- be
- have
- do
- say
- get
- make
- go
- know
- take
- see
- come
- think
- look
- want
- give
- use
- like
- tell
- ask
- work
- need
- feel
- try
- leave
- call
From an Oxford Online survey, sampling 1,000,000,000 English words. These are the most used English verbs.*
Students: Are these your most used verbs?
These verbs are 1/2 of all verbs used by native speakers.
Are they 1/2 of all your verbs?
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* I have slightly amended the Oxford results. Two of the words in this list appear by my choice.
