12 most frequent verbs in English

According to the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English (1999) the list of the top 10 verbs of the English language is:

  • Number 10.Want (voler). Just a normal, regular verb.
  • Number 9.Take (agafar). The first irregular verb in the list!
  • Number 8. Come (venir). Irregular!
  • Number 7. Make (fer). Irregular too!
  • Number 6. See (veure). Erm… irregular again? Yes!!
  • Number 5. Think (pensar). Irregular, yes!
  • Number 4.  Know (conèixer) Yet another irregular verb.
  • Number 3. …
  • Number 2. …
  • Number 1. …

Can you guess these three verbs? Send me your comments and see if you win this little competition. Oh, one clue: it’s not ‘to be’ nor ‘to have’ and they are all irregular verbs!

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En Marc Blanco és professor d' anglès a l' IES Cubelles (Barcelona). És llicenciat en filologia anglo-germànica per l' UAB, va estudiar un post-grau sobre l' anglès medieval a la University of Manchester. Porta 9 anys ensenyant anglès, a gent de negocis, a l' ESO i al batxillerat de centres concertats i ara, amb les oposicions aprovades el 2005, a l' escola pública.

13 thoughts on “12 most frequent verbs in English

  1. guirod

    1. Be.
    2. Have.
    3. Do

    Sorry, Guirod, but ‘be’, ‘have’ and ‘do’ are not in the list because they are auxiliary verbs and they are not included in this ranking.

  2. Ana Padilla Linares

    I think that the least three irregular verbs that don’t be in this list but are also very useful in english are:

    – give
    – go
    – say

    =)

  3. C.Barros

    I believe that three verbs most used in the English language are:

    -say
    -get
    -go

  4. Diego Joeri de Graaf

    I think that the most frecuent verbs are:

    -Go
    -Do
    -Say

    Good luck to everybody but I’m going to win xD!

    Diego

  5. JorgePR

    Let’s try:
    1. Say
    2. like
    3. Go

    By the way, I have seen more or less three chapters of the Mighty Boosh and I like it! I understand more than 60% of what they say.

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