One of the most crucial part of English grammar is the verb. A word that describes an action is termed as a verb. Like singing, playing eating, etc. Now they can take any form, depending on the type of sentence which decides their usage. There are mainly three verb forms –
V1 : The general form called as the base form of the verb.
EXAMPLE : play, sit, dance, etc.
V2 : This denoted the simple past tense (suffix -ed in general) of the given verb.
EXAMPLE : played, sat, danced, etc.
V3 : This give the past participle form of the verb. They vary accordingly because the verb maybe regular or irregular.
EXAMPLE : drawn, chosen, bought etc..
(Note : Sometimes all the three forms of the verb would be the same. Example : CUT)
3 Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 List
Following is the comprehensive list of verb forms of more than 100 verbs is given below –
V1 (Base Form) | V2 (Simple Past) | (V3)Past Participle |
Allow | Allowed | allowed |
Act | Acted | acted |
Accept | Accepted | Accepted |
Advise | Advised | advised |
arise | arose | Arisen |
awake | awoke | awoken |
Bang | Banged | banged |
be | was/were | been |
Befall | Befell | befallen |
bear | bore | born(e) |
beat | beat | beaten |
become | became | become |
begin | began | begun |
Bereave | Bereft | bereft |
bend | bent | bent |
bet | bet | bet |
bind | bound | bound |
bite | bit | bitten |
bleed | bled | bled |
blow | blew | blown |
break | broke | broken |
breed | bred | bred |
bring | brought | brought |
broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
build | built | built |
burn | burnt/burned | burnt/burned |
burst | burst | burst |
buy | bought | bought |
Buzz | Buzzed | buzzed |
can | could | … (been able) |
Call | Called | Called |
catch | caught | caught |
choose | chose | chosen |
cling | clung | clung |
come | came | come |
Choke | Choked | choked |
cost | cost | cost |
Cast | Cast | cast |
creep | crept | crept |
cut | cut | cut |
Cling | Clung | clung |
Dare | Dared | dared |
deal | dealt | dealt |
Die | Died | died |
dig | dug | dug |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
Dwell | Dwelt | dwelt |
Dye | Dyed | dyed |
dream | dreamt/dreamed | dreamt/dreamed |
drink | drank | drunk |
drive | drove | driven |
eat | ate | eaten |
Earn | Earned | earned |
Eye | Eyed | eyed |
Exist | Existed | existed |
Envy | Envied | envied |
fall | fell | fallen |
feed | fed | fed |
Fan | Fanned | fanned |
feel | felt | felt |
fight | fought | fought |
Fit | Fit / fitted | Fit / fitted |
find | found | found |
Found | Founded | founded |
Flee | Fled | fled |
fly | flew | flown |
Free | Freed | freed |
Fry | Fried | fried |
forbid | forbade | forbidden |
forget | forgot | forgotten |
forgive | forgave | forgiven |
freeze | froze | frozen |
Gag | Gagged | gagged |
Gaze | Gazed | gazed |
get | got | got |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
grind | ground | ground |
grow | grew | grown |
hang | hung | hung |
Hatch | Hatched | hatched |
have | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
Hew | Hewed | hewn |
hide | hid | hidden |
Heave | Hove | hove |
hit | hit | hit |
Hoax | Hoaxed | hoaxed |
hold | held | held |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
Imply | Implied | implied |
Inlay | Inlaid | inlaid |
Jump | Jumped | Jumped |
Join | Joined | joined |
keep | kept | kept |
kneel | knelt | knelt |
know | knew | known |
Knock | Knocked | knocked |
lay | laid | laid |
lead | led | led |
lean | leant/leaned | leant/leaned |
Leap | Leapt | leapt |
learn | learnt/learned | learnt/learned |
leave | left | left |
lent | lent | lent |
lie (in bed) | lay | lain |
lie (to not tell the truth) | lied | lied |
light | lit/lighted | lit/lighted |
Live | Lived | lived |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
may | might | … |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
mow | mowed | mown/mowed |
must | had to | … |
overtake | overtook | overtaken |
pay | paid | paid |
put | put | put |
read | read | read |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung |
rise | rose | risen |
run | ran | run |
saw | sawed | sawn/sawed |
say | said | said |
see | saw | seen |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
set | set | set |
sew | sewed | sewn/sewed |
shake | shook | shaken |
shall | should | … |
shed | shed | shed |
shine | shone | shone |
shoot | shot | shot |
show | showed | shown |
shrink | shrank | shrunk |
shut | shut | shut |
sing | sang | sung |
sink | sank | sunk |
sit | sat | sat |
sleep | slept | slept |
slide | slid | slid |
smell | smelt | smelt |
sow | sowed | sown/sowed |
speak | spoke | spoken |
spell | spelt/spelled | spelt/spelled |
spend | spent | spent |
spill | spilt/spilled | spilt/spilled |
spit | spat | spat |
spread | spread | spread |
stand | stood | stood |
steal | stole | stolen |
stick | stuck | stuck |
sting | stung | stung |
stink | stank | stunk |
strike | struck | struck |
swear | swore | sworn |
sweep | swept | swept |
swell | swelled | swollen/swelled |
swim | swam | swum |
swing | swung | swung |
take | took | taken |
teach | taught | taught |
tear | tore | torn |
tell | told | told |
think | thought | thought |
throw | threw | thrown |
understand | understood | understood |
wake | woke | woken |
wear | wore | worn |
weep | wept | wept |
will | would | … |
win | won | won |
wind | wound | wound |
write | wrote | written |
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