| arise | arose | arisen | to come into being; to get up from sleep |
| be | was / were | been | to exist; to have a quality or state |
| beat | beat | beaten | to strike repeatedly; to defeat |
| become | became | become | to begin to be; to come to be something |
| begin | began | begun | to start; to perform the first part of an action |
| bend | bent | bent | to curve; to change angle or direction |
| bet | bet | bet | to risk money on an uncertain outcome |
| bite | bit | bitten | to cut into with the teeth |
| bleed | bled | bled | to lose blood from the body |
| blow | blew | blown | to move air; to send out a stream of air |
| break | broke | broken | to separate into pieces by force |
| bring | brought | brought | to carry or take something to a place |
| build | built | built | to construct by assembling parts together |
| burn | burned / burnt | burned / burnt | to be on fire; to damage or destroy with heat |
| buy | bought | bought | to obtain something in exchange for money |
| catch | caught | caught | to intercept and hold; to capture |
| choose | chose | chosen | to select from a number of options |
| come | came | come | to move towards; to arrive at a place |
| cost | cost | cost | to require a sum of money as payment |
| cut | cut | cut | to divide or wound with a sharp instrument |
| deal | dealt | dealt | to take action; to handle or distribute |
| dig | dug | dug | to break up and move earth or soil |
| do | did | done | to perform or carry out an action |
| draw | drew | drawn | to make a picture with a pencil; to pull |
| dream | dreamed / dreamt | dreamed / dreamt | to experience images and sensations during sleep |
| drink | drank | drunk | to take liquid into the mouth and swallow |
| drive | drove | driven | to operate and steer a vehicle |
| eat | ate | eaten | to put food in the mouth and swallow it |
| fall | fell | fallen | to drop downward; to descend by gravity |
| feel | felt | felt | to experience an emotion or physical sensation |
| fight | fought | fought | to take part in a struggle or conflict |
| find | found | found | to discover or locate something |
| fly | flew | flown | to move through the air |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | to fail to remember; to lose memory of |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven | to stop feeling angry about an offence |
| freeze | froze | frozen | to turn to ice; to become motionless with cold or fear |
| get | got | got / gotten | to obtain or receive; to become |
| give | gave | given | to hand something over to another person |
| go | went | gone | to move or travel from one place to another |
| grow | grew | grown | to increase in size; to cultivate plants |
| hang | hung | hung | to attach from above; to suspend from a point |
| have | had | had | to possess; to experience; to hold |
| hear | heard | heard | to perceive sound with the ears |
| hide | hid | hidden | to put out of sight; to conceal |
| hit | hit | hit | to strike forcefully; to come into contact with |
| hold | held | held | to grip in the hand; to contain or support |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | to cause pain or injury to |
| keep | kept | kept | to retain possession of; to continue doing |
| know | knew | known | to be aware of through learning or experience |
| lay | laid | laid | to put something down carefully in a flat position |
| lead | led | led | to guide or direct; to be in charge of |
| learn | learned / learnt | learned / learnt | to gain knowledge or a skill through study |
| leave | left | left | to go away from; to depart; to allow to remain |
| lend | lent | lent | to give temporarily, expecting return |
| let | let | let | to allow or permit something to happen |
| lie | lay | lain | to be in or move to a horizontal position |
| lose | lost | lost | to be unable to find; to fail to win |
| make | made | made | to create or produce; to cause to happen |
| mean | meant | meant | to intend; to signify or represent |
| meet | met | met | to come face to face with; to encounter |
| pay | paid | paid | to give money in return for goods or services |
| put | put | put | to place something in a particular position |
| read | read | read | to look at and comprehend written words |
| ride | rode | ridden | to sit on and travel by horse or vehicle |
| ring | rang | rung | to make a clear resonant sound; to call by phone |
| rise | rose | risen | to move upward; to get out of bed |
| run | ran | run | to move at speed on foot |
| say | said | said | to utter words; to state or express aloud |
| see | saw | seen | to perceive with the eyes |
| sell | sold | sold | to give something in exchange for money |
| send | sent | sent | to cause to go or be taken to a destination |
| set | set | set | to put in a particular place or position |
| shake | shook | shaken | to move rapidly back and forth; to tremble |
| shine | shone | shone | to give out or reflect light; to be bright |
| shoot | shot | shot | to fire a weapon; to move very rapidly |
| show | showed | shown | to make visible; to display or demonstrate |
| shut | shut | shut | to close; to move to a closed position |
| sing | sang | sung | to produce musical sounds with the voice |
| sit | sat | sat | to rest with the body supported on a seat |
| sleep | slept | slept | to rest with the eyes closed and mind inactive |
| slide | slid | slid | to move smoothly over a surface |
| speak | spoke | spoken | to say words; to communicate verbally |
| spend | spent | spent | to use money; to pass time in a particular way |
| stand | stood | stood | to be upright on the feet |
| steal | stole | stolen | to take another's property without permission |
| stick | stuck | stuck | to fix to a surface; to remain in place |
| strike | struck | struck | to hit with force; to come into sharp contact |
| sweep | swept | swept | to clean a surface by moving a brush across it |
| swim | swam | swum | to move through water using the body |
| take | took | taken | to reach for and hold; to carry away |
| teach | taught | taught | to give instruction; to help someone learn |
| tear | tore | torn | to pull apart; to rip into pieces |
| tell | told | told | to communicate information; to narrate |
| think | thought | thought | to use the mind to reason, consider, or believe |
| throw | threw | thrown | to propel through the air with the hand |
| understand | understood | understood | to grasp the meaning of; to comprehend fully |
| wake | woke | woken | to emerge from sleep; to rouse from sleep |
| wear | wore | worn | to have clothing or an item on the body |
| win | won | won | to achieve victory; to succeed in a contest |
| write | wrote | written | to mark letters or words on a surface |