Ten most used verbs in English?

Here are the ten most heavily used verbs in the English language: 

  • be
  • have
  • do
  • say
  • make
  • go
  • take
  • come
  • see
  • get 

What do these verbs have in common?

All ten are irregular. Unlike the vast majority of verbs, they do not follow a standard inflection pattern: I paint, I painted, he painted etc. To know, for example, is irregular: know becomes knew rather than knowed.


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