40 Verbs You Should Know
You don’t have time to learn thousands of words. What are the few verbs that will help you get a firm grip on the English language in no time?
These are 40 verbs you should know if you want to have great results in IELTS listening and reading! You will see them in every reading passage and hear them on every recording.
1. to cause
2. to account for
3. to entail
4. to involve
5. to argue
6. to suggest
7. to ensure
8. to impact = to influence = to affect
9. to occur
10. to decline
11. to rely on
12. to assess
13. to distinguish
14. to alter
15. to imply
16. to collaborate
17. to support
18. to obtain
19. to define
20. to collate
21. to reflect
22. to benefit
23. to require
24. to consume
25. to set up = to establish = to ascertain
26. to reduce = to decrease
27. to increase
28. to acknowledge
29. to remain
30. to vary
31. to exist
32. to achieve
33. to contain
34. to determine
35. to prompt
36. to submit
37. to encourage
38. to conduct = to carry out
39. to impose
40. to reveal