VERB FORMS

 

Type (1): The verbs having all three forms same:

Examples:

1.      Bet - bet - bet

2.      Bid - bid - bid

3.      Burst - burst – burst

4.      Bust - bust - bust

5.      Cast - cast - cast

6.      Cost - cost - cost

7.      Cut - cut - cut

8.      Hit - hit - hit

9.      Hurt - hurt - hurt

10.  Let - let - let

11.  Meet - met - met

12.  Put - put - put

13.  Read - read - read

14.  Rent - rent - rent

15.  Set - set - set

16.  Shed - shed - shed

17.  Shut - shut - shut

18.  Split - split - split

19.  Spread - spread - spread

20.  Thrust - thrust - thrust

21.  Upset - upset - upset

Type 2: The verbs having two same forms:

1.      Beat - beat – beaten

2.      Become- became - become

3.      Bend - bent – bent

4.      Bereave - bereft - bereft

5.      Beseech - besought - besought

6.      Bind - bound - bound

7.      Bite - bit – bit

8.      Bleed - bled – bled

9.      Breed - bred - bred

10.  Bring - brought - brought

11.  Build - built - built

12.  Burn - burnt - burnt

13.  Buy - bought - bought

14.  Catch - caught – caught

15.  Come - came – Come

16.  Creep - crept - crept

17.  Deal - dealt - dealt

18.  Dig - dug - dug

19.  Dream - dreamt - dreamt

20.  Feed - fed - fed

21.  Feel - felt - felt

22.  Fight - fought - fought

23.  Find - found - found

24.  Get - got - got

25.  Hang - hung - hung

26.  Have - had – had

27.  Hear - heard- heard

28.  Hold - held - held

29.  Keep - kept – kept

30.  Lay - laid – laid

31.  Lead - led – led

32.  Lean - lent – lent

33.  Learn - learnt – learnt

34.  Leap- leapt - leapt

35.  Leave - left - left

36.  Lend - lent – lent

37.  Light - lit – lit

38.  Lose - lost - lost

39.  Make - made – made

40.  Mean - meant - meant

41.  Meet - met - met

42.  Pay - paid- paid

43.  Run - ran – run

44.  Say - said- said

45.  Sell - sold- sold

46.  Send - sent- sent

47.  Shine - shone- shone

48.  Shoot - shot- shot

49.  Sit - sat- sat

50.  Sleep- slept- slept

51.  Smell - smelt- smelt

52.  Spend - spent- spent

53.  Spill - spilt- spilt

54.  Speed - sped- sped

55.  Spell - spelt- spelt

56.  Spit - spat- spat

57.  Spoil - spoilt- spoilt

58.  Stand - stood- stood

59.  Stick - stuck- stuck

60.  Sting - stung- stung

61.  Strike - struck- struck

62.  Sweep - swept- swept

63.  Swing - swung- swung

64.  Teach - taught – taught

65.  Tell - told – told

66.  Think - thought – thought

67.  Tread - trod - trod

68.  Understand - Understood - Understood

69.  Weep - wept - wept

70.  Win - won - won

71.  Wind - wound - wound

72.  Wring - wrung - wrung

Type 3: The verbs having 3 different forms:

1.      Arise - arose - arisen

2.      Awake - awoke - awoken

3.      Be - was - been

4.      Begin - began – begun

5.      Bite - bit - bitten

6.      Blow - blew - blown

7.      Break - broke - broken

8.      Do - did - done

9.      Draw - drew - drawn

10.  Drink - drank - drunk

11.  Drive - drove - driven

12.  Eat - ate - eaten

13.  Fall - fell - fallen

14.  Fly - flew - flown

15.  Forget - forgot - forgotten

16.  Forgive - forgave – forgiven

17.  Freeze - froze – frozen

18.  Get - got - gotten

19.  Give - gave - given

20.  Go - went - gone

21.  Grow - grew - grown

22.  Hide - hid - hidden

23.  Know - knew - known

24.  Lie - lay - lain

25.  Ride - rode - ridden

26.  Ring - rang - rung

27.  Rise - rose - risen

28.  See - saw – seen

29.  Shake - shook – shaken

30.  Show - showed – shown

31.  Shrink- shrank – shrunk

32.  Sing- sang – sung

33.  Sink- sank – sunk

34.  Speak- spoke – spoken

35.  Spring- sprang – sprung

36.  Steal- stole– stolen

37.  Stink- stank – stunk

38.  Swear- swore – sworn

39.  Swim- swam – swum

40.  Take - took– taken

41.  Tear - tore– torn

42.  Throw - threw– thrown

43.  Wake - woke– woken

44.  Wear - wore– worn

45.  Weave – wove - woven

46.  Write - wrote– written

Type 4, verbs having two different past participle forms:

