Verb Forms: Three Forms of Verb in English Grammar

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Verb Forms: Three Forms of Verb in English Grammar

three forms of verb

There are three verb forms in English: the base form, the past tense, and the past participle.

In order to make a verb into its past tense form, you add -ed to the base form. To make it into its past participle form, you add -en or -ed (in most cases).

For example, to make “walk” into its past tense form, you would add -ed (walked). To make it into its past participle form, you would add -ed (walked).

Here is a list of some regular verbs in their different forms: walk – walked; eat – ate; read – read; write – wrote. There are also irregular verbs which don’t follow these rules.

Three Form of Verb in English Grammar

V1 V2 V3
bid  bade  bade
catch  caught  caught
dig  dug  dug
enjoyed  enjoyed  enjoyed
lie  lay  lay
shrink  shrank  shrank
wear  wore  wore
begin  began  began
divide  divided  divided
dream  dreamt  dreamt
make  made  made
marry  married  married
pat  patted  patted
sink  sank  sank
bear  bore  bore
burst  burst  burst
complete  completed  completed
cost  cost  cost
rise  rose  rose
spell  spelled  spelled
thrive  throve  throve
arrive  arrived  arrived
burn  burnt  burnt
get  got  got
hope  hoped  hoped
lock  locked  locked
loose  loosed  loosed
shave  shaved  shaved
broadcast  broadcast  broadcast
fry  fried  fried
hide  hid  hid
mean  meant  meant
place  placed  placed
refer  referred  referred

 

V1 V2 V3
shoot  shot  shot
break  broke  broke
close  closed  closed
fling  flange  flange
sew  sewed  sewed
swear  swore  swore
weave  wove  wove
write  wrote  wrote
borrow  borrowed  borrowed
cut  cut  cut
say  said  said
show  showed  showed
sweep  swept  swept
welcome  welcomed  welcomed
win  won  won
appear  appeared  appeared
dance  danced  danced
deal  dealt  dealt
feel  felt  felt
gaze  gazed  gazed
put  put  put
seek  sought  sought
beat  beat  beat
build  built  built
cry  cried  cried
love  loved  loved
meet  met  met
rub  rubbed  rubbed
try  tried  tried
add  added  added
creep  crept  crept
dig  dug  dug
grow  knew  knew
hit  hit  hit
pay  paid  paid
swim  swam  swam
beg  begged  begged
care  cared  cared
draw  drew  drew
dry  dried  dried
fight  fought  fought
send  sent  sent
spoil  spoilt  spoilt
take  took  took
abide  abode  abode
boil  boiled  boiled
delay  delayed  delayed
hop  hopped  hopped
let  let  let
lose  lost  lost
swell  swelled  swelled
thrust  thrust  thrust
cling  clung  clung
emit  emitted  emitted
flow  flowed  flowed
keep  kept  kept
quit  quit  quit
teach  taught  taught
withhold  withheld  withheld
arrange  arranged  arranged
beat  beat  beat
bend  bent  bent
live  lived  lived

 

V1 V2 V3
read  read  read
smell  smelt  smelt
spread  spread  spread
advised  advised  advised
awake  awoke  awoke
climb  climbed  climbed
compare  compared  compared
hew  hewed  hewed
mow  mowed  mowed
wake  woke  woke
buy  bought  bought
cheer  cheered  cheered
die  died  died
feed  fed  fed
find  found  found
nod  nodded  nodded
run  ran  ran
sleep  slept  slept
leave  left  left
ring  rang  rang
set  set  set
spin  spun  spun
strike  struck  struck
throw  threw  threw
withdraw  withdrew  withdrew
change  changed  changed
dare  dared  dared
discuss  discussed  discussed
plan  planned  planned
sit  sat  sat
sow  sowed  sowed
stroke  stroked  stroked
agreed  agreed  agreed
be  was  was
bite  bit  bit
blow  blew  blew
drop  dropped  dropped
fly  flew  flew
hear  heard  heard
hurt  hurt  hurt
loose  loosed  loosed
sell  sold  sold
shut  shut  shut
spit  spat  spat
stand  stood  stood
tread  trod  trod
behold  beheld  beheld
bid  bid  bid
come  came  came
dream  dreamed  dreamed
drink  drank  drank
end  ended  ended
melt  melted  melted
ask  asked  asked
carry  carried  carried
enjoy  enjoyed  enjoyed
flee  fled  fled
help  helped  helped
laugh  laughed  laughed
stop  stopped  stopped
bet  bet  bet
cancel  canceled  canceled
chide  chide  chide
do  did  did
fill  filled  filled
fix  fixed  fixed
hate  hated  hated
hold  held  held
kill  killed  killed

 

V1 V2 V3
kneel  knelt  knelt
lay  laid  laid
lend  lent  lent
load  loaded  loaded
quarrel  quarreled  quarreled
rot  rotted  rotted
become  became  became
clean  cleaned  cleaned
have  had  had
look  looked  looked
sing  sang  sang
spring  sprang  sprang
strew  strewed  strewed
allow  allowed  allowed
bury  buried  buried
fail  failed  failed
fight  fought  fought
hang  hung  hung
lay  laid  laid
travel  travelled  travelled
hurry  hurried  hurried
jump  jumped  jumped
lie  lied  lied
move  moved  moved
slay  slew  slew
stick  stuck  stuck
tear  tore  tore
arise  arose  arose
dwell  dwelt  dwelt
hang  hanged  hanged
learn  learnt  learnt
saw  sawed  sawed
shear  sheared  sheared
spend  spent  spent