Here’s a categorized list of verbs to enhance your vocabulary:
Action Verbs
- Run – ran, run, running
- Jump – jumped, jumped, jumping
- Climb – climbed, climbed, climbing
- Write – wrote, written, writing
- Cook – cooked, cooked, cooking
- Dance – danced, danced, dancing
- Drive – drove, driven, driving
- Sing – sang, sung, singing
Mental/Emotional Verbs
- Think – thought, thought, thinking
- Imagine – imagined, imagined, imagining
- Believe – believed, believed, believing
- Understand – understood, understood, understanding
- Remember – remembered, remembered, remembering
- Hope – hoped, hoped, hoping
- Love – loved, loved, loving
- Fear – feared, feared, fearing
Communication Verbs
- Say – said, said, saying
- Ask – asked, asked, asking
- Tell – told, told, telling
- Shout – shouted, shouted, shouting
- Whisper – whispered, whispered, whispering
- Explain – explained, explained, explaining
- Complain – complained, complained, complaining
- Announce – announced, announced, announcing
Senses Verbs
- See – saw, seen, seeing
- Hear – heard, heard, hearing
- Smell – smelled/smelt, smelled/smelt, smelling
- Taste – tasted, tasted, tasting
- Touch – touched, touched, touching
- Feel – felt, felt, feeling
- Notice – noticed, noticed, noticing
- Observe – observed, observed, observing
Helping/Auxiliary Verbs (irregular forms)
- Be – was/were, been, being
- Have – had, had, having
- Do – did, done, doing
- Can – could (no participles)
- Shall – should (no participles)
- Will – would (no participles)
- May – might (no participles)
State Verbs
- Exist – existed, existed, existing
- Belong – belonged, belonged, belonging
- Own – owned, owned, owning
- Know – knew, known, knowing
- Seem – seemed, seemed, seeming
- Appear – appeared, appeared, appearing
- Need – needed, needed, needing
- Contain – contained, contained, containing
Descriptive/Change Verbs
- Grow – grew, grown, growing
- Become – became, become, becoming
- Fade – faded, faded, fading
- Change – changed, changed, changing
- Improve – improved, improved, improving
- Begin – began, begun, beginning
- End – ended, ended, ending
- Rise – rose, risen, rising