, recolectar
venir
cometer, hacer
comparar
quejarse
completar
preocuparse
confirmar
conectar
considerar
consistir
contactar, comunicarse
contener
continuar
contribuir
controlar
cocinar
copiar
corregir
costar
Poder (pasado)
counted
contar
covered
cubrir
created
crear
crossed
cruzar
cried
llorar, gritar
cut
cortar
damaged
daarse
danced
bailar
dealt
lidiar con
decided
decidir
delivered
entregar
demanded
exigir
denied
negar
depended
depender
described
describir
designed
disear
destroyed
destruir
developed
desarrollar
died
morir
disappeared
desaparecer
discovered
descubrir
discussed
discutir
divided
dividir
done
hacer
drawn
dibujar, halar
dressed
vestir
drank
beber
driven
conducer, manejar
Prof. Herman F. Bartley N.
UIP ULACIT 6672-5279
h.bartley.n@gmail.com

drop
eat
enable

dropped
ate
enabled

dropped
ate
enabled

dejar caer
comer
equipar

encourage
enjoy
examine
exist
expect

encouraged
enjoyed
examined
existed
expected

encouraged
enjoyed
examined
existed
expected

animar
disfrutar
examinar
existir
esperar (de que algo ocurra)

experience
explain
express
extend
face
fail
fall
fasten
feed
feel
fight
fill
find
finish
fit
fly
fold
follow
force
forget
forgive
form
found
gain
get
give
go
grow
handle
happen
hate
have
head
hear
help
hide
hit
hold
hope
hurt
identify

experienced
explained
expressed
extended
faced
failed
fell
fastened
fed
felt
fought
filled
found
finished
fit
flew
folded
followed
forced
forgot
forgave
formed
founded
gained
got
gave
went
grew
handled
happened
hated
had
headed
heard
helped
hid
hit
held
hoped
hurt
identified

experienced
explained
expressed
extended
faced
failed
fallen
fastened
fed
felt
fought
filled
found
finished
fit
flown
folded
followed
forced
forgotten
forgiven
formed
founded
gained
got, gotten
given
gone
grown
handled
happened
hated
had
headed
heard
helped
hidden
hit
held
hoped
hurt
identified

experimentar (experiencia)
explicar
expresar
extender
enfrentar, encarar
fallar
caer
asegurar
alimentar
sentir
pelear
llenar
encontrar
terminar
quedar(ropa), caber
volar
doblar
seguir
forzar
olvidar
perdonar
formar
fundar
ganar
obtener, conseguir
dar
ir
crecer
hacerse cargo de
ocurrir
odiar
tener
dirigirse a
oir
ayudar
esconder
golpear
sostener
esperar (esperanza)
lastimar, herir
identificar

Prof. Herman F. Bartley N.

UIP ULACIT 6672-5279
h.bartley.n@gmail.com

imagine
improve
include
increase
indicate
influence
inform
intend
introduce
invite
involve
join
jump
keep
kick
kill
knock
know
last
laugh
lay
lead
learn
leave
lend
let
lie
like
limit
link
listen
live
look
lose
love
make
manage
mark
matter
may
mean
measure
meet
mention
might
mind

imaged
improved
included
increased
indicated
influenced
informed
intended
introduced
invited
involved
joined
jumped
kept
kicked
killed
knocked
knew
lasted
laughed
laid
led
learned
left
lent
let
lied
liked
limited
linked
listened
lived
looked
lost
loved
made
managed
marked
mattered

imaged
improved
included
increased
indicated
influenced
informed
intended
introduced
invited
involved
joined
jumped
kept
kicked
killed
knocked
known
lasted
laughed
laid
led
learned
left
lent
let
lied
liked
limited
linked
listened
lived
looked
lost
loved
made
managed
marked
mattered

meant
measured
met
mentioned

meant
measured
met
mentioned

minded

minded

miss

missed

missed

imaginar
mejorar
incluir
incrementar, aumentar
indicar
influenciar
informar
tener la intencin
presenter, introducir
invitar
involucrar
unirse
saltar
mantener, guardar
patear
matar
golpear, tocar (la puerta)
conocer, saber
durar
reir
poner, (incluye huevos)
conducir, guiar
aprender
dejar, marcharse
prestar
permitir, dejar
mentir
gustar
limitar
unir, enlazar
escuchar
vivir
mirar
perder
amar
hacer
administrar, arreglarselas
marcar
tener importancia
poder (permiso)
querer decir, significar
medir
encontrarse, conocer (personas),
mencionar
poder (posibilidad remota)
importar
Extraar, Perder (ver u oir algo, perder algo
que realmente no me pertenece)
e.g I missed the TV show
I missed my plane to Bocas

Prof. Herman F. Bartley N.