1.      Bereave – bereaved/bereft – bereaved/bereft

2.      Bet - bet/betted - bet/betted

3.      Burn - burned/burnt - burned/burnt

4.      Bust - busted/bust - busted/bust

5.      Chide - chided/chid - chided/chidden

6.      Clothe - clothed/clad - clothed/clad

7.      Dream - dreamed/dreamt -dreamed/dreamt

8.      Disprove - disproved - disproved/disproven

9.      Dwell - dwelt/dwelled - dwelt/dwelled

10.  Foreshow - foreshowed - foreshown/foreshowed

11.  Gild - gilded/gilt - gilded/gilt

12.  Hang (kill by hanging) - hanged/hung - hanged/hung

13.  Heave - heaved/hove - heaved/hove

14.  Hew - hewed – hewed/ hewn

15.  Kneel - knelt/kneeled - knelt/kneeled

16.  Knit - knitted/knit - knitted/knit

17.  Lean - leaned/leant - leaned/leant

18.  Leap - leaped/leapt - leaped/leapt

19.  Learn - learned/learnt - learned/learnt

20.  Light - lit/lighted - lit/lighted

21.  Misspell - misspelled/misspelt - misspelled/misspelt

22.  Outshine - outshined/outshone - outshined/outshone

23.  Prove - proved – proved/ proven

24.  Quit - quit/quitted - quit/quitted

25.  Shave - shaved - shaved/shaven

26.  Shine - shined/shone - shined/shone

27.  Show - showed - showed /shown

28.  Slay (kill) - slew/slayed - slain/slayed

29.  Smell - smelled/smelt - smelled/smelt

30.  Sow - sowed - sowed/sown

31.  Speed - sped/speeded - sped/speeded

32.  Spell - spelled/spelt - spelled/spelt

33.  Spill - spilled/spilt - spilled/spilt

34.  Spoil - spoiled/spoilt - spoiled/spoilt

35.  Strew - strewed - strewn/strewed

36.  Strive - strove/strived - striven/strived

37.  Swell - swelled – swelled/ swollen

38.  Thrive - thrived/throve - thrived/thriven

39.  Wake - woke/waked - woken/waked

40.  Weave - wove/weaved - woven/weaved

41.  Wed - wed/wedded - wed/wedded

42.  Wet - wet/wetted - wet/wetted

Type 5: The verbs that take 'd' in its past and past participle forms:

