My verbs

This activity made me realize how much I use certain verbs. It also makes me realized that I need to diversify my word choice throughout my writing.

List

Is, are, is, are, have, seen, revolving, eat, comes, is, sweeps, enjoys, is, go, enjoy, crashing, is, look, are, see, spittle, rinsing, was, wafted, swooped, cawed, played, walked, put, got, was, going, remain, intrigued, gathered, prepared, sign, agonizing, passed, marked, provides, rise, allowing, increase, was, changing, hope, began, struggle, threatened, weaken, hurt, put, cut, work, fight, felt, deserved, changes, seems, be, seems, blunders, cheats, failures, surrounding, there, were, were, keeping, paid, there, discussions, being, trying, give, raise, including, leading, is, struggling, grow, connected, affect, tell, does, is, increasing, hoped, is, represents, is, takes, approaches, involved, stands, know, do, realize, there, is, were, encounter, would, be, would, come, wanted, how, run, sees, is, broken, gives, own, own, provides, explain, is, protect, enhance, promote, keeping, ongoing, would, see, fighting, involved, keeping, unionizing, pushing, suing, does, want, make, be, wants, recognize, are, are, feels, are, being, aided, be, classified, affect, ends, increase, is, are, affected, are, was, created, struggling, live, wanted, make, drafted, work, working, working, paying, see, working, presented, overlooked, are, require, is, do, do, feel, are, are, hand, are, passed, aid, are, realized, goes, able, employ, loses, afford, worried, is, be, does, want, live, feel, are, fighting, want, make, are, talking, harmed, react, include, causing, reducing, employ, is, making, are, pay, offer, shopping, stop, struggle, start, shopping, go, driven, dedicated, keeping, need, fire, will, depends, in, think, believes, get, deserve, get, prove, thrown, earning, feel, have, are, grow, become, follow, see, give, feel, deserve, claim, is, providing, is, increase, is, stating, do, is, are, have, increased, experienced, related, provided, employ, are, are, are, interacted, affect, continue, visit, be, survive, mark, put, stops, changing, are, determine, debate, back, tear, measure, causes, gives, support, hope, was, was.

Tally 

Is: 24             
are: 23          
have: 3         
come: 2         
enjoy: 2          
go: 4             
see: 6

Put: 3             
passed: 2      
mark: 2        
provide: 3     
increase: 4      
change: 3      
hope: 3

Struggle: 4     
put: 4           
work: 5        
fight: 3          
deserve: 3       
seems: 2        
be: 11

There: 3         
were: 3         
give: 4         
include: 2      
grow: 2           
affect: 4         
do: 7

Involve: 2      
realize: 2      
would: 3      
own: 2           
keep: 4            
want: 6          
feel: 5

Aid: 2             
live: 2          
make: 3       
employ: 3      
pay: 2              
stop: 2           
shop: 2

Get: 2             
cause: 2         

Rotman, Steve. "Verb" 10/08/06 via Flickr.
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