100 Most Popular English Verbs - French Translation!

Today I want to share a very useful list of the most popular English verbs. Have you already learnt all of them or do you still have some work to do?

You can download the printable version HERE.

The original list (without the French translation but with the audio for the ones who'd like to learn the pronunciation) - http://www.linguasorb.com/en/english/most-common-verbs

# French verb	English Verb / Bare infinitive	Simple Past	Past Particlple (Present Perfect, Past Perfect, Passive Voice)
1 être	be	(I, he/she/it) was (you, they, we) were	been
2 avoir	have	had	had
3* faire	do	did	done
4* dire	say	said	said
5 aller	go	went	gone
6 obtenir	get	got	got / gotten
7* faire	make	made	made
8 savoir	know	knew	known
9 penser	think	thought	thought
10 prendre	take	took	taken
11 voir	see	saw	seen
12 venir	come	came	come
13 vouloir	want	wanted	wanted
14 utiliser	use	used	used
15 trouver	find	found	found
16 donner	give	gave	given
17* dire	tell	told	told
18 travailler	work	worked	worked
19 appeler	call	called	called
20 essayer	try	tried	tried
21 demander / poser une question	ask	asked	asked
22 avoir besoin	need	needed	needed
23 se sentir	feel	felt	felt
24 devenir	become	became	become
25 partir / laisser	leave	left	left
26 mettre	put	put	put
27 vouloir dire	mean	meant	meant
28 garder / keep + -ing – continuer à faire qqch	keep	kept	kept
29 laisser / louer	let	let	let
30 commencer	begin	began	begun
31 avoir l’air / sembler	seem	seemed	seemed
32 aider	help	helped	helped
33 montrer	show	showed	shown
34 entendre	hear	heard	heard
35 jouer	play	played	played
36 courir	run	ran	run
37 bouger	move	moved	moved
38 habiter	live	lived	lived
39 croire	believe	believed	believed
40 apporter	bring	brought	brought
41 arriver / se passer	happen	happened	happened
42 écrire	write	wrote	written
43 s’asseoir	sit	sat	sat
44 être debout / stand up – se lever	stand	stood	stood
45 perdre	lose	lost	lost
46 payer	pay	paid	paid
47 rencontrer	meet	met	met
48 inclure / comprendre	include	included	included
49 continuer	continue	continued	continued
50 poser / fixer / régler	set	set	set
51 apprendre	learn	learnt / learned	learnt / learned
52 changer	change	changed	changed
53 mener, conduire / diriger	lead	led	led
54 comprendre	understand	understood	understood
55 regarder	watch	watched	watched
56 suivre	follow	followed	followed
57 arrêter	stop	stopped	stopped
58 créer	create	created	created
59 parler	speak	spoke	spoken
60 lire	read	read	read
61 dépenser / passer (le temps)	spend	spent	spent
62 grandir	grow	grew	grown
63 ouvrir	open	opened	opened
64 marcher	walk	walked	walked
65 gagner (au lotto) / gagner de l’argent au travail - EARN	win	won	won
66 enseigner	teach	taught	taught
67 offrir	offer	offered	offered
68 se souvenir	remember	remembered	remembered
69 considérer / réfléchir à	consider	considered	considered
70 apparaître	appear	appeared	appeared
71 acheter	buy	bought	bought
72 servir	serve	served	served
73 mourir	die	died	died
74 envoyer	send	sent	sent
75 construire	build	built	built
76 rester	stay	stayed	stayed
77 tomber	fall	fell	fallen
78 couper	cut	cut	cut
79 arriver à / atteindre	reach	reached	reached
80 tuer	kill	killed	killed
81 lever / augmenter	raise	raised	raised
82 passer / réussir	pass	passed	passed
83 vendre	sell	sold	sold
84 décider	decide	decided	decided
85 revenir (come back) / retourner (go back)	return	returned	returned
86 expliquer	explain	explained	explained
87 espérer	hope	hoped	hoped
88 développer / évoluer	develop	developed	developed
89 porter	carry	carried	carried
90 casser	break	broke	broken
91 recevoir	receive	received	received
92 être d’accord	agree	agreed	agreed
93 supporter	support	supported	supported
94 frapper, taper / heurter (obstacle)	hit	hit	hit
95 produire	produce	produced	produced
96 manger	eat	ate	eaten
97 couvrir	cover	covered	covered
98 attraper / prendre (le bus)	catch	caught	caught
99 dessiner	draw	drew	drawn
100 choisir	choose	chose	chosen

*         Say something (to somebody) : She said that she wasn’t happy in her new job.

·         Tell somebody something: She told me that she wasn’t happy in her new job.

·         We often use the verb ‘do’ to talk about performing some particular jobs.

Examples: do some work / do shopping / do the washing up / do homework / do housework / do some exercises

·         We often use the verb ‘make’ to talk about creating or producing something.

Examples: make a cake / make a cup of coffee / make a sandwich / make dinner / make fire / make a collage