Past Tense Of Perfect, Past Participle Form of Perfect, Perfect Perfected V1 V2 V3
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Past Tense of Perfect
We use the word ‘perfect’ very often in our daily life. In this post, we will examine the details of this widely used expression. If you are ready, let’s start!
Meaning
The meaning of perfect is to make something perfect or make something as good as it can be.
Base Form Examples
- When his car breaks down, he spends hours trying to perfect his car.
V2 Past Simple
The word perfect is an irregular verb. That’s why we add ‘- ed’ at the end of the word. Namely, it is used as ‘perfected’ when we use it in the simple past tense.
Examples
- He corrupted his toy so that he perfected it. However, it was useless.
Verb + Preposition IN List in English
Verb + Preposition ABOUT List in English
Verb + Preposition FOR List in English
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V3 Past Participle
Since this word is an irregular verb, V2 and V3 forms of the word perfect are the same. The V3 version of this verb is ‘perfected’. It is used in the form of present perfect tense or past perfect tense. In the present perfect tense, we use the word perfect as ‘have + perfected’ or ‘has + perfected’. The subjects I, you, we and they are used with ‘have + perfected’. The subjects he, she and it are used with ‘has + perfected’. For the past perfect tense, we use ‘had perfected’. It is not important the subjects of the sentence in this tense.
Examples
- She has perfected her technique in sport.
| V1 Base Form | V2 Simple Past | V3 Past Participle |
| be | was, were | been |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| become | became | become |
| begin | began | begun |
| bend | bent | bent |
| bet | bet | bet |
| bid | bid | bid |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| break | broke | broken |
| bring | brought | brought |
| 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 |
| drive | drove | driven |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| V1Base Form | V2Simple Past | V3Past Participle |
| keep | kept | kept |
| know | knew | known |
| lay | laid | laid |
| lead | led | led |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| lie | lay | lain |
| 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 |
| shut | shut | shut |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| sit | sat | sat |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| spend | spent | spent |
| stand | stood | stood |
| stink | stank | stunk |
| swim | swam | swum |
| take | took | taken |
| teach | taught | taught |
| tear | tore | torn |
| tell | told | told |
| wake | woke | woken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| win | won | won |
| write | wrote | written |