1.      Achieve - achieved - achieved

2.      Announce - announced - announced

3.      Believe - believed - believed

4.      Compensate - compensated - compensated

5.      Complete - completed - completed

6.      Concede - conceded - conceded

7.      Conceive - conceived - conceived

8.      Concentrate - concentrated - concentrated

9.      Confiscate - confiscated - confiscated

10.  Deceive - deceived - deceived

11.  Deface - defaced - defaced

12.  Denounce - denounced - denounced

13.  Disclose - disclosed - disclosed

14.  Disguise - disguised - disguised

15.  Displace - displaced - displaced

16.  Divide - divided - divided

17.  Domesticate - domesticated - domesticated

18.  Donate - donated - donated

19.  Double - doubled - doubled

20.  Dramatize - dramatized – dramatized

21.  Eclipse – eclipsed - eclipsed

22.  Embrace - embraced - embraced

23.  Endorse - endorsed - endorsed

24.  Endure - endured - endured

25.  Enforce - enforced - enforced

26.  Ensure - ensured - ensured

27.  Entice - enticed - enticed

28.  Escape - escaped - escaped

29.  Explore - explored - explored

30.  Expose - exposed - exposed

31.  Impede - impeded - impeded

32.  Implore - implored - implored

33.  Impose - imposed - imposed

34.  Improve - improved - improved

35.  Increase - increased - increased

36.  Induce - induced - induced

37.  Infuse - infused - infused

38.  Injure - injured - injured

39.  Inspire - inspired - inspired

40.  Insure - insured - insured

41.  Introduce - introduced - introduced

42.  Invade - invaded - invaded

43.  Invite - invited - invited

44.  Involve - involved - involved

45.  Irritate - irritated - irritated

46.  Isolate - isolated - isolated

Lie - lied - lied

47.  Love - loved - loved

48.  Misplace - misplaced - misplaced

49.  Move - moved - moved

50.  Observe - observed - observed

51.  Oppose - opposed - opposed

52.  Optimize - optimized - optimized

53.  Perceive - perceived - perceived

54.  Pronounce - pronounced - pronounced

55.  Receive - received - received

56.  Relieve - relieved - relieved

57.  Remove - removed - removed

58.  Renounce - renounced - renounced

59.  Replace - replaced - replaced

60.  Revive - revived - revived

61.  Shelve - shelved - shelved

62.  Sieve (filter)- sieved - sieved

63.  Strive - strived - strived

64.  Survive - survived - survived

65.  Thrive - thrived - thrived

66.  Underline - underlined - underlined

67.  Wave - waved - waved

Type 6: The verbs taking "ed" in their past and past participle forms:

 

