Verbs Forms List!
Verbs are an essential part of the English language, allowing us to communicate in a clear and concise manner. They’re one of the most basic, but important, parts of a sentence – and that’s why it’s important to get them right. Whether you’re a student in the classroom or an executive in the boardroom, an understanding of the different verb forms is essential. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at a verb forms list.
Verbs Forms List – Video Lesson
weak verbs
The verb which forms their past tense by adding ‘ed, d’ and ‘t’ to the present form is called weak verbs.
| change | changed |
| belong | belonged |
| mean | meant |
Verbs that form their past tense by shortening a vowel are also called weak verbs.
| bleed | bled |
| shoot | shot |
| lead | led |
| light | lit |
All verbs, whose past tense is the same as in the present, are weak.
| cut | cut |
| hurt | hurt |
| put | put |
| rid | rid |
| spread | spread |
Forms of Verb / Rules
Type 1 (verb+ed)
Present Tense = present (base) Past Tense = past form Perfect Tense = has/have/ had + past participle
| V1 | V2 | V3 |
| add | added | added |
| allow | allowed | allowed |
| appear | appeared | appeared |
| ask | asked | asked |
| boil | boiled | boiled |
| borrow | borrowed | borrowed |
| cheer | cheered | cheered |
| clean | cleaned | cleaned |
| climb | climbed | climbed |
| delay | delayed | delayed |
| discuss | discussed | discussed |
| dream | dreamed | dreamed |
| end | ended | ended |
| enjoyed | enjoyed | enjoyed |
| fail | failed | failed |
| fill | filled | filled |
| fix | fixed | fixed |
| flow | flowed | flowed |
| hang | hanged | hanged |
| help | helped | helped |
| jump | jumped | jumped |
| kill | killed | killed |
| laugh | laughed | laughed |
| load | loaded | loaded |
| lock | locked | locked |
| look | looked | looked |
Type 2: (verb + d)
| V1 | V2 | V3 |
| agreed | agreed | agreed |
| advised | advised | advised |
| arrive | arrived | arrived |
| arrange | arranged | arranged |
| care | cared | cared |
| change | changed | changed |
| close | closed | closed |
| compare | compared | compared |
| compete | competed | competed |
| complete | completed | completed |
| dare | dared | dared |
| dance | danced | danced |
| die | died | died |
| divide | divided | divided |
| gaze | gazed | gazed |
| hate | hated | hated |
| hope | hoped | hoped |
| live | lived | lived |
| lie | lied | lied |
| loose | loosed | loosed |
| love | loved | loved |
| move | moved | moved |
| place | placed | placed |
| stroke | stroked | stroked |
| flee | fled | fled |
| have | had | had |
| hear | heard | heard |
| sell | sold | sold |
Type 3: (doubling consonant + ed)
| V1 | V2 | V3 |
| beg | begged | begged |
| cancel | canceled | canceled |
| drop | dropped | dropped |
| hop | hopped | hopped |
| emit | emitted | emitted |
| nod | nodded | nodded |
| pat | patted | patted |
| plan | planned | planned |
| refer | referred | referred |
| rub | rubbed | rubbed |
| stop | stopped | stopped |
| travel | travelled | travelled |
| quarrel | quarreled | quarreled |
Rule 4: (Y-I + ed / d)
| V1 | V2 | V3 |
| bury | buried | buried |
| carry | carried | carried |
| cry | cried | cried |
| dry | dried | dried |
| fry | fried | fried |
| try | tried | tried |
| hurry | hurried | hurried |
| marry | married | married |
| lay | laid | laid |
| pay | paid | paid |
| say | said | said |
| enjoy | enjoyed | enjoyed |
Rule: (past and past participle ending with ‘t’)
| V1 | V2 | V3 |
| bend | bent | bent |
| build | built | built |
| burn | burnt | burnt |
| buy | bought | bought |
| catch | caught | caught |
| creep | crept | crept |
| fight | fought | fought |
| deal | dealt | dealt |
| dream | dreamt | dreamt |
| dwell | dwelt | dwelt |
| feel | felt | felt |
| keep | kept | kept |
| kneel | knelt | knelt |
| learn | learnt | learnt |
| leave | left | left |
| lend | lent | lent |
| lose | lost | lost |
| mean | meant | meant |
| seek | sought | sought |
| send | sent | sent |
| sleep | slept | slept |
| smell | smelt | smelt |
| spell | spelled | spelled |
| spit | spat | spat |
| spend | spent | spent |
| spoil | spoilt | spoilt |
| sweep | swept | swept |
| teach | taught | taught |
Rule: (changing inside vowel)
| V1 | V2 | V3 |
| abide | abode | abode |
| become | became | become |
| behold | beheld | beheld |
| bid | bade | bidden |
| bite | bit | bitten |
| chide | chide | chidden |
| come | came | come |
| welcome | welcomed | welcomed |
| dig | dug | dug |
| feed | fed | fed |
| fight | fought | fought |
| find | found | found |
| get | got | gotten |
| hide | hid | hidden |
| hold | held | held |
| make | made | made |
| meet | met | met |
| shoot | shot | shot |
| sit | sat | sat |
| stand | stood | stood |
| withhold | withheld | witheld |
| arise | arose | arisen |
| awake | awoke | awaken |
| be | was | been |
| bear | bore | born |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| break | broke | broken |
| swear | swore | sworn |
| take | took | taken |
| tear | tore | torn |
| thrive | throve | thriven |
| tread | trod | trodden |
| wake | woke | waken |
| wear | wore | worn |
| win | won | won |
| write | wrote | written |
| weave | wove | woven |
| blow | blew | blown |
| draw | drew | drawn |
| fly | flew | flown |
| grow | knew | known |
| slay | slew | slain |
| throw | threw | thrown |
| withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
| begin | began | begun |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| fling | flange | flung |
| ring | rang | rung |
| run | ran | run |
| sing | sang | sung |
| sink | sank | sunk |
| shrink | shrank | shrunk |
| spring | sprang | sprung |
| swim | swam | swum |
| cling | clung | clung |
| dig | dug | dug |
| hang | hung | hung |
| spin | spun | spun |
| stick | stuck | stuck |
| strike | struck | struck |
Mixed verb
| V1 | V2 | V3 |
| beat | beat | beaten |
| do | did | done |
| hew | hewed | hewn |
| melt | melted | melted |
| mow | mowed | mown |
| shave | shaved | shaven |
| shear | sheared | sheared |
| sow | sowed | sown |
| swell | swelled | swollen |
| show | showed | shown |