UIP ULACIT 6672-5279
h.bartley.n@gmail.com

move
must
need
notice
obtain
occur
offer
open
order
ought to
own
pass
pay
perform
pick
place
plan
play
point
prefer
prepare
present
press
prevent
produce
promise
protect
prove
provide
publish
pull
push
put
raise
reach
read
realize
receive
recognize
record
reduce
refer
reflect
refuse
regard
relate
release
remain
remember
remove

moved
needed
noticed
obtained
occurred
offered
opened
ordered
owned
passed
paid
performed
picked
placed
planned
played
pointed
preferred
prepared
presented
pressed
prevented
produced
promised
protected
proved
provided
published
pulled
pushed
put
raised
reached
read
realized
received
recognized
recorded
reduced
referred
reflected
refused
regarded
related
released
remained
remembered
removed

moved

mover
deber (obligacin)
needed
necesitar
noticed
notar
obtained
obtener
occurred
ocurrir
offered
ofrecer
opened
abrir
ordered
ordenar
deber (obligacin)
owned
poseer, ser dueo
passed
pasar
paid
pagar
performed
hacer
picked
recoger
placed
poner
planned
planear
played
jugar
pointed
Sealar
preferred
preferir
prepared
preparar
presented
presentar
pressed
presionar
prevented
evitar
produced
producir
promised
prometer
protected
proteger
proved
probar
provided
proveer
published
publicar
pulled
halar
pushed
empujar
put
poner
raised
levantar, criar
reached
alcanzar
read
leer
realized
darse cuenta
received
recibir
recognized
reconocer
recorded
grabar
reduced
reducir
referred
referir
reflected
reflejar
refused
rehusarse
regarded
considerar
related
relater, referir
released
liberar, lanzar
remained
permanecer
remembered
recordar
removed
quitar
Prof. Herman F. Bartley N.
UIP ULACIT 6672-5279
h.bartley.n@gmail.com

repeat
replace
reply
report
represent
require
rest
result
return
reveal
ring
rise
roll
run
save
say
see
seem
sell
send
separate
serve
set
settle
shake
shall
share
shoot
should
shout
show
shut
sing
sit
sleep
smile
sort
sound
speak

repeated
replaced
replied
reported
represented
required
rested
resulted
returned
revealed
rang
rose
rolled
ran
saved
said
saw
seemed
sold
sent
separated
served
set
settled
shook

repeated
replaced
replied
reported
represented
required
rested
resulted
returned
revealed
rung
risen
rolled
ran
saved
said
seen
seemed
sold
sent
separated
served
set
settled
shaken

repetir
reemplazar
responder
reportar
representar
requerir
descansar
resultar
regresar
revelar
sonar
subir
rodar
correr
salvar
decir
ver
parecer
vender
enviar
separar
servir
poner, establecer
asentarse
Sacudir, estrechar (las manos)

shared
shot

shared
shot

compartir
disparar

shouted
showed
shut
sang
sat
slept
smiled
sorted
sounded
spoke

shouted
showed
shut
sang
sat
slept
smiled
sorted
sounded
spoken

mostrar
cerrar
cantar
sentarse
dormir
sonreir
sortear, ordenar
sonar
hablar

stand
start
state
stay
stick
stop
study
succeed
suffer
suggest

stood
started
stated
stayed
stuck
stopped
studied
succeeded
suffered
suggested

stood
started
stated
stayed
stuck
stopped
studied
succeeded
suffered
suggested

pararse
comenzar, empezar
decir
quedarse
pegar
parar
estudiar
tener xito
sufrir
sugerir

Prof. Herman F. Bartley N.

UIP ULACIT 6672-5279
h.bartley.n@gmail.com

suit
supply
support
suppose
survive
take
talk
teach
tell
tend
test
thank
think
throw
touch
train
travel
treat
try
turn
understand
use
used to
visit
vote
wait
walk
want
warn
wash
watch
wear
will
win
wish
wonder
work
worry
would
write

suited
supplied
supported
supposed
survived
took
talked
taught
told
tended
tested
thanked
thought
threw
touched
trained
traveled
treated
tried
turned
understood
used

suited
supplied
supported
supposed
survived
took
talked
taught
told
tended
tested
thanked
thought
thrown
touched
trained
traveled
treated
tried
turned
understood
used

visited
voted
waited
walked
wanted
warned
washed
watched
wore

visited
voted
waited
walked
wanted
warned
washed
watched
worn

acomodar
proveer
apoyar
suponer
sobrevivir
tomar
hablar
ensear
decir
atender, tender a
probar (prueba)
agradecer
pensar
tirar
tocar
entrenar
viajar
tratar, inviter, e.g. I treat you to lunch.
tratar
volverse, girar
comprender
usar
Solere.g. I used to go to the beach every
weekend.
visitar
votar
esperar
caminar
querer
prevenir, advertir
lavar
ver
gastar (Viejo)

won
wished
wondered
worked
worried

won
wished
wondered
worked
worried

ganar
desear
preguntarse
trabajar
preocupar

wrote

written

escribir

Prof. Herman F. Bartley N.

UIP ULACIT 6672-5279
h.bartley.n@gmail.com