Verbs Forms List!
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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 |
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