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The 50 most common verbs in English

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Have students write each word on a card. 

On the back, have them write the forms of the verb and a sample sentence.

Make one class set for practice or have each student make their own set.

 

Color coding is by pattern of the BASE-PAST-PAST PARTICIPLE,

in X-Word terms,

Vb, VXD, Vd-t-n: It helps the students memorize.

2 forms for regular and ABB; 3 forms for ABC verbs, etc.

 

Yellow: regular     want  wanted wanted

Blue:    ABB        have   had      had

Pink:    ABC        do      does    did

Green:  ABA        come came  come

White:  AAA        put     put    put

 

to be is the only verb with 8 forms (see be card below)

 

Source: BYU Corpus of Contemporary American English

 

See examples below!

 

Examples of Verb Cards 

 

 

 
regular verb -- front  regular verb -- back

 

 

 

 

 

be

 
 to be - front  to be - back

 

 

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