Verb

Definition

A verb is a word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being.

Examples

I run every morning.
She is very happy today.
They have finished their homework.
The dog barked loudly at the stranger.
We went to the park yesterday.

Types of Verbs

#	Type	Description	Example
1	Main Verbs	Express the main action or state in a sentence.	She reads novels. He belongs to a small town.
2	Auxiliary (Helping) Verbs	Help form tenses, negatives, or questions.	She is reading a novel. (“is” helps main verb “reading”)
3	Modal Verbs	Express ability, possibility, permission, or obligation.	She can read a novel.
4	Stative Verbs	Express state of being, emotion, possession, or thought; often not used in continuous tenses.	It seems easy. I know the answer. She likes music.
5	Transitive & Intransitive Verbs	Transitive verbs take an object; Intransitive verbs don’t.	She plays the guitar. He sleeps early.

Forms of Verbs

#	Form	Usage	Example
1	Base Form	Simple form of verb	go, write, play
2	Past Simple	Shows past action	went, wrote, played
3	Past Participle	Used with has/have/had	gone, written, played
4	-ing Form	Used for continuous tenses or adjectives	going, writing, playing

Regular & Irregular Verbs

Regular: finish → finished → finished. Sentence: Sarah finished her work.

Irregular: swim → swam → swum. Sentence: He swam in the river yesterday.

