Bij regelmatige werkwoorden maak je het voltooid deelwoord door '-ed' achter het werkwoord te zetten.
Net als bij de past simple verandert de -y soms in een -ie en wordt de laatste medeklinker soms verdubbeld.
Voorbeelden:
| Tegenwoordige tijd | verleden tijd | voltooid deelwoord |
| to play | played | played |
| to live | lived | lived |
| to own | owned | owned |
| to work | worked | worked |
| to cry | cried | cried |
| to prefer | preferred | preferred |
De irregular verbs (onregelmatige werkwoorden) hebben een eigen vorm die je uit je hoofd moet leren.
Voorbeelden:
| Tegenwoordige tijd | verleden tijd | voltooid deelwoord | Nederlands |
| to be | was/were | been | zijn |
| to beat | beat | beaten | slaan |
| to become | became | become | worden |
| to begin | began | begun | beginnen |
| to bend | bent | bent | buigen |
| to bet | bet | bet | wedden |
| to bind | bound | bound | binden |
| to bite | bit | bitten | bijten |
| to blow | blew | blown | blazen |
| to break | broke | broken | breken |
| to bring | brought | brought | brengen |
| to build | built | built | bouwen |
| to buy | bought | bought | kopen |
| to burn | burnt | burnt | branden |
| to burst | burst | burst | barsten |
| to catch | caught | caught | vangen |
| to choose | chose | chosen | kiezen |
| to come | came | come | komen |
| to cost | cost | cost | kosten |
| to creep | crept | crept | kruipen |
| to cut | cut | cut | snijden |
| to deal | dealt | dealt | omgaan, handelen |
| to dig | dug | dug | graven |
| to do | did | done | doen |
| to draw | drew | drawn | tekenen |
| to dream | dreamt | dreamt | dromen |
| to drink | drank | drunk | drinken |
| to drive | drove | driven | rijden |
| to eat | ate | eaten | eten |
| to fall | fell | fallen | vallen |
| to feed | fed | fed | voeren |
| to feel | felt | felt | voelen |
| to fight | fought | fought | vechten |
| to find | found | found | vinden |
| to flee | fled | fled | vluchten |
| to fly | flew | flown | vliegen |
| to forbid | forbade | forbidden | vergeten |
| to forget | forgot | forgotten | vergeten |
| to get | got | got | halen, krijgen |
| to give | gave | given | geven |
| to go | went | gone | gaan |
| to grow | grew | given | geven |
| to hang | hung | hung | (op)hangen |
| to have | had | had | hebben |
| to hear | heard | heard | horen |
| to hide | hid | hidden | verstoppen |
| to hit | hit | hit | raken |
| to hold | held | held | houden |
| to hurt | hurt | hurt | pijn doen |
| to keep | kept | kept | houden, bewaren |
| to know | knew | known | weten |
| to lay | laid | laid | leggen |
| to lead | led | led | leiden |
| to leave | left | left | verlaten |
| to lend | lent | lent | uitlenen |
| to let | let | let | laten |
| to lie | lay | lay | liggen |
| to lose | lost | lost | verliezen |
| to make | made | made | maken |
| to mean | meant | meant | betekenen |
| to meet | met | met | ontmoeten |
| to pay | paid | paid | betalen |
| to put | put | put |
(neer) zetten/leggen |
| to read | read | read |
lezen |
| to ride | rode | ridden | rijden |
| to ring | rang | rung | bellen |
| to rise | rose | risen | opstaan |
| to run | ran | run | rennen |
| to say | said | said | zeggen |
| to see | saw | seen | zien |
| to seek | sought | sought | zoeken |
| to sell | sold | sold | verkopen |
| to send | sent | sent | zenden, sturen |
| to set | set | set | zetten |
| to shake | shook | shaken | schudden |
| to shine | shone | shone | schijnen |
| to shoot | shot | shot | schieten |
| to show | showed | shown | laten zien |
| to shut | shut | shut | sluiten |
| to sing | sang | sung | zingen |
| to sink | sank | sunk | zinken |
| to sit | sat | sat | zitten |
| to sleep | slept | slept | slapen |
| to smell | smelt | smelt | ruiken |
| to speak | spoke | spoken | spreken |
| to spend | spent | spent | uitgeven |
| to spoil | spoilt | spoilt | bederven |
| to spread | spread | spread | (ver)spreiden |
| to stand | stood | stood | staan |
| to steal | stole | stolen | stelen |
| to stink | stank | stunk | stinken |
| to strike | struck | struck | opvallen, slaan |
| to swear | swore | sworn | vloeken |
| to sweep | swept | swept | vegen |
| to swim | swam | swum | zwemmen |
| to take | took | taken | nemen |
| to teach | taught | taught | lesgeven |
| to tear | tore | torn | scheuren |
| to tell | told | told | vertellen |
| to think | thought | thought | denken |
| to throw | threw | thrown | gooien |
| to understand | understood | understood | begrijpen |
| to wake | woke | woken | wakker worden |
| to wear | wore | worn | dragen (kleding) |
| to win | won | won | winnen |
| to write | wrote | written | schrijven |
Op internet kun je verschillende lijsten vinden met onregelmatige werkwoorden.