Có hàng ngàn động từ thông thường trong tiếng Anh. Đây là danh sách khoảng 600 động từ thông dụng phổ biến hơn. Lưu ý rằng có một số biến thể chính tả trong tiếng Anh Mỹ (ví dụ: practise becomes practice in American English).
| accept | back | calculate | dam | grab |
| add | bake | call | damage | grate |
| admire | balance | camp | dance | grease |
| admit | ban | care | dare | greet |
| advise | bang | carry | decay | jog |
| afford | bare | carve | deceive | join |
| agree | bat | cause | decide | kiss |
| alert | bathe | challenge | decorate | kneel |
| allow | battle | change | delay | amuse |
| earn | beam | charge | delight | analyse (BrE) |
| educate | face | chase | hammer | analyze (AmE) |
| embarrass | fade | cheat | hand | announce |
| employ | fail | check | handle | annoy |
| empty | fancy | cheer | hang | answer |
| encourage | fasten | chew | happen | apologise |
| identify | fax | gather | harass | appear |
| ignore | fear | gaze | label | beg |
| imagine | fence | glow | land | behave |
| impress | jail | glue | last | belong |
| improve | jam | kick | laugh | bleach |
| include | nail | kill | launch | bless |
| man | name | obey | pack | blind |
| manage | question | object | paddle | blink |
| march | race | observe | paint | blot |
| mark | radiate | talk | park | blush |
| marry | rain | tame | part | boast |
| match | raise | tap | pass | choke |
| mate | reach | taste | paste | chop |
| sack | realise | tease | pat | claim |
| sail | receive | telephone | pause | clap |
| satisfy | recognise | tempt | peck | clean |
| save | record | terrify | pedal | clear |
| saw | reduce | test | peel | clip |
| scare | reflect | thank | peep | close |
| scatter | undress | vanish | perform | coach |
| scold | unfasten | x-ray | permit | coil |
| scorch | wail | zip | yawn | collect |
| scrape | wait | yell | zoom | colour |
| scratch | walk | end | deliver | comb |
| scream | wander | enjoy | depend | command |
| screw | want | enter | describe | communicate |
| scribble | warm | entertain | desert | harm |
| scrub | warn | escape | deserve | hate |
| seal | wash | examine | destroy | haunt |
| search | fetch | increase | detect | head |
| separate | file | influence | develop | heal |
| serve | fill | inform | disagree | heap |
| settle | film | inject | disappear | learn |
| shade | fire | injure | matter | level |
| share | fit | instruct | measure | license |
| shave | fix | need | meddle | lick |
| shelter | flap | nest | melt | lie |
| obtain | refuse | phone | memorise | queue |
| occur | regret | pick | mend | thaw |
| offend | reign | pinch | mess up | tick |
| shiver | reject | pine | unite | tickle |
| shock | rejoice | place | unlock | tie |
| shop | relax | plan | visit | time |
| shrug | release | plant | applaud | tip |
| sigh | rely | play | appreciate | tire |
| sign | remain | please | approve | touch |
| signal | remember | plug | argue | tour |
| sin | remind | point | arrange | tow |
| sip | waste | poke | arrest | boil |
| ski | watch | polish | arrive | bolt |
| skip | water | pop | ask | bomb |
| slap | wave | disapprove | compare | book |
| slip | weigh | disarm | compete | bore |
| slow | welcome | discover | complain | borrow |
| smash | whine | dislike | complete | bounce |
| smell | whip | divide | concentrate | bow |
| smile | flash | double | concern | box |
| smoke | float | doubt | confess | brake |
| snatch | flood | drag | confuse | excite |
| sneeze | flow | drain | connect | excuse |
| sniff | flower | dream | consider | exercise |
| snore | fold | grin | consist | exist |
| snow | follow | grip | contain | expand |
| soak | fool | groan | continue | expect |
| intend | heat | guarantee | copy | joke |
| interest | help | knit | correct | judge |
| interfere | hook | knock | lighten | milk |
| interrupt | hop | nod | like | mine |
| introduce | hope | note | list | miss |
| invent | hover | offer | listen | mix |
| remove | possess | open | live | moan |
| repair | post | order | branch | moor |
| repeat | pour | soothe | breathe | mourn |
| replace | practise (BrE) | sound | bruise | cough |
| reply | practice (AmE) | spare | brush | count |
| report | pray | spark | bubble | cover |
| reproduce | preach | sparkle | bump | crack |
| request | precede | spell | burn | crash |
| rescue | prefer | spill | bury | crawl |
| retire | prepare | spoil | buzz | cross |
| return | present | spot | dress | crush |
| trace | preserve | spray | drip | cry |
| trade | press | sprout | drop | cure |
| train | pretend | squash | drown | curl |
| transport | unpack | squeak | drum | curve |
| trap | untidy | squeal | dry | cycle |
| travel | attach | squeeze | dust | explain |
| treat | attack | stain | force | explode |
| tremble | attempt | stamp | form | extend |
| trick | attend | stare | found | guard |
| trip | attract | start | frame | guess |
| whirl | avoid | stay | frighten | guide |
| whisper | hug | steer | fry | juggle |
| whistle | hum | step | invite | jump |
| wink | hunt | stir | irritate | notice |
| wipe | hurry | stitch | itch | number |
| wish | load | knot | rhyme | prevent |
| wobble | lock | move | rinse | prick |
| wonder | long | muddle | risk | |
| overflow | look | mug | rob | produce |
| owe | love | multiply | rock | program |
| own | stop | murder | roll | promise |
| trot | store | use | rot | protect |
| trouble | strap | work | rub | provide |
| trust | strengthen | worry | ruin | pull |
| try | stretch | wrap | rule | pump |
| tug | strip | wreck | rush | punch |
| tumble | stroke | wrestle | surround | puncture |
| turn | stuff | wriggle | suspect | punish |
| twist | subtract | support | suspend | push |
| type | succeed | suppose | switch | supply |
| suffer | suck | surprise | suggest | suit |
