Present Perfect Words

Regular Verbs

(They follow the standard pattern of adding -ed or -d in the past simple and past
participle.)

Base Form Past Simple Past Participle

Accept Accepted Accepted

Add Added Added

Agree Agreed Agreed

Answer Answered Answered

Arrive Arrived Arrived

Ask Asked Asked

Bake Baked Baked

Call Called Called

Change Changed Changed

Clean Cleaned Cleaned

Close Closed Closed

Cook Cooked Cooked

Cry Cried Cried

Dance Danced Danced

Decide Decided Decided

Discover Discovered Discovered

Enjoy Enjoyed Enjoyed

Explain Explained Explained

Finish Finished Finished

Follow Followed Followed

Guess Guessed Guessed

Help Helped Helped

Hope Hoped Hoped

Jump Jumped Jumped

Kiss Kissed Kissed

Learn Learned/Learnt Learned/Learnt

Like Liked Liked

Listen Listened Listened

Look Looked Looked

Love Loved Loved

Move Moved Moved

Name Named Named

Need Needed Needed

Notice Noticed Noticed

Open Opened Opened

Paint Painted Painted

Plan Planned Planned

Play Played Played

Prefer Preferred Preferred

Rain Rained Rained

Remember Remembered Remembered

Repeat Repeated Repeated

Show Showed Showed/Shone

Smile Smiled Smiled

Start Started Started

Stay Stayed Stayed

Study Studied Studied

Talk Talked Talked

Touch Touched Touched

Travel Traveled/Travelled Traveled/Travelled

Try Tried Tried

Use Used Used

Visit Visited Visited

Wait Waited Waited

Walk Walked Walked

Want Wanted Wanted

Watch Watched Watched

Work Worked Worked

Irregular Verbs

(These verbs do not follow a regular pattern in the past simple or past participle form.)

Base Form Past Simple Past Participle

Arise Arose Arisen

Awake Awoke Awoken

Be Was/Were Been

Bear Bore Borne

Beat Beat Beaten

Become Became Become

Begin Began Begun

Bend Bent Bent

Bet Bet Bet

Bind Bound Bound

Bite Bit Bitten

Blow Blew Blown

Break Broke Broken

Bring Brought Brought

Build Built Built

Burn Burned/Burnt Burned/Burnt

Buy Bought Bought

Catch Caught Caught

Choose Chose Chosen

Come Came Come

Cost Cost Cost

Cut Cut Cut

Dig Dug Dug

Do Did Done

Draw Drew Drawn

Drink Drank Drunk

Drive Drove Driven

Eat Ate Eaten

Fall Fell Fallen

Feel Felt Felt

Fight Fought Fought

Find Found Found

Fly Flew Flown

Forget Forgot Forgotten

Forgive Forgave Forgiven

Freeze Froze Frozen

Get Got Gotten/Got

Give Gave Given

Go Went Gone

Grow Grew Grown

Hang Hung Hung

Have Had Had

Hear Heard Heard

Hide Hid Hidden

Hit Hit Hit

Hold Held Held

Hurt Hurt Hurt

Keep Kept Kept

Know Knew Known

Lead Led Led

Leave Left Left

Lend Lent Lent

Let Let Let

Lose Lost Lost

Make Made Made

Mean Meant Meant

Meet Met Met

Pay Paid Paid

Put Put Put

Read Read Read

Ride Rode Ridden

Ring Rang Rung

Rise Rose Risen

Run Ran Run

Say Said Said

See Saw Seen

Sell Sold Sold

Send Sent Sent

Shake Shook Shaken

Show Showed Shown

Shut Shut Shut

Sing Sang Sung

Sink Sank Sunk

Sit Sat Sat

Sleep Slept Slept

Speak Spoke Spoken

Spend Spent Spent

Stand Stood Stood

Steal Stole Stolen

Swim Swam Swum

Take Took Taken

Teach Taught Taught

Tell Told Told

Think Thought Thought

Throw Threw Thrown

Understand Understood Understood

Wake Woke Woken

Wear Wore Worn

Win Won Won

Write Wrote Written