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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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100 commonly used regular English verbs and their five principal forms.
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	—