ESL Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards - 100 most common verbs - Malay

One hundred English verbs in the infinitive, ten to a page in two columns, are each paired with a Malay translation - to be with Menjadi / ialah, to keep with Menyimpan, to break with Memecahkan.

Year groups: Adult Education, Not Year Specific, Secondary and Sixth Form, Lower Secondary
Pages: 10
File type: PDF
Preparation: Print ready

Updated May 19, 2026

Subject: Foreign Languages, ESL, Vocabulary, Language Development, English
Topic: ESL, English
Resource types: Flashcards, Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
Preparation: Print ready

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ESL Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards - 100 most common verbs - Malay

This high-quality English language teaching resource is designed for Malay speaking students (Southeast Asia - Brunei + Malaysia + Singapore) learning English as a second or foreign language. It includes 10 printable PDF pages featuring vocabulary flashcards and worksheets centered around the 100 most common verbs in the English Language

This ESL Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards on "the 100 most common verbs in the English Language" Worksheets Activity can be ideal for Beginner level ESL - EFL - TESOL learners, including newcomers and English language learners of all ages.

🌟 What's Included?

In this ESL Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards Activity on "the 100 most common verbs in the English Language", ESL EFL TESOL (English Second or Foreign language) teachers can find:
✅ 100 Printable Flashcards (100 Printable PDF worksheets)
✅ Essential vocabulary and phrases in both English and Malay (Southeast Asia - Brunei + Malaysia + Singapore)

🏫 Who Can Benefit from This Resource?

📌 Beginner ESL/EFL students looking to improve their English vocabulary
📌 Newcomers & English Language Learners (ELLs) in schools, tutoring sessions, or self-study
📌 Teachers and tutors looking for fun and engaging vocabulary-building activities
📌 Language centres, homeschool educators, and ESL programs that aim to support Malay speaking students (Southeast Asia - Brunei + Malaysia + Singapore)

🎯 How Does this ESL Teaching Resource Help you and your Students?

✨ Strengthens essential English communication skills
✨ Provides bilingual vocabulary (English & Malay) for better understanding (Southeast Asia - Brunei + Malaysia + Singapore)
✨ Encourages engaging learning with printable flashcards that can be used in various ESL EFL (English Second or Foreign Language) class activities

Whether you're an ESL teacher or an English tutor these ESL Multilingual Vocabulary Flashcards on "the 100 most common verbs in the English Language" for Malay speaking students (Southeast Asia - Brunei + Malaysia + Singapore) are a valuable and fun resource to improve basic conversation skills in English. Start learning today and make English introductions simple, engaging, and effective!

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Recall the Malay equivalent of one hundred high-frequency English verbs, and the English equivalent of each Malay verb
Recognise the English infinitive - "to" plus the base verb - as the form dictionaries and word lists use
Choose between two Malay renderings of one English verb by context, as with "Memanggil / menelefon" for to call
Notice where a single Malay verb covers more than one English verb, and check meaning from the surrounding sentence rather than the card alone

Teaching tips

Work down the pages in order rather than shuffling: the earliest cards are the highest-frequency verbs (to be, to have, to do, to say), so a beginner gets the most useful hundred words in the most useful order
Fold or cover the lower line to drill in one direction, then swap and cover the upper line to drill the reverse - the two-line layout supports both without any second printing
The slashed entries make good discussion cards: ask learners when "Melihat" fits and when "memandang" fits before accepting either as the answer for to look
Pair the cards with sentence work of your own, since the deck supplies the verb in citation form only and never shows it inside a sentence

Skills covered

Bilingual vocabulary recall - each card sets an English infinitive directly above its Malay equivalent, so a Malay-speaking learner drills from the known language to the target one and back.
Recognising the citation form of a verb - all one hundred entries are printed as "to" plus the base form, fixing the shape learners will meet in dictionaries and word lists.
Choosing between near-synonyms - around a dozen cards offer two Malay renderings for one English verb, so the learner decides which sense is wanted rather than accepting a single fixed gloss.
Building core action vocabulary in frequency order - the deck runs from to be, to have and to do through to less common items such as to consider, to suggest and to develop.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Do any of the English verbs share the same Malay word?

Several do. Melihat appears for both to see and to look, Bercakap covers to talk and to speak, Membawa is given for to bring and for to carry, and Tinggal is used for to live and to stay - useful pairs to compare side by side once learners have both cards.

How are the hundred verbs ordered?

By frequency rather than alphabetically. The first row holds to be and to have, followed by to do, to say, to get and to make, while the final page carries to sell, to return, to hope, to carry and to agree.

What is printed on each card besides the two words?

Nothing else. Each card carries the English infinitive and the Malay translation beneath it - no picture, no example sentence and no conjugated form - so the cards drill meaning and leave usage to be modelled around them.