# French verb English Verb / Bare Simple Past Past Particlple

infinitive
(Present Perfect, Past
Perfect, Passive Voice)

1 être be (I, he/she/it) was been

(you, they, we) were

2 avoir have had had

3* faire do did done

4* dire say said said

5 aller go went gone

6 obtenir get got got / gotten

7* faire make made made

8 savoir know knew known

9 penser think thought thought

10 prendre take took taken

11 voir see saw seen

12 venir come came come

13 vouloir want wanted wanted

14 utiliser use used used

15 trouver find found found

16 donner give gave given

17* dire tell told told

18 travailler work worked worked

19 appeler call called called

20 essayer try tried tried

21 demander / ask asked asked

poser une question

22 avoir besoin need needed needed

23 se sentir feel felt felt

24 devenir become became become

25 partir / laisser leave left left

26 mettre put put put

27 vouloir dire mean meant meant

28 garder / keep + - keep kept kept

ing – continuer à
faire qqch

29 laisser / louer let let let

30 commencer begin began begun

31 avoir l’air / seem seemed seemed

sembler

32 aider help helped helped

33 montrer show showed shown

34 entendre hear heard heard

35 jouer play played played

36 courir run ran run

37 bouger move moved moved

38 habiter live lived lived

39 croire believe believed believed

40 apporter bring brought brought

41 arriver / se happen happened happened

passer

42 écrire write wrote written

43 s’asseoir sit sat sat

44 être debout / stand stood stood

stand up – se lever

45 perdre lose lost lost

46 payer pay paid paid

47 rencontrer meet met met

48 inclure / include included included

comprendre

49 continuer continue continued continued

50 poser / fixer / set set set

régler

51 apprendre learn learnt / learned learnt / learned

52 changer change changed changed

53 mener, conduire lead led led

/ diriger

54 comprendre understand understood understood

55 regarder watch watched watched

56 suivre follow followed followed

57 arrêter stop stopped stopped

58 créer create created created

59 parler speak spoke spoken

60 lire read read read

61 dépenser / spend spent spent
passer (le temps)

62 grandir grow grew grown

63 ouvrir open opened opened

64 marcher walk walked walked

65 gagner (au lotto) win won won

/
gagner de l’argent
au travail - EARN

66 enseigner teach taught taught

67 offrir offer offered offered

68 se souvenir remember remembered remembered

69 considérer / consider considered considered

réfléchir à

70 apparaître appear appeared appeared

71 acheter buy bought bought

72 servir serve served served

73 mourir die died died

74 envoyer send sent sent

75 construire build built built

76 rester stay stayed stayed

77 tomber fall fell fallen

78 couper cut cut cut

79 arriver à / reach reached reached

atteindre

80 tuer kill killed killed

81 lever / raise raised raised

augmenter

82 passer / réussir pass passed passed

83 vendre sell sold sold

84 décider decide decided decided

 85 revenir (come return returned returned
back) / retourner
(go back)

86 expliquer explain explained explained

87 espérer hope hoped hoped

88 développer / develop developed developed

évoluer

89 porter carry carried carried

90 casser break broke broken

91 recevoir receive received received

92 être d’accord agree agreed agreed

93 supporter support supported supported

94 frapper, taper / hit hit hit

heurter (obstacle)

95 produire produce produced produced

96 manger eat ate eaten

97 couvrir cover covered covered

98 attraper / catch caught caught

prendre (le bus)

99 dessiner draw drew drawn

100 choisir choose chose chosen

 Say something (to somebody) : She said that she wasn’t happy in her new job.
 Tell somebody something: She told me that she wasn’t happy in her new job.
 We often use the verb ‘do’ to talk about performing some particular jobs.

Examples: do some work / do shopping / do the washing up / do homework / do housework / do

some exercises

 We often use the verb ‘make’ to talk about creating or producing something.

Examples: make a cake / make a cup of coffee / make a sandwich / make dinner / make fire / make a
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