At the time I was going to call the lists Magic Word Lists, as simply browsing through the giant lists made me feel like my vocabulary and word sense was growing extremely fast-much faster than if I had been working with a vocabulary program. I started this list project a few years ago, but put it aside when faced with the sheer number of words and rules. Shortly, I will be posting similar lists for several other parts of speech. I’m familiar with all of the verbs, but reading the list just once seems to have brought many new verbs into my working vocabulary. Personally, having just printed out and read the entire list, I feel a change in my vocabulary. And if you have any questions, if you find an error, or if you find a verb that you think I should add to the list or remove from the list, let me know. Are you a teacher, a student, a reader, a writer? If you have any ideas, strategies, or requests let me know. I would love to hear how you use the list and your success stories. Most certainly, everyone still needs to have a complete list of irregular verbs (marked +). Teachers and students must sometimes do further research and confirmation to fully understand the peculiarities of a verb. However, some verbs are so fickle that it’s likely I’ve missed a couple. I’ve tried to mark all the common spelling changes, exceptions, and irregularities.
In short, if a verb has at least one formal, legitimate, or artistic use, I’ve likely included it. That being said, I left in a few that are so ubiquitous they are sure to appear in a student dictionary. I omitted a number of dicey, offensive, and violent verbs. The marks and numbers indicate which spelling rules etc. In fact, some verbs have several marks or numbers.
Additionally, this list addresses irregular verbs and all the strange spelling changes that occur when we add –s, –ed, and –ing to the base verbs.Īs you will see, 1,984 out of the 3,250 verbs (61%) have a mark or number next to them. This list does not contain helping verbs (see the helping verb section). This Giant Verb List contains 3,250 action verbs, linking verbs, and stative verbs. I hope you find the verb list to be a valuable resource and tweet it, Pin-It, and tell others about it! Overview: 3,250 Verbs with Spelling Rules and Irregular Verbs Also, if you teach beginning writers or struggling writers, be sure to check out Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay on the homepage.
The PDF version contains the Giant Verb List, the Giant Irregular Verb List, a Helping Verbs List, and a Linking Verbs List.
This page contains just one section of the FREE 47-page Giant Verb List PDF found here.