1.      Abstain - abstained - abstained

2.      Act - Acted - Acted

3.      Add - Added - Added

4.      Admit - Admitted - Admitted

5.      Adopt - Adopted - Adopted

6.      Affect - Affected - Affected

7.      Aid - Aided - Aided

8.      Aim - Aimed - Aimed

9.      Alarm - Alarmed - Alarmed

10.  Alert - Alerted - Alerted

11.  Align - Aligned - Aligned

12.  Allot - Allotted - Allotted

13.  Allow - Allowed - Allowed

14.  Alter - Altered - Altered

15.  Answer - Answered - Answered

16.  Appeal - Appealed - Appealed

17.  Appear - Appeared - Appeared

18.  Arrest - Arrested - Arrested

19.  Arrive - Arrived - Arrived

20.  Ask - Asked - Asked

21.  Assent - assented - assented

22.  Assist - Assisted - Assisted

23.  Attach - Attached - Attached

24.  Attack - Attacked - Attacked

25.  Attend - Attended - Attended

26.  Attract - Attracted - Attracted

27.  Auction - Auctioned - Auctioned

28.  Audit - Audited - Audited

29.  Bait - Baited - Baited

30.  Ban - Banned - Banned

31.  Bang - Banged - Banged

32.  Bank - Banked - Banked

33.  Bargain - Bargained - Bargained

34.  Bark - Barked - Barked

35.  Blast - blasted - blasted

36.  Boast - boasted - boasted

37.  Call - Called - Called

38.  Calm - Calmed - Calmed

39.  Canvass - Canvassed - Canvassed

40.  Crush - crushed - crushed

41.  Dampen - Dampened - Dampened

42.  Dash - dashed - dashed

43.  Deal - Dealt - Dealt

44.  Echo - Echoed - Echoed

45.  Edit - Edited - Edited

46.  Elect - Elected - Elected

47.  Employ - Employed - Employed

48.  Enact - Enacted - Enacted

49.  Fail - Failed - Failed

50.  Fast - fasted - fasted

51.  Fasten - Fastened - Fastened

52.  Fault - Faulted - Faulted

53.  Favour - Favoured - Favoured

54.  Fear - Feared - Feared

55.  Fetch - fetched - fetched

56.  Gain - Gained - Gained

57.  Gather - Gathered - Gathered

58.  Hack - Hacked - Hacked

59.  Hail - Hailed - Hailed

60.  Halt - Halted - Halted

61.  Hammer - Hammered - Hammered

62.  Hand - Handed - Handed

63.  Happen - Happened - Happened

64.  Harass - Harassed - Harassed

65.  Harm - Harmed - Harmed

66.  Hush - hushed - hushed

67.  Impair - Impaired - Impaired

68.  Impart - imparted - imparted

69.  Impel - Impelled - Impelled

70.  Imperil - Imperiled - Imperiled

71.  Jail - Jailed - Jailed

72.  Join - Joined - Joined

73.  Jolt - Jolted - Jolted

74.  Kill - Killed - Killed

75.  Kiss - Kissed - Kissed

76.  Knead - Kneaded - Kneaded

77.  Lack - Lacked - Lacked

78.  Lag - Lagged - Lagged

79.  Land - Landed - Landed

80.  Last - lasted - lasted

81.  List - listed - listed

82.  Maintain - Maintained - Maintained

83.  Maltreat - Maltreated - Maltreated

84.  Need - Needed - Needed

85.  Obtain - Obtained - Obtained

86.  Offend - Offended - Offended

87.  Offer - Offered - Offered

88.  Order - Ordered - Ordered

89.  Pack - Packed - Packed

90.  Paint - Painted - Painted

91.  Pair - Paired - Paired

92.  Panic - Panicked - Panicked

93.  Park - Parked - Parked

94.  Pass - passed - passed

95.  Quell - Quelled - Quelled

96.  Quench - Quenched - Quenched

97.  Quest - Quested - Quested

98.  Question - Questioned - Questioned

99.  Quicken - Quickened - Quickened

100.                      Rank - Ranked - Ranked

101.                      Roast - roasted - roasted

102.                      Rush - rushed - rushed

103.                      Rust - rusted - rusted

104.                      Sack - Sacked - Sacked

105.                      Sail - Sailed - Sailed

106.                      Scan - Scanned - Scanned

107.                      Talk - Talked - Talked

108.                      Target - Targeted - Targeted

109.                      Task - Tasked - Tasked

110.                      Tax - Taxed - Taxed

111.                      Toast - toasted - toasted

112.                      Trust - trusted – trusted

113.                      Uncover - Uncovered - Uncovered

114.                      Unfold - Unfolded - Unfolded

115.                      Unload - Unloaded - Unloaded

116.                      Unlock - Unlocked - Unlocked

117.                      Unpack - Unpacked - Unpacked

118.                      Vanish - Vanished - Vanished

119.                      Vex - Vexed - Vexed

120.                      View - Viewed - Viewed

121.                      Walk - Walked - Walked

122.                      Want - Wanted - Wanted

123.                      Warm - Warmed – Warmed

124.                      Warn - Warned - Warned

125.                      X-ray - X-rayed - X-rayed

126.                      Yawn - Yawned - Yawned

127.                      Yell - Yelled – Yelled

128.                      Yield  Yielded Yielded

 

 

Type 7, the verbs that take ‘ied’ in past and past participle forms:

1.      Ally - allied - allied

2.      Amplify - amplified - amplified

3.      Apply - applied - applied

4.      Beautify - beautified - beautified

5.      Carry - carried - carried

6.      Certify - certified - certified

7.      Clarify - clarified - clarified

8.      Classify - classified - classified

9.      Comply - complied - complied

10.  Copy - Copied - Copied

11.  Dally - Dallied - Dallied

12.  Dally - Dallied - Dallied

13.  Decry (criticize/condemn) - decried - decried

14.  Defy - defied - defied

15.  Deny - denied - denied

16.  Dignify - dignified - dignified

17.  Disqualify - disqualified - disqualified

18.  Fry - Fried - Fried

19.  Glorify - glorified - glorified

20.  Identify - identified - identified

21.  Marry - Married - Married

22.  Notify - notified - notified

23.  Occupy - occupied - occupied

24.  Party - Partied - Partied

25.  Party - Partied - Partied

26.  Qualify - qualified - qualified

27.  Ratify - ratified - ratified

28.  Reply - replied - replied

29.  Simplify - simplified - simplified

30.  Specify - specified - specified

31.  Study - Studied - Studied

32.  Supply - supplied - supplied

33.  Testify - testified - testified

34.  Try - Tried - Tried

35.  Verify - verified - verified

Type 8, the verbs whose last letter is doubled in past and past participle forms:

1.      Beg - begged - begged

2.      Bet - betted - betted

3.      Bug - bugged - bugged

4.      Clip - clipped - clipped

5.      Crop - cropped - cropped

6.      Dip - dipped - dipped

7.      Dot - dotted - dotted

8.      Fog - fogged - fogged

9.      Hop - hopped - hopped

10.  Jog - jogged - jogged

11.  Kid - kidded - kidded

12.  Knit - knitted - knitted

13.  Lag - lagged - lagged

14.  Log - logged - logged

15.  Mop (wash/wipe)- mopped - mopped

16.  Nap - napped - napped

17.  Pad - padded - padded

18.  Pet - petted - petted

19.  Plot - plotted - plotted

20.  Pop - popped - popped

21.  Rag - ragged - ragged

22.  Rat - ratted - ratted

23.  Rob - robbed - robbed

24.  Rot - rotted - rotted

25.  Slop - slopped - slopped

26.  Slot - slotted - slotted

27.  Snap - snapped - snapped

28.  Spot - spotted - spotted

29.  Stab - stabbed - stabbed

30.  Step - stepped - stepped

31.  Stop - stopped – stopped

32.  Study – studied - studied

33.  Tap - tapped - tapped

34.  Trot - trotted - