Basic Verbs

Used to identify, describe, or state a condition

Used to express possession or ownership

Used to express obligation or necessity

Used to express movement away from the current location

Used to talk about performing actions or activities

Used to report spoken words

Used to express receiving or obtaining something

Used to describe a change of state

Used to talk about creating or producing something

Used with a noun to describe causing a result or reaction

Used to express awareness or familiarity with information or people

Used to express an opinion or mental activity

Used to express moving something from one place to another or accepting

Used to talk about how much time something needs

Used to express movement toward the speaker or a destination

Used to express a desire or wish

Used to describe how someone or something appears

Used to express transferring something to another person

Used to talk about employing something for a purpose

Used to express discovering or locating something

Used to express giving information to someone

Used to request information, help, or permission

Used to express that something is necessary or required

Used to describe emotions or physical sensations

Used to describe a change in state or condition

Used to express departing from a place

Used to express letting something stay where it is

Used to express placing something in a position

Used to express continuing to have or do something

Used to express allowing or permitting something

Used to express the beginning of an action or event

Used to describe how something appears without being certain

Used to express assisting someone with something

Used to express making something visible or demonstrating

Used to express perceiving sound

Used to express perceiving with the eyes or understanding

Used to express changing direction or rotating

Used to express changing position or changing where you live

Used to talk about where someone resides

Used to talk about events that occur

Used to express carrying something toward the speaker or a place

Used to express keeping something in your hands or arms

Used to express ceasing an action or movement

Used to express contacting someone by phone

Used to express causing something to go to a person or place

Used to express no longer having something

Used to express giving money for goods or services

Used to express encountering someone or gathering together

Used to express staying in place or delaying action

Used to express making or becoming different

Used to express going after someone or obeying instructions

Used to express gaining knowledge or a new skill

Used to express comprehending meaning or a situation

Used to express failing to remember

Used to express shutting or ending access

Used to express enjoyment or preference

Used to express strong positive feelings or great enjoyment

Used to express strong dislike

Used to express liking one thing more than another

Used to express wanting something good to happen

Used to express thinking something is true or real

Used to express making a choice

Used to express having the same opinion or accepting a proposal

Used to express using money to buy something

Used to express passing time doing something

Used to express moving quickly on foot

Used to express moving on foot at a normal speed

Used to express being in or moving into a seated position

Used to express being in or moving into an upright position

Used to express holding something while moving

Used to express having a conversation or speaking

Used to express communicating verbally or knowing a language

Used to express making something clear or easy to understand

Used to express paying attention to sound

Used to express looking at and understanding written words

Used to express putting words on paper or a screen

Used to express damaging something so it no longer works or is in pieces

Used to express examining or verifying something

Used to express failing to catch or be on time for something

Used to express feeling sad about someone or something absent

Used to express getting pleasure from something

Used to express completing or coming to the end of something

Used to express doing a job or functioning properly

Used to express lifting something from a surface or collecting someone

Used to express trying to find something

Used to express returning something to its owner

Used to express starting a device or machine

Used to express stopping a device or machine

Used to express taking care of someone or something

Used to express discovering information

Used to express continuing to do something

Used to direct attention with the eyes

Used to express attempting to do something

Used to ask about or explain the significance of something

Used to express recalling something from memory

Used to express making something accessible or not closed

Polite way to express a want or request

Used to express looking at something that is moving or changing

British English word for telephoning someone (counterpart to 'call'); past tense 'rang', past participle 'rung'.

American English past participle of 'get' (to obtain or to become).

British English past tense and past participle of 'learn'.