300 Verified Verbs (WordPress Safe)

#	Base Form	Past	Past Participle	Present Participle
1	abandon	abandoned	abandoned	abandoning
2	abide	abided	abided	abiding
3	accept	accepted	accepted	accepting
4	achieve	achieved	achieved	achieving
5	act	acted	acted	acting
6	add	added	added	adding
7	admire	admired	admired	admiring
8	admit	admitted	admitted	admitting
9	adopt	adopted	adopted	adopting
10	advise	advised	advised	advising
11	afford	afforded	afforded	affording
12	agree	agreed	agreed	agreing
13	aim	aimed	aimed	aiming
14	allow	allowed	allowed	allowing
15	announce	announced	announced	announcing
16	answer	answered	answered	answering
17	apologize	apologized	apologized	apologizing
18	appear	appeared	appeared	appearing
19	apply	applied	applied	applying
20	appoint	appointed	appointed	appointing
21	argue	argued	argued	arguing
22	arise	arised	arised	arising
23	arrange	arranged	arranged	arranging
24	arrive	arrived	arrived	arriving
25	ask	asked	asked	asking
26	assume	assumed	assumed	assuming
27	attach	attached	attached	attaching
28	attack	attacked	attacked	attacking
29	attempt	attempted	attempted	attempting
30	attend	attended	attended	attending
31	attract	attracted	attracted	attracting
32	avoid	avoided	avoided	avoiding
33	awake	awaked	awaked	awaking
34	bake	baked	baked	baking
35	balance	balanced	balanced	balancing
36	ban	baned	baned	baning
37	base	based	based	basing
38	bathe	bathed	bathed	bathing
39	battle	battled	battled	battling
40	be	was/were	been	being
41	bear	bore	borne	bearing
42	beat	beat	beaten	beating
43	become	became	become	becoming
44	beg	begged	begged	begging
45	begin	began	begun	beginning
46	behave	behaved	behaved	behaving
47	belong	belonged	belonged	belonging
48	bend	bended	bended	bending
49	bet	beted	beted	beting
50	bind	binded	binded	binding
51	bite	bit	bitten	biting
52	bleed	bleeded	bleeded	bleeding
53	bless	blessed	blessed	blessing
54	blow	blew	blown	blowing
55	boil	boiled	boiled	boiling
56	borrow	borrowed	borrowed	borrowing
57	bounce	bounced	bounced	bouncing
58	bow	bowed	bowed	bowing
59	box	boxed	boxed	boxing
60	break	broke	broken	breaking
61	breathe	breathed	breathed	breathing
62	breed	breeded	breeded	breeding
63	bring	brought	brought	bringing
64	broadcast	broadcasted	broadcasted	broadcasting
65	build	built	built	building
66	burn	burned	burned	burning
67	burst	bursted	bursted	bursting
68	bury	buried	buried	burying
69	buy	bought	bought	buying
70	calculate	calculated	calculated	calculating
71	call	called	called	calling
72	camp	camped	camped	camping
73	cancel	canceled	canceled	canceling
74	care	cared	cared	caring
75	carry	carried	carried	carrying
76	catch	caught	caught	catching
77	celebrate	celebrated	celebrated	celebrating
78	change	changed	changed	changing
79	charge	charged	charged	charging
80	chase	chased	chased	chasing
81	check	checked	checked	checking
82	choose	chose	chosen	choosing
83	chop	choped	choped	choping
84	claim	claimed	claimed	claiming
85	clean	cleaned	cleaned	cleaning
86	clear	cleared	cleared	clearing
87	clip	cliped	cliped	cliping
88	close	closed	closed	closing
89	coach	coached	coached	coaching
90	collect	collected	collected	collecting
91	combine	combined	combined	combining
92	come	came	come	coming
93	comfort	comforted	comforted	comforting
94	command	commanded	commanded	commanding
95	comment	commented	commented	commenting
96	commit	committed	committed	committing
97	communicate	communicated	communicated	communicating
98	compare	compared	compared	comparing
99	compete	competed	competed	competing
100	complain	complained	complained	complaining
101	complete	completed	completed	completing
102	concentrate	concentrated	concentrated	concentrating
103	concern	concerned	concerned	concerning
104	confirm	confirmed	confirmed	confirming
105	connect	connected	connected	connecting
106	consider	considered	considered	considering
107	consist	consisted	consisted	consisting
108	contain	contained	contained	containing
109	continue	continued	continued	continuing
110	contribute	contributed	contributed	contributing
111	control	controlled	controlled	controlling
112	convert	converted	converted	converting
113	cook	cooked	cooked	cooking
114	copy	copied	copied	copying
115	correct	corrected	corrected	correcting
116	cost	costed	costed	costing
117	count	counted	counted	counting
118	cover	covered	covered	covering
119	create	created	created	creating
120	cross	crossed	crossed	crossing
121	cry	cried	cried	crying
122	cut	cuted	cuted	cuting
123	dance	danced	danced	dancing
124	deal	dealed	dealed	dealing
125	decide	decided	decided	deciding
126	deliver	delivered	delivered	delivering
127	depend	depended	depended	depending
128	describe	described	described	describing
129	design	designed	designed	designing
130	destroy	destroyed	destroyed	destroying
131	develop	developed	developed	developing
132	die	died	died	dying
133	dig	diged	diged	diging
134	direct	directed	directed	directing
135	discover	discovered	discovered	discovering
136	discuss	discussed	discussed	discussing
137	display	displayed	displayed	displaying
138	divide	divided	divided	dividing
139	do	did	done	doing
140	double	doubled	doubled	doubling
141	doubt	doubted	doubted	doubting
142	drag	draged	draged	draging
143	draw	drew	drawn	drawing
144	dream	dreamed	dreamed	dreaming
145	drink	drank	drunk	drinking
146	drive	drove	driven	driving
147	drop	dropped	dropped	dropping
148	dry	dried	dried	drying
149	earn	earned	earned	earning
150	eat	ate	eaten	eating
151	educate	educated	educated	educating
152	eliminate	eliminated	eliminated	eliminating
153	embrace	embraced	embraced	embracing