| sew | sewed | sewn |
| rot | rotted | rotten |
| strew | strewed | strewed |
| saw | sawed | sawed |
| lie | lay | lain |
| lay | laid | laid |
| loose | loosed | loosed |
| rise | rose | risen |
Rule: (without any change)
| V1 | V2 | V3 |
| bet | bet | bet |
| bid | bid | bid |
| burst | burst | burst |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cut | cut | cut |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| let | let | let |
| put | put | put |
| quit | quit | quit |
| read | read | read |
| set | set | set |
| shut | shut | shut |
| spread | spread | spread |
| thrust | thrust | thrust |
| broadcast | broadcast | broadcast |
Infographics
Also, check (Auxiliary Verbs)
Verbs 3 Forms List
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Present Tense V1 |
Past Tense V2 |
Past Participle V3 |
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Apear |
Appeared |
Appeared |
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Add |
Added |
Added |
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Allow |
Allowed |
Allowed |
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Appoint |
Appointed |
Appointed |
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Advise |
Advised |
Advised |
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Abuse |
Abused |
Abused |
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Arise |
Arose |
Arisen |
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Attack |
Attacked |
Attacked |
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Appear |
Appeared |
Appeared |
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Amuse |
Amused |
Amused |
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Arrive |
Arrived |
Arrived |
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Amaze |
Amazed |
Amazed |
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Admire |
Admired |
Admired |
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Agree |
Agreed |
Agreed |
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Act |
Acted |
Acted |
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Answer |
Answered |
Answered |
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Arrest |
Arrested |
Arrested |
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Awake |
Awoke |
Awoke |
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Ask |
Asked |
Asked |
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Believe |
Believed |
Believed |
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Burst |
Burst |
Burst |
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Blow |
Blew |
Blown |
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Burn |
Burnt |
Burnt |
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Bark |
Barked |
Barked |
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Behold |
Beheld |
Beheld |
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Borow |
Brorowed |
Borrowed |
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Bathe |
Bathed |
Bathed |
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Borrow |
Borrowed |
Borrowed |
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Bend |
Bent |
Bent |
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Bind |
Bound |
Bound |
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Beg |
Begged |
Begged |
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Believe |
Believed |
Believe |
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Begin |
Began |
Begun |
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Bet |
Bet |
Bet |
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Bake |
Baked |
Baked |
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Bring |
Brought |
Brought |
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Break |
Broke |
Broken |
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Bid |
Bade |
Bidden |
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Belong |
Belonged |
Belonged |
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Build |
Built |
Built |
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Boast |
Boasted |
Boasted |
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Be |
“Was, Were” |
Been |
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Bite |
Bit |
Bitten |
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Boil |
Boiled |
Boiled |
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Become |
Became |
Become |
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Behave |
Behaved |
Behaved |
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Blame |
Blamed |
Blamed |
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Bless |
Blessed |
Blessed |
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Bleed |
Bled |
Bled |
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Bear |
Bore |
Born |
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Buy |
Bought |
Bought |
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Crow |
Crowed |
Crowed |
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Cast |
Cast |
Cast |
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Choose |
Chose |
Chosen |
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Chooserepeat |
Choserepeated |
Chosenrepeated |
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Cook |
Cooked |
Cooked |
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Cross |
Crossed |
Crossed |
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Check |
Checked |
Checked |
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Cover |
Covered |
Covered |
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Close |
Closed |
Closed |
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Call |
Called |
Called |
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Catch |
Caught |
Caught |
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Change |
Changed |
Changed |
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Clap |
Clapped |
Clapped |
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Clean |
Cleaned |
Cleaned |
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Cling |
Clung |
Clung |
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Creep |
Crept |
Crept |
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Cry |
Cried |
Cried |
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Consult |
Consulted |
Consulted |
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Cut |
Cut |
Cut |
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Cause |
Caused |
Caused |
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Clear |
Cleared |
Cleared |
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Come |
Came |
Come |
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Complain |
Complained |
Complained |
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Cost |
Cost |
Cost |
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Cool |
Cooled |
Cooled |
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Collect |
Collected |
Collected |
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Count |
Counted |
Counted |
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Copy |
Copied |
Copied |
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Climb |
Climbed |
Climbed |
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Carry |
Carried |
Carried |
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Discover |
Discovered |
Discovered |
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Deceive |
Deceived |
Deceived |
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Desire |
Desired |
Desired |
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Do |
Did |
Done |
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Decorate |
Decorated |
Decorated |
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Draw |
Drew |
Drwan |
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Drive |
Drove |
Driven |
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Divide |
Divided |
Divided |
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Dig |
Dug |
Dug |
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Dream |
Dreamed |
Dreamed |
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Die |
Died |
Died |
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Decide |
Decided |
Decided |
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Defeat |
Defeated |
Defeated |
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Dance |
Danced |
Danced |
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Dip |
Dipped |
Dipped |
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Drawprotect |
Drewprotected |
Drawnprotected |
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Dye |
Dyed |
Dyed |
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Drink |
Drank |
Drunk |
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Eat |
Ate |
Eaten |
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Employ |
Employed |
Employed |
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Earn |
Earned |
Earned |
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Enjoy |
Enjoyed |
Enjoyed |
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Explain |
Explained |
Explained |
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Enter |
Entered |
Entered |
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Feel |
Felt |
Felt |
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Forget |
Forgot |
Forgotten |
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Fear |
Feared |
Feared |
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Fightimprove |
Foughtimproved |
Foughtimproved |
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Finish |
Finished |
Finished |
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Face |
Faced |
Faced |
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Feed |
Fed |
Fed |
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Fail |
Failed |
Failed |
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Find |
Found |
Found |
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Fine |
Fined |
Fined |
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Fight |
Fought |
Fought |
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Freeze |
Froze |
Frozen |
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Flee |
Fled |
Fled |
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Fall |
Fell |
Fallen |
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Float |
Floated |
Floated |
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Forbid |
Forbade |
Forbidden |
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Fly |
Flew |
Flown |
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Grow |
Grew |
Grown |
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Grind |
Ground |
Ground |
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Gather |
Gathered |
Gathered |
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Get |
Got |
Got |
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Grant |
Granted |
Granted |
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Give |
Gave |
Given |
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Graze |
Grazed |
Grazed |
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Gain |
Gained |
Gained |
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Grownote |
Grewnoted |
Grownnoted |
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Have |
Had |
Had |
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Hunt |
Hunted |
Hunted |
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Hurt |
Hurt |
Hurt |
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Hold |
Held |
Held |
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Hang |
Hung |
Hung |
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Hear |
Heard |
Heard |
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Hide |
Hid |
Hidden |
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Help |
Helped |
Helped |
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Hate |
Hated |
Hated |
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Ignore |
Ignored |
Ignored |
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Impress |
Impressed |
Impressed |
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Improve |
Improved |
Improved |
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Invite |
Invited |
Invited |
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Join |
Joined |
Joined |
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Jog |
Jogged |
Jogged |
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Jump |
Jumped |
Jumped |
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Knit |
Knitted |
Knitted |
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Kneel |
Knelt |
Knelt |
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Keep |
Kept |
Kept |
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Kill |
Killed |
Killed |
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Knock |
Knocked |
Knocked |
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Know |
Knew |
Known |
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Leave |
Left |
Left |
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Learn |
Learned |
Learned |
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Light |
Lighted |
Lit |
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Laugh |
Laughed |
Laughed |
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Look |
Looked |
Looked |
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Lay |
Laid |
Laid |
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Lend |
Lent |
Lent |
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Listen |
Listened |
Listened |
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Let |
Let |
Let |
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Label |
Labelled |
Labelled |
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Love |
Loved |
Loved |
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Lose |
Lost |
Lost |
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Like |
Liked |
Liked |
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Live |
Lived |
Lived |
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Lie |
Lay |
Lain |
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Last |
Lasted |
Lasted |
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Mark |
Marked |
Marked |
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Match |
Matched |
Matched |
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Mean |
Meant |
Meant |
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Mix |
Mixed |
Mixed |
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Marry |
Married |
Married |
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Melt |
Melted |
Melted |
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Make |
Made |
Made |
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Meet |
Met |
Met |
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Mend |
Mended |
Mended |
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Move |
Moved |
Moved |
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Need |
Needed |
Needed |
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Nip |
Nipped |
Nipped |
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Name |
Named |
Named |
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Notice |
Noticed |
Noticed |
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Open |
Opened |
Opened |
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Oppose |
Opposed |
Opposed |
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Offer |
Offered |
Offered |
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Order |
Ordered |
Ordered |
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Obey |
Obeyed |
Obeyed |
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Plan |
Planned |
Planned |
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Prevent |
Prevented |
Prevented |
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Pay |
Paid |
Paid |
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Pull |
Pulled |
Pulled |
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Punish |
Punished |
Punished |
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Play |
Played |
Played |
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Praise |
Praised |
Praised |
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Peep |
Peeped |
Peeped |
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Plough |
Ploughed |
Ploughed |
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Put |
Put |
Put |
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Push |
Pushed |
Pushed |
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Pluck |
Plucked |
Plucked |
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Plant |
Planted |
Planted |
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Promise |
Promised |
Promised |
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Pray |
Prayed |
Prayed |
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Prove |
Proved |
Proved |
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Preach |
Preached |
Preached |
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Prepare |
Prepared |
Prepared |
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Prefer |
Preferred |
Preferred |
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Qurrel |
Quarrelled |
Quarrelled |
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Quit |
Quit |
Quit |
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Remember |
Remembered |
Remembered |
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Return |
Returned |
Returned |
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Ride |
Rode |
Ridden |
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Rain |
Rained |
Rained |
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Rest |
Rested |
Rested |
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Read |
Read |
Read |
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Repair |
Repaired |
Repaired |
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Resign |
Resigned |
Resigned |
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Ring |
Rang |
Rung |
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Ringrepair |
Rangrepaired |
Rungrepaired |
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Reply |
Replied |
Replied |
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Rise |
Rose |
Risen |
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Roar |
Roared |
Roared |
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Reach |
Reached |
Reached |
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Refuse |
Refused |
Refused |
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Shut |
Shut |
Shut |
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Spend |
Spent |
Spent |
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Study |
Studied |
Studied |
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Sell |
Sold |
Sold |
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Shrink |
Shrank |
Shrunk |
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Sitshare |
Satshared |
Satshared |
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Shine |
Shone |
Shone |
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Saw |
Sawed |
Sawed |
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Swear |
Swore |
Sworn |
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Slow |
Slowed |
Slowed |
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Save |
Saved |
Saved |
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Strike |
Struck |
Struck |
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Shoot |
Shot |
Shot |
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Sing |
Sang |
Sung |
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Spread |
Spread |
Spread |
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Sleep |
Slept |
Slept |
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Select |
Selected |
Selected |
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Sink |
Sank |
Sunk |
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Sweep |
Swept |
Swept |
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Stand |
Stood |
Stood |
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Stick |
Stuck |
Stuck |
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Spit |
Spat |
Spat |
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See |
Saw |
Seen |
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Swing |
Swung |
Swung |
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Seek |
Sought |
Sought |
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Shake |
Shook |
Shaken |
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Solve |
Solved |
Solved |
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Stay |
Stayed |
Stayed |
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Sneeze |
Sneezed |
Sneezed |
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Slay |
Slew |
Slain |
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Slip |
Slipped |
Slipped |
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Sit |
Sat |
Sat |
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Send |
Sent |
Sent |
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Speak |
Spoke |
Spoken |
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Say |
Said |
Said |
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Shed |
Shed |
Shed |
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Start |
Started |
Started |
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Set |
Set |
Set |
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Swim |
Swam |
Swum |
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Stop |
Stopped |
Stopped |
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Steal |
Stole |
Stolen |
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Think |
Thought |
Thought |
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Tear |
Tore |
Torn |
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Throwprovide |
Threwprovided |
Threwprovided |
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Touch |
Touched |
Touched |
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Take |
Took |
Taken |
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Tell |
Told |
Told |
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Talk |
Talked |
Talked |
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Thrust |
Thrust |
Thrust |
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Tie |
Tied |
Tied |
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Thinkrest |
Thoughtrested |
Thoughtrested |
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Trust |
Trusted |
Trusted |
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Teach |
Tought |
Tought |
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Try |
Tried |
Tried |
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Use |
Used |
Used |
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Understand |
Understood |
Understood |
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Wonder |
Wondered |
Wondered |
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Wring |
Wrung |
Wrung |
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Write |
Wrote |
Written |
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Weep |
Wept |
Wept |
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Wait |
Waited |
Waited |
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Wed |
Wedded |
Wedded |
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Wash |
Washed |
Washed |
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Wrap |
Wrapped |
Wrapped |
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Waste |
Wasted |
Wasted |
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Wind |
Wound |
Wound |
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Work |
Worked |
Worked |
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Wound |
Wounded |
Wounded |
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Wear |
Wore |
Worn |
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Watch |
Watched |
Watched |
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Weave |
Wove |
Woven |
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Walk |
Walked |
Walked |
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Worship |
Worshipped |
Worshipped |
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Wander |
Wandered |
Wandered |
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Win |
Won |
Won |
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Wish |
Wished |
Wished |
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Yield |
Yielded |
Yielded |
