Different Verb Forms | Know About the Verb Forms V1, V2, V3, V4, V5.

To make sentences using verbs of different tenses, we have to have the knowledge of different forms of a verb as - base form, past form, past participle form and others (verb forms- v1 v2 v3 v4 v5).

Different Verb Forms

Regular Verb Forms:

Add a '-d' or an '-ed' for the second form and third form.

Base form (1st form)	Past form (2nd form)	Past participle  form (3rd form)	Add '-s’/ ‘-es’	Add ‘-ing’
Play	Played	Played	Plays	Playing
Start	Started	Started	Starts	Starting
Say	Said	Said	Says	Saying
Jump	Jumped	Jumped	Jumps	Jumping
Dance	Danced	Danced	Dances	Dancing
Act	Acted	Acted	Acts	Acting
Open	Opened	Opened	Opens	Opening
Love	Loved	Loved	Loves	Loving
Lock	Locked	Locked	Locks	Locking
Spot	Spotted	Spotted	Spots	Spotting
Laugh	Laughed	Laughed	Laughs	Laughing
Mock	Mocked	Mocked	Mocks	Mocking
Enjoy	Enjoyed	Enjoyed	Enjoys	Enjoying
Talk	Talked	Talked	Talks	Talking
Pick	Picked	Picked	Picks	Picking
Loot	Looted	Looted	Loots	Looting

Irregular verb forms:

• Some verbs have same second form and third form-

Vowels sounds- 'ee' > 'e' > 'e'

Base form (1st form)	Past form (2nd form)	Past participle form (3rd form)	Add  ‘-s’/ ‘-es’	Add  ‘-ing’
Keep	Kept	Kept	Keeps	Keeping
Meet	Met	Met	Meets	Meeting
Sleep	Slept	Slept	Sleeps	Sleeping
Feel	Felt	Felt	Feels	Feeling
Weep	Wept	Wept	Weeps	Weeping
Leave	Left	Left	Leaves	Leaving

'-end' > '-ent' > '-ent'

Base form ( 1st form)	Past form (2nd form)	Past participle  (3rd form)	Add  ‘-s’/ ‘-es’	Add  ‘-ing’
Send	Sent	Sent	Sends	Sending
Spend	Spent	Spent	Spends	Spending
Bend	Bent	Bent	Bends	Bending
Lend	Lent	lent	Lends	Lending

'-eed' > '-ed' > '-ed'

Base form (1st form)	Past form (2nd form)	Past participle  form (3rd form)	Add  ‘-s’/ ‘-es'	Add  ‘-ing’
Feed	Fed	Fed	Feeds	Feeding
Lead	Led	Led	Leads	Leading
Breed	Bred	Bred	Breeds	breeding

Base form > 'aught/ought'

Base form (1st form)	Past form (2nd form)	Past participle  form (3rd form)	Add  ‘-s’/ ‘-es’	Add  ‘-ing’
Buy	Bought	Bought	Buys	Buying
Bring	Brought	Brought	Brings	Bringing
Fight	Fought	Fought	Fights	Fighting
Think	Thought	Thought	Thinks	Thinking
Catch	Caught	caught	Catches	Catching
Teach	Taught	Taught	teaches	Teaching

'-ind' > '-ound' > '-ound'

Base form (First form)	Past form (Second form)	Past participle form (Third form)	Add ‘-s’/ ‘-es’	Add ‘-ing’
Find	Found	Found	Finds	Finding
Bind	Bound	Bound	Binds	Binding
Grind	Ground	Ground	grinds	Grinding
Wind	Wound	wound	winds	Winding

• The second forms have the vowel sound /æ/ ('a') and the third forms have /ʌ/ ('u')- 

Base form (1st form)	Past form (2nd form)	Past participle  form (3rd form)	Add  ‘-s’/ ‘-es’	Add  ‘-ing’
Drink	Drank	Drunk	Drinks	Drinking
Sink	Sank	Sunk	Sinks	Sinking
Ring	Rang	Rung	Rings	Ringing
Sing	Sang	Sung	Sings	Singing
Spring	Sprang	Sprung	Springs	Springing
Begin	Began	Begun	Begins	beginning
Swim	Swam	Swum	Swims	swimming

• The third forms end with 'n'-

Base form (1st form)	Past form (2nd form)	Past participle  form (3rd form)	Add  ‘-s’/ ‘-es’	Add  ‘-ing’
Wear	Wore	Worn	Wears	Wearing
Tear	Tore	Torn	Tears	tearing
Bear	Bore	Born	Bears	Bearing
Swear	Sore	Sworn	Swears	Swearing
Throw	Threw	Thrown	Throws	Throwing
Grow	Grew	Grown	Grows	Growing
Know	Knew	Known	Knows	Knowing
Blow	Blew	Blown	Blows	Blowing

• If the second forms of verbs end with the vowel /əʊ/ sound, the third forms end with 'en' -

Base form (1st form)	Past form (2nd form)	Past participle  form (3rd form)	Add  ‘-s’/ ‘-es’	Add  ‘-ing’
Write	Wrote	Written	Writes	Writing
Speak	Spoke	Spoken	Speaks	Speaking
Steal	Stole	Stolen	Steals	stealing
Break	Broke	Broken	Breaks	breaking
Drive	Drove	Driven	Drives	driving
Rise	Rose	Risen	Rises	rising

• The 'ay' of the base becomes 'aid' in other two-

Base form (1st form)	Past form (2nd form)	Past participle  form (3rd form)	Add  ‘-s’/ ‘-es’	Add  ‘-ing’
Say	Said	Said	Says	Saying
Pay	Paid	Paid	Pays	Paying
Lay	Laid	Laid	Lays	laying

Some of them have no other forms except their base form-

Base form (First form)	Past form (Second form)	Past participle form (Third form)	Add '-s'/‘-es’	Add “-ing”
Spread	Spread	Spread	spreads	Spreading
Set	Set	Set	Sets	Setting
Cut	Cut	Cut	Cuts	Cutting
Put	Put	Put	Puts	Putting
Hit	Hit	hit	Hits	Hitting
Shut	Shut	Shut	Shuts	Shutting
Cost	Cost	Cost	costs	Costing
Hurt	Hurt	Hurt	hurts	Hurting
Wet	Wet	Wet	Wets	Wetting
Read	Read	Read	Reads	Reading

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