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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