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100 Common Regular English Verbs
Regular verbs form the past and past participle with -ed, but spelling changes can still occur. Search the table by any form.
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Australian English: this table uses forms such as organised, travelled and the verb practise.
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| Base form | He/she/it | Past | Past participle | -ing form | Useful note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| accept | accepts | accepted | accepted | accepting | — |
| add | adds | added | added | adding | — |
| agree | agrees | agreed | agreed | agreeing | — |
| answer | answers | answered | answered | answering | — |
| appear | appears | appeared | appeared | appearing | — |
| apply | applies | applied | applied | applying | Consonant + y changes to -ies or -ied. |
| arrive | arrives | arrived | arrived | arriving | — |
| ask | asks | asked | asked | asking | — |
| avoid | avoids | avoided | avoided | avoiding | — |
| believe | believes | believed | believed | believing | — |
| call | calls | called | called | calling | — |
| carry | carries | carried | carried | carrying | Consonant + y changes to -ies or -ied. |
| change | changes | changed | changed | changing | — |
| clean | cleans | cleaned | cleaned | cleaning | — |
| close | closes | closed | closed | closing | — |
| compare | compares | compared | compared | comparing | — |
| complete | completes | completed | completed | completing | — |
| consider | considers | considered | considered | considering | — |
| continue | continues | continued | continued | continuing | — |
| cook | cooks | cooked | cooked | cooking | — |
| create | creates | created | created | creating | — |
| decide | decides | decided | decided | deciding | — |
| describe | describes | described | described | describing | — |
| develop | develops | developed | developed | developing | — |
| discuss | discusses | discussed | discussed | discussing | — |
| enjoy | enjoys | enjoyed | enjoyed | enjoying | — |
| enter | enters | entered | entered | entering | — |
| explain | explains | explained | explained | explaining | — |
| finish | finishes | finished | finished | finishing | — |
| follow | follows | followed | followed | following | — |
| happen | happens | happened | happened | happening | — |
| help | helps | helped | helped | helping | — |
| hope | hopes | hoped | hoped | hoping | Drop the final e before -ing. |
| improve | improves | improved | improved | improving | — |
| include | includes | included | included | including | — |
| increase | increases | increased | increased | increasing | — |
| invite | invites | invited | invited | inviting | — |
| join | joins | joined | joined | joining | — |
| jump | jumps | jumped | jumped | jumping | — |
| laugh | laughs | laughed | laughed | laughing | — |
| like | likes | liked | liked | liking | — |
| listen | listens | listened | listened | listening | — |
| live | lives | lived | lived | living | — |
| look | looks | looked | looked | looking | — |
| love | loves | loved | loved | loving | — |
| manage | manages | managed | managed | managing | — |
| move | moves | moved | moved | moving | — |
| need | needs | needed | needed | needing | — |
| notice | notices | noticed | noticed | noticing | — |
| open | opens | opened | opened | opening | — |
| organise | organises | organised | organised | organising | Australian spelling; American English usually uses organize. |
| pass | passes | passed | passed | passing | — |
| plan | plans | planned | planned | planning | Double the final consonant before -ed and -ing. |
| play | plays | played | played | playing | — |
| practise | practises | practised | practised | practising | Practise is the verb in Australian English. |
| prepare | prepares | prepared | prepared | preparing | — |
| promise | promises | promised | promised | promising | — |
| provide | provides | provided | provided | providing | — |
| reach | reaches | reached | reached | reaching | — |
| remember | remembers | remembered | remembered | remembering | — |
| repeat | repeats | repeated | repeated | repeating | — |
| report | reports | reported | reported | reporting | — |
| return | returns | returned | returned | returning | — |
| save | saves | saved | saved | saving | — |
| seem | seems | seemed | seemed | seeming | — |
| start | starts | started | started | starting | — |
| stay | stays | stayed | stayed | staying | — |
| stop | stops | stopped | stopped | stopping | Double the final consonant before -ed and -ing. |
| study | studies | studied | studied | studying | Consonant + y changes to -ies or -ied. |
| talk | talks | talked | talked | talking | — |
| travel | travels | travelled | travelled | travelling | Australian spelling usually doubles the l. |
| try | tries | tried | tried | trying | — |
| turn | turns | turned | turned | turning | — |
| use | uses | used | used | using | — |
| visit | visits | visited | visited | visiting | — |
| wait | waits | waited | waited | waiting | — |
| walk | walks | walked | walked | walking | — |
| want | wants | wanted | wanted | wanting | — |
| watch | watches | watched | watched | watching | — |
| work | works | worked | worked | working | — |
| worry | worries | worried | worried | worrying | — |
| achieve | achieves | achieved | achieved | achieving | — |
| analyse | analyses | analysed | analysed | analysing | Australian spelling; analyse is the verb. |
| assess | assesses | assessed | assessed | assessing | — |
| attach | attaches | attached | attached | attaching | — |
| cancel | cancels | cancelled | cancelled | cancelling | Australian spelling usually doubles the l. |
| check | checks | checked | checked | checking | — |
| collect | collects | collected | collected | collecting | — |
| communicate | communicates | communicated | communicated | communicating | — |
| contribute | contributes | contributed | contributed | contributing | — |
| control | controls | controlled | controlled | controlling | Double the final consonant before -ed and -ing. |
| deliver | delivers | delivered | delivered | delivering | — |
| demonstrate | demonstrates | demonstrated | demonstrated | demonstrating | — |
| examine | examines | examined | examined | examining | — |
| expect | expects | expected | expected | expecting | — |
| identify | identifies | identified | identified | identifying | — |
| measure | measures | measured | measured | measuring | — |
| prefer | prefers | preferred | preferred | preferring | Double the final consonant before -ed and -ing. |
| require | requires | required | required | requiring | — |
| support | supports | supported | supported | supporting | — |