| Infinitif | Preterit (V2) | Participe passe V3 | Exemple Past Perfect professionnel |
| send | sent | sent | She had sent the proposal before the deadline. |
| receive | received | received | We had received the invoice by Friday. |
| write | wrote | written | He had written three reports that week. |
| make | made | made | They had made a decision before we arrived. |
| take | took | taken | She had taken notes during the call. |
| give | gave | given | The manager had given his approval. |
| know | knew | known | We hadn't known about the budget cut. |
| meet | met | met | Had you met the client before? |
| speak | spoke | spoken | She had spoken to HR before resigning. |
| sign | signed | signed | Both parties had signed the contract. |
| Infinitif | V3 | Exemple professionnel |
| pay | paid | The supplier had paid the deposit. |
| buy | bought | We had bought the equipment in Q3. |
| sell | sold | They had sold 50% of their shares. |
| cost | cost | The project had cost twice the estimate. |
| spend | spent | She had spent the entire Q4 budget. |
| lend | lent | The bank had lent us the capital. |
| lose | lost | We had lost the contract to a competitor. |
| win | won | Our team had won the tender. |
| find | found | They had found a cheaper supplier. |
| cut | cut | Management had cut the training budget. |
| Infinitif | V3 | Exemple professionnel |
| say | said | She had said the client was satisfied. |
| tell | told | He had told us about the delay. |
| show | shown | We had shown the prototype in November. |
| present | presented | They had presented the findings already. |
| read | read | Had you read the brief before the call? |
| understand | understood | We hadn't understood the requirements. |
| choose | chosen | The committee had chosen a new strategy. |
| think | thought | She had thought it was confirmed. |
| hear | heard | We had heard positive feedback. |
| forget | forgotten | He had forgotten to attach the file. |
| Infinitif | V3 | Exemple professionnel |
| begin | begun | The team had begun the audit in January. |
| build | built | They had built the MVP in 6 weeks. |
| run | run | She had run the department for 5 years. |
| lead | led | He had led the project from the start. |
| grow | grown | The team had grown by 30% that year. |
| bring | brought | We had brought external consultants. |
| leave | left | She had left the company before the merger. |
| come | come | The results had come earlier than expected. |
| go | gone | The deadline had already gone by then. |
| set | set | Management had set ambitious targets. |
| Infinitif | V3 | Exemple professionnel |
| hire | hired | We had hired 10 engineers that quarter. |
| fire | fired | The CEO had fired the sales director. |
| train | trained | HR had trained all new employees. |
| hold | held | We had held three interviews already. |
| get | got/gotten | She had gotten a promotion before leaving. |
| put | put | We had put a freeze on recruitment. |
| keep | kept | Management had kept the news confidential. |
| let | let | They hadn't let us know about the change. |
| become | become | She had become Head of Sales in 2022. |
| rise | risen | Salaries had risen 5% that year. |