| A | B |
| to eat / ate / have eaten | essen / aß /hat gegessen |
| to give / gave / have given | geben / gab / hat gegeben |
| to sit / sat / have sat | sitzen / saß / hat gesessen |
| to read / read / have read | lesen / las / hat gelesen |
| to lie (be situated) / lay (was situated) / have lain (have been situated) | liegen / lag / hat gelegen |
| to see / saw / have seen | sehen / sah / hat gesehen |
| to be / was / have been | sein / war / *ist* gewesen |
| to forget / forgot / have forgotten | vergessen / vergaß / hat vergessen |
| to scream / screamed / have screamed | schreien / schrie / hat geschrien |
| to write / wrote / have written | schreiben / schrieb /hat geschrieben |
| to stay, remain / stayed, remained / have stayed / have remained | bleiben / blieb / *ist* geblieben |
| to find / found / have found | finden / fand / hat gefunden |
| to call, to telephone / called, telephoned / have called, have telephoned | rufen, anrufen / rief , rief an / hat gerufen, hat angerufen |
| to drink / drank / have drunk | trinken / trank / hat getrunken |
| to sing / sang / have sung | singen / sang / hat gesungen |
| to jump / jumped / have jumped | springen / sprang / *ist* gesprungen |
| to happen / happened / have happened | geschehen / geschah / *ist* geschehen |