100 Words Past Present Future Tense! Verbs are words that tell us when something happened in a phrase. Tense refers to the period of time that a verb expresses. Verbs indicate when an action in a sentence occurred. Tense refers to the period of time that a verb expresses. Past tense, present tense, and future tense are the three most prevalent tenses in English. The verb is the term that specifies when the event is taking place. It might be happening right now, in the past, or in the future. Below is the list of 100 past, present, and future tense words:
Past Present Future Verb Tense
| Base Form – V1 | Past Simple – V2 | Past Participle – V3 |
| awake | awoke | awoken |
| bereave | bereft | bereft |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| bleed | bled | bled |
| burn | burnt | burnt |
| come | came | come |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| feed | fed | fed |
| forecast | forecast | forecast |
| grow | grew | grown |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| leap | leapt | leapt |
| mean | meant | meant |
| rise | rose | risen |
| set | set | set |
| shrive | shrove | shriven |
| slide | slid | slid |
| speed | sped | sped |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| string | strung | strung |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| bend | bent | bent |
| bind | bound | bound |
| build | built | built |
| cling | clung | clung |
| do | did | done |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| forbid | forbad(e) | forbidden |
| grind | ground | ground |
| hold | held | held |
| lean | leant | leant |
| lose | lost | lost |
| ring | rang | rung |
| send | sent | sent |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spread | spread | spread |
| strike | struck | struck |
| beget | begot | begotten |
| bet | bet | bet |
| bring | brought | brought |
| cast | cast | cast |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| dwell | dwelt | dwelt |
| flee | fled | fled |
| give | gave | given |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| lay | laid | laid |
| let | let | let |
| rid | rid | rid |
| sit | sat | sat |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| smell | smelt | smelt |
| seek | sought | sought |
| split | split | split |
| sting | stung | stung |
| swim | swam | swum |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| bestride | bestrode | bestrided |
| breed | bred | bred |
| can | could | could |
| cut | cut | cut |
| drive | drove | driven |
| find | found | found |
| freeze | froze | frozen |
| hear | heard | heard |
| know | knew | known |
| lend | lent | lent |
| rend | rent | rent |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| see | saw | seen |
| shine | shone | shone |
| slit | slit | slit |
| spit | spat | spat |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| bespeak | bespoke | bespoken |
| bear | bore | born |
| buy | bought | bought |
| break | broke | broken |
| creep | crept | crept |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| forsake | forsook | forsaken |
| fight | fought | fought |
| have | had | had |
| kneel | knelt | knelt |
| leave | left | left |
| pay | paid | paid |
| say | said | said |
| sing | sang | sung |
| shed | shed | shed |
| slink | slunk | slunk |
| spin | spun | spun |
| steal | stole | stolen |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| beseech | besought | besought |
| blow | blew | blown |
| burst | burst | burst |
| cost | cost | cost |
| dream | dreamt | dreamt |
| feel | felt | felt |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| hang | hung | hung |
| keep | kept | kept |
| learn | learnt | learnt |
| meet | met | met |
| run | ran | run |
| shake | shook | shaken |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sling | slung | slung |
| spend | spent | spent |
| stand | stood | stood |
| strive | strove | striven |
| be | was/were | been |
| abide | abode | abode |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| bid | bade/bid | bidden/bid |
| begin | began | begun |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| dig | dug | dug |
| fly | flew | flown |
| hit | hit | hit |
| lie | lay | lain |
| lead | led | led |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| show | showed | shown |
| slay | slew | slain |
| smite | smote | smitten |
| sell | sold | sold |
| spoil | spoilt | spoit |
| stink | stank | stunk |
| go | went | gone |
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