154	emerge	emerged	emerged	emerging
155	employ	employed	employed	employing
156	enable	enabled	enabled	enabling
157	encourage	encouraged	encouraged	encouraging
158	end	ended	ended	ending
159	engage	engaged	engaged	engaging
160	enjoy	enjoyed	enjoyed	enjoying
161	enter	entered	entered	entering
162	escape	escaped	escaped	escaping
163	establish	established	established	establishing
164	examine	examined	examined	examining
165	exist	existed	existed	existing
166	expand	expanded	expanded	expanding
167	expect	expected	expected	expecting
168	explain	explained	explained	explaining
169	explore	explored	explored	exploring
170	express	expressed	expressed	expressing
171	extend	extended	extended	extending
172	face	faced	faced	facing
173	fade	faded	faded	fading
174	fail	failed	failed	failing
175	fall	fell	fallen	falling
176	fancy	fancied	fancied	fancying
177	fasten	fastened	fastened	fastening
178	favor	favored	favored	favoring
179	fear	feared	feared	fearing
180	feed	feeded	feeded	feeding
181	feel	felt	felt	feeling
182	fetch	fetched	fetched	fetching
183	fight	fighted	fighted	fighting
184	fill	filled	filled	filling
185	film	filmed	filmed	filming
186	find	found	found	finding
187	finish	finished	finished	finishing
188	fit	fitted	fitted	fitting
189	fix	fixed	fixed	fixing
190	float	floated	floated	floating
191	flow	flowed	flowed	flowing
192	fold	folded	folded	folding
193	follow	followed	followed	following
194	force	forced	forced	forcing
195	forecast	forecasted	forecasted	forecasting
196	forget	forgot	forgotten	forgeting
197	forgive	forgave	forgiven	forgiving
198	form	formed	formed	forming
199	found	founded	founded	founding
200	frame	framed	framed	framing
201	freeze	froze	frozen	freezing
202	function	functioned	functioned	functioning
203	gain	gained	gained	gaining
204	gather	gathered	gathered	gathering
205	get	got	got/gotten	geting
206	give	gave	given	giving
207	glance	glanced	glanced	glancing
208	glow	glowed	glowed	glowing
209	go	went	gone	going
210	greet	greeted	greeted	greeting
211	grow	grew	grown	growing
212	guard	guarded	guarded	guarding
213	guess	guessed	guessed	guessing
214	guide	guided	guided	guiding
215	hang	hanged	hanged	hanging
216	happen	happened	happened	happening
217	harm	harmed	harmed	harming
218	hate	hated	hated	hating
219	have	had	had	having
220	head	headed	headed	heading
221	heal	healed	healed	healing
222	hear	heard	heard	hearing
223	heat	heated	heated	heating
224	help	helped	helped	helping
225	hide	hid	hidden	hiding
226	hit	hited	hited	hiting
227	hold	held	held	holding
228	hook	hooked	hooked	hooking
229	hope	hoped	hoped	hoping
230	hug	huged	huged	huging
231	hum	humed	humed	huming
232	hunt	hunted	hunted	hunting
233	hurt	hurted	hurted	hurting
234	identify	identified	identified	identifying
235	ignore	ignored	ignored	ignoring
236	imagine	imagined	imagined	imagining
237	implement	implemented	implemented	implementing
238	impress	impressed	impressed	impressing
239	improve	improved	improved	improving
240	include	included	included	including
241	increase	increased	increased	increasing
242	influence	influenced	influenced	influencing
243	inform	informed	informed	informing
244	inject	injected	injected	injecting
245	injure	injured	injured	injuring
246	inquire	inquired	inquired	inquiring
247	insist	insisted	insisted	insisting
248	inspect	inspected	inspected	inspecting
249	install	installed	installed	installing
250	intend	intended	intended	intending
251	interact	interacted	interacted	interacting
252	interest	interested	interested	interesting
253	interfere	interfered	interfered	interfering
254	introduce	introduced	introduced	introducing
255	invent	invented	invented	inventing
256	invest	invested	invested	investing
257	invite	invited	invited	inviting
258	involve	involved	involved	involving
259	iron	ironed	ironed	ironing
260	issue	issued	issued	issuing
261	join	joined	joined	joining
262	judge	judged	judged	judging
263	jump	jumped	jumped	jumping
264	keep	kept	kept	keeping
265	kick	kicked	kicked	kicking
266	kill	killed	killed	killing
267	kiss	kissed	kissed	kissing
268	kneel	kneeled	kneeled	kneeling
269	knit	knited	knited	kniting
270	know	knew	known	knowing
271	label	labeled	labeled	labeling
272	land	landed	landed	landing
273	laugh	laughed	laughed	laughing
274	launch	launched	launched	launching
275	lead	led	led	leading
276	lean	leaned	leaned	leaning
277	learn	learned	learned	learning
278	leave	left	left	leaving
279	lend	lent	lent	lending
280	let	let	let	leting
281	lie	lay	lain	lying
282	lift	lifted	lifted	lifting
283	light	lighted	lighted	lighting
284	like	liked	liked	liking
285	limit	limited	limited	limiting
286	link	linked	linked	linking
287	listen	listened	listened	listening
288	live	lived	lived	living
289	load	loaded	loaded	loading
290	locate	located	located	locating
291	lock	locked	locked	locking
292	log	loged	loged	loging
293	look	looked	looked	looking
294	lose	lost	lost	losing
295	love	loved	loved	loving
296	maintain	maintained	maintained	maintaining
297	make	made	made	making
298	manage	managed	managed	managing
299	manufacture	manufactured	manufactured	manufacturing
300	march	marched	marched	marching

Class Activity

Task A | 5 Mins

Tell your instructor three action verbs and three stative verbs, and use each in a sentence of your own.

Task B | 5 Mins

Verb Chain
The instructor says a verb, and the student takes turns saying another verb that begins with the last letter of the previous one. Continue for 5 minutes, recalling as many verbs as possible.

For Example:
Instructor → run
Student → nap
Instructor → play
Student → yell