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600 common verbs used in English

There are thousands of regular verbs in English. This is a list of 600 of the more common regular
verbs.

accept
add
admire
admit
advise
afford
agree

allow
amuse
analyse
announce
annoy
answer
apologise

applaud
appreciate
approve
argue
arrange
arrest
arrive

attach
attack
attempt
attend
attract

avoid

alert

appear

ask

back
bake
balance
ban
bang
bare
bat
bathe
battle

beg
behave
belong
bleach
bless
blind
blink
blot
blush

boil
bolt
bomb
book
bore
borrow
bounce
bow
box

brake
branch
breathe
bruise
brush
bubble
bump
burn
bury

beam

boast

brake

buzz

calculate
call
camp
care
carry
carve
cause
challenge
change
charge
chase
cheat
check
cheer

choke
chop
claim
clap
clean
clear
clip
close
coach
coil
collect
colour
comb
command

compare
compete
complain
complete
concentrate
concern
confess
confuse
connect
consider
consist
contain
continue
copy

cough
count
cover
crack
crash
crawl
cross
crush
cry
cure
curl
curve

cycle

chew

communicate

correct

dam

deliver

disapprove

dress

damage
dance
dare
decay
deceive
decide
decorate
delay

depend
describe
desert
deserve
destroy
detect
develop
disagree

disarm
discover
dislike
divide
double
doubt
drag
drain

delight

disappear

dream

earn
educate
embarrass
employ
empty

end
enjoy
enter
entertain
escape

excite
excuse
exercise
exist
expand

encourage

examine

expect

face
fade
fail
fancy
fasten
fax
fear

fetch
file
fill
film
fire
fit
fix

flash
float
flood
flow
flower
fold
follow

fence

flap

fool

gather
gaze
glow

grab
grate
grease

grin
grip
groan

glue

greet

guarantee

hammer
hand
handle
hang
happen

harm
hate
haunt
head
heal

heat
help
hook
hop
hope

harass

heap

hover

identify
ignore
imagine

increase
influence
inform

intend
interest
interfere

drip
drop
drown
drum
dry

dust

explain
explode

extend

force
form
found
frame
frighten

fry

guard
guess

guide

hug
hum
hunt

hurry

invite
irritate

impress
improve

inject
injure

interrupt
introduce

include

instruct

invent

jail

jog

jam

join

kick

kill

itch

joke

juggle

judge

jump

kiss

knit

knot

kneel

knock

label
land
last
laugh

learn
level
license
lick

lighten
like
list
listen

load
lock
long
look

launch

lie

live

love

man
manage
march
mark
marry
match

matter
measure
meddle
melt
memorise
mend

milk
mine
miss
mix
moan
moor

move
muddle
mug
multiply

murder

mate

mess up

mourn

nail

need

nod

notice

name

nest

note

number

obey
object

obtain
occur

offer
open

overflow
owe

observe

offend

order

own

pack
paddle
paint
park
part
pass
paste

permit
phone
pick
pinch
pine
place
plan

pop
possess
post
pour
practise
pray
preach

prevent
prick
print
produce
program
promise
protect

pat
pause
peck
pedal
peel
peep

plant
play
please
plug
point
poke

precede
prefer
prepare
present
preserve
press

provide
pull
pump
punch
puncture
punish

perform

polish

pretend

push

question

queue

race
radiate
rain
raise
reach
realise
receive
recognise
record
reduce

refuse
regret
reign
reject
rejoice
relax
release
rely
remain
remember

remove
repair
repeat
replace
reply
report
reproduce
request
rescue
retire

rhyme
rinse
risk
rob
rock
roll
rot
rub
ruin
rule

reflect

remind

return

rush

sack
sail
satisfy
save
saw
scare
scatter
scold
scorch
scrape
scratch
scream
screw
scribble
scrub
seal
search
separate
serve
settle
shade
share

shiver
shock
shop
shrug
sigh
sign
signal
sin
sip
ski
skip
slap
slip
slow
smash
smell
smile
smoke
snatch
sneeze
sniff
snore

soothe
sound
spare
spark
sparkle
spell
spill
spoil
spot
spray
sprout
squash
squeak
squeal
squeeze
stain
stamp
stare
start
stay
steer
step

stop
store
strap
strengthen
stretch
strip
stroke
stuff
subtract
succeed
suck
suffer
suggest
suit
supply
support
suppose
surprise
surround
suspect
suspend

shave

snow

stir

shelter

soak

stitch

talk
tame
tap
taste
tease
telephone
tempt
terrify
test

thaw
tick
tickle
tie
time
tip
tire
touch
tour

trace
trade
train
transport
trap
travel
treat
tremble
trick

thank

tow

trip

undress

unite

unpack

unfasten

unlock

untidy

vanish

visit

wail
wait
walk
wander
want
warm
warn

waste
watch
water
wave
weigh
welcome
whine

whirl
whisper
whistle
wink
wipe
wish
wobble

wash

whip

wonder

x-ray

yawn

yell

zip

zoom

switch

trot
trouble
trust
try
tug
tumble
turn
twist

type

use

work
worry
wrap
wreck
wrestle

wriggle

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