EASY ENGLISH FOR NEW ENGLISH SPEAKERS
What are Verbs?
How to use Verbs When Speaking English?
Verbs – What are verbs they and how do you use them when speaking English?
In the English language, there are several types of words that are used for speaking and writing English. Verbs are words that you do – action words. For example, here is a list of common verbs that are used when speaking English:
| Common Simple Verbs | |||
| run | walk | sit | stand |
| kiss | hug | love | hate |
| cry | laugh | dance | drive |
| eat | drop | kick | jump |
| get | give | keep | learn |
This is just a very small sample of verbs we will use for teaching in this lesson. There are several hundred verbs that can be used in the English language.
How to use Verbs?
Simple examples of using verbs:
Verbs always have a noun either before or after the verb, verbs are not used alone.
- I run
- I walk
- I sit
- I kiss
- Kiss you
- You love her
- You cry
- You eat
- You learn English
More complex examples of using verbs:
- I run to school
- I walk home
- I sit on the chair
- I kiss my mother
- Kiss you tomorrow
- You love her today
- You cry because you are sad
- You eat ice cream
- You learn English for school
Verbs are also used to show present or past tense.
To show something you did in the past (yesterday, last week, etc.), for most verbs, you add “ed” to the end of the verb. For example:
| Present | Past |
| walk | walked |
| kiss | kissed |
| love | loved |
| dance | danced |
| kick | kicked |
| jump | jumped |
| learn | learned |
| I walk to school today | I walked to school yesterday |
| I learn English today | I learned English yesterday |
| I love you | I loved you before |
| I dance all night | I danced with you last night |
| I jump over the water | I jumped into the water yesterday |
Many verbs you don’t add “ed” to the end of the verb. These are called irregular verbs. We will discuss irregular verbs in a different lesson.
50 Most Common Verbs – Present and Past Tense
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Present |
Past |
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Accept |
Accepted |
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Act |
Acted |
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Bake |
Baked |
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Behave |
Behaved |
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Close |
Closed |
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Compare |
Compared |
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Compete |
Competed |
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Die |
Died |
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Disagree |
Disagreed |
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Disturb |
Disturbed |
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Dress |
Dressed |
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Dry |
Dried |
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Eliminate |
Eliminated |
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End |
Ended |
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Enjoy |
Enjoyed |
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Fix |
Fixed |
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Follow |
Followed |
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Freeze |
Freezed |
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Fry |
Fried |
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Greet |
Greeted |
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Guess |
Guessed |
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Hunt |
Hunted |
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Identify |
Identified |
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Imagine |
Imagined |
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Invite |
Invited |
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Join |
Joined |
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Jump |
Jumped |
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Knock |
Knocked |
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Love |
Loved |
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Manage |
Managed |
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Mark |
Marked |
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Match |
Matched |
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Name |
Named |
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Need |
Needed |
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Open |
Opened |
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Order |
Ordered |
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Organize |
Organized |
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Pack |
Packed |
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Paint |
Painted |
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Pass |
Passed |
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Perform |
Performed |
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Persuade |
Persuaded |
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Program |
Programmed |
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Protect |
Protected |
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Review |
Reviewed |
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Shop |
Shopped |
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Slow |
Slowed |
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Turn |
Turned |
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Underline |
Underlined |
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Want |
Wanted |
Teacher Kay
Teacher Kay has been teaching Asian students for over 10 years. He has 2 university degrees and is TEFL certified.
You will learn to speak English well by studying with Teacher Kay.