TOP 30 regular verbs

Here is the list of the Top 30 regular verbs in English. This list contains the 30 most commonly used regular verbs.

While regular verbs form the past tense by adding the ending -ed, irregular verbs behave differently and need to be learnt by heart.

We also prepared lists of the Top 5, 10, 20, 25, 30 and 50 irregular verbs and top 100 irregular verbs.

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Each row contains an infinitive first, followed by the simple past (V2) form and the past participle (V3) form. For more detail click on the verb in the infinite form.

Regular verbs have the same simple past (V2) and past participle (V3) form, unlike irregular verbs.

List of TOP 30 regular verbs:

Infinitive	Past simple	Past participle
like	liked [laɪkt]	liked [laɪkt]
want	wanted [ˈwɑntʰɪd]	wanted [ˈwɑntʰɪd]
look	looked [lʊkt]	looked [lʊkt]
need	needed [ˈniːdɪd]	needed [ˈniːdɪd]
love	loved [lʌvd]	loved [lʌvd]
help	helped [helpid]	helped [helpid]
wait	waited [ˈweɪt.ɪd]	waited [ˈweɪt.ɪd]
call	called [kɔːld]	called [kɔːld]
work	worked [wɜːkt]	worked [wɜːkt]
stop	stoped [stɑpt]	stoped [stɑpt]
listen	listened [ˈlɪsn̩d]	listened [ˈlɪsn̩d]
guess	guessed [ɡɛst]	guessed [ɡɛst]
paint	painted [ˈpeɪntɪd]	painted [ˈpeɪntɪd]
try	tried [tɹaɪd]	tried [tɹaɪd]
ask	asked [ˈɑːskt]	asked [ˈɑːskt]
name	named [neɪmd]	named [neɪmd]
happen	happened [ˈhæpənd]	happened [ˈhæpənd]
start	started [ˈstɑɹɾɪd]	started [ˈstɑɹɾɪd]
live	lived [lɪvd]	lived [lɪvd]
use	used [juːzd]	used [juːzd]
move	moved [muːvd]	moved [muːvd]
turn	turned [tɜːnd]	turned [tɜːnd]
change	changed [tʃeɪndʒ]	changed [tʃeɪndʒ]
play	plaied [pleɪd]	plaied [pleɪd]
open	opened [ˈoʊpənd]	opened [ˈoʊpənd]
watch	watched [wɑtʃt]	watched [wɑtʃt]
close	closed [kləʊzd]	closed [kləʊzd]
walk	walked [wɔːkt]	walked [wɔːkt]
die	died [daɪd]	died [daɪd]
order	ordered [ˈɔɹdɚd]	ordered [ˈɔɹdɚd]