Basic Verbs

Taking food into your mouth and swallowing it; irregular (ate, eaten).

Taking liquid into your mouth and swallowing it; irregular (drank, drunk).

Resting with your eyes closed and your mind unconscious; irregular (slept).

Getting something by paying money for it; irregular (bought).

Giving something to someone in exchange for money; irregular (sold).

Having a particular price; irregular (cost, cost).

Taking part in a game or sport, or having fun.

Cleaning something with water and often soap.

Making something free of dirt or mess.

Stopping sleeping; irregular (woke up, woken up).

Getting out of bed, or standing up; irregular (got up).

Moving into a sitting position; irregular (sat down).

Rising to your feet; irregular (stood up).

Having clothes, shoes, or accessories on your body; irregular (wore, worn).

Dressing yourself in a piece of clothing; irregular (put on).

Removing a piece of clothing; irregular (took off, taken off).

Making a happy expression with your mouth.

Making sounds with your voice because something is funny.

Producing tears, usually because you are sad or hurt.

Making music with your voice; irregular (sang, sung).

Moving your body to music.

Pushing yourself up into the air with your legs.

Going down suddenly toward the ground; irregular (fell, fallen).

Moving through water using your body; irregular (swam, swum).

Moving through the air, or travelling by plane; irregular (flew, flown).

Controlling and operating a car or other vehicle; irregular (drove, driven).

Sitting on and controlling a bike, horse, or similar; irregular (rode, ridden).

Pressing something to move it away from you.

Holding something and moving it toward you.

Sending something through the air with your hand; irregular (threw, thrown).

Taking and holding something moving through the air; irregular (caught).

Using a knife or scissors to divide or open something; irregular (cut, cut).

Putting your hand or finger on something.

Going to see a person or place.

Going from one place to another, especially over a distance.

Getting to a place at the end of a journey.

Coming or going back to a place.

Going into a place.

Starting something; irregular (began, begun).

Coming to a finish, or stopping.

Picking one thing from several options; irregular (chose, chosen).

Being first or best in a game, race, or competition; irregular (won).

Saying numbers in order or finding how many there are.

Making a picture with a pen or pencil; irregular (drew, drawn).

Putting colour on something with a brush, or making a picture with paint.

Making something by putting parts together; irregular (built).

Repairing something that is broken.

Stopping activity to relax and get back your energy.

Keeping money to use later, or keeping something safe.

Giving part of something to others, or having something together.

Taking something from someone to use and return later.

Giving something to someone for a while, expecting it back; irregular (lent).

Telling someone you are grateful.

Asking someone to come to an event or place.

Asking someone if they want something, or saying you will do something.

Telling people each other's names when they first meet.

Saying or doing something again.

Saying or writing the letters of a word in order.

Saying or writing something as a reply to a question.

Feeling nervous or anxious about something.

Giving an answer you are not sure about.

Used to say you are able to do something, or to ask permission.

Past of 'can', and a polite way to ask for things.

Used to say something is necessary or strongly advised.

Used to give advice or say what is a good idea.

Used to talk about the future or make a quick decision.

Leaving your home to do something, often for fun; irregular (went out, gone out).

Returning to a place; irregular (came back, come back).

Entering a car, taxi, or small space; irregular (got in).

Leaving a car or small space; irregular (got out).

Going from one side of something to the other.

Leaving a car in a particular place for a time.

Breathing in and out the smoke of a cigarette.

Remaining in a place and not leaving.

Staying somewhere until a particular person or thing comes.

Used to ask permission politely or to say something is possible.

Giving a name to a person, animal, or thing.

Getting into bed to sleep; irregular (went to bed).