Forms of Verb

Verb

Verbs are also known as soul of the sentences in English language. Verb is a word or a collection of words that implies behaviour or a state of being or situation. A verb is the part of a sentence that tells us what is being done by the subject. 

Forms of Verb

Basically there are three forms of verbs, which are as follows:

1. Present
2. Past
3. Past Principle

Regular Verbs

English verbs are often regular, which suggests they formulate their various tenses according to a common pattern. Here are the examples of Regular Verbs :-

Present (V1)	Past(V2)	Past principle(V3)
open	opened	opened
arrange	arranged	arranged
love	loved	loved
arrive	arrived	arrived
learn	learned	learned
ask	asked	asked
help	helped	helped
belong	belonged	belonged
help	helped	helped
dance	danced	danced
stay	stayed	stayed
need	needed	needed
watch	watched	watched
erase	erased	erased
look	looked	looked
rain	rained	rained
fill	filled	filled
change	changed	changed
walk	walked	walked
close	closed	closed
arrive	arrived	arrived
clean	cleaned	cleaned
die	died	died
cook	cooked	cooked
move	moved	moved
answer	answered	answered
wish	wished	wished
play	played	played
study	studied	studied
listen	listened	listened
touch	touched	touched
ask	asked	asked
want	wanted	wanted
practice	practiced	practiced
wash	washed	washed
push	pushed	pushed
start	started	started
repeat	repeated	repeated
jump	jumped	jumped
finish	finished	finished
follow	followed	followed
remember	remembered	remembered
work	worked	worked
rest	rested	rested
turn	turned	turned
climb	climbed	climbed
try	tried	tried
use	used	used
dress	dressed	dressed
travel	travelled	travelled
live	lived	lived
beg	begged	begged
copy	copied	copied
fit	fitted	fitted
marry	married	married
rely	relied	relied
skip	skipped	skipped
empty	emptied	emptied
shop	shopped	shopped
drop	dropped	dropped
clap	clapped	clapped
add	added	added
bake	baked	baked
yell	yelled	yelled
laugh	laughed	laughed
cheer	cheered	cheered
perform	performed	performed
paint	painted	painted
fry	fried	fried
hunt	hunted	hunted
invite	invited	invited
mark	marked	marked
act	acted	acted
behave	behaved	behaved
disagree	disagreed	disagreed
Knock	knocked	knocked
Attack	attacked	attacked
assist	assisted	assisted
announce	announced	announce
Adopt	adopted	adopted
create	created	created
divide	divided	divided
count	counted	counted
invite	invited	invited
quilt	quilted	quilted
construct	constructed	constructed

Irregular Verbs

In English language, there are irregular verbs too which do not obey the common rules. Here are some of the most common Irregular Verbs :-

Present (V1)	Past(V2)	Past Principle(V3)
be	was/were	been
awake	awoke	awoken
write	wrote	written
beat	beat	beaten
win	won	won
Understand	understood	understood
wear	wore	worn
begin	began	begun
come	came	came
wake	woke	woken
throw	threw	thrown
draw	drew	drawn
bend	bent	bent
think	thought	thought
freeze	froze	frozen
drive	drove	driven
become	became	became
eat	ate	eaten
get	got	gotten
drink	drank	drunk
tell	told	told
tear	torn	torn
forget	forgot	forgotten
blow	blew	blown
fly	flew	flown
teach	taught	taught
swim	swam	swum
burn	burnt	burnt
take	took	taken
hang	hung	hung
bring	brought	brought
stand	stood	stood
burn	burned	burnt
bite	bit	bitten
give	gave	given
grow	grew	grown
spend	spent	spent
hear	heard	heard
cut	cut	cut
do	did	done
catch	caught	caught
sing	sang	sang
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast
fall	fell	fallen
speak	spoke	spoken
have	had	had
choose	chose	chosen
shut	shut	shut
go	went	gone
dig	dug	dug
sleep	slept	slept
hold	held	held
cost	cost	cost
show	showed	shown
sell	sold	sold
hurt	hurt	hurt
fight	fought	fought
sit	sat	sat
break	broke	broken
say	said	said
rise	rose	risen
hit	hit	hit
hide	hid	hidden
build	built	built
keep	kept	kept
run	ran	ran
lay	laid	laid
pay	paid	paid
see	saw	seen
know	knew	known
lead	led	led
leave	left	left
lie	lay	lain
meet	met	met
ride	rode	ridden
leave	left	left
lose	lost	lost
arise	arose	arisen
feed	fed	fed
mean	meant	meant
forgive	forgave	forgiven
seek	sought	sought
get	got	gotten
creep	crept	crept
wait	wait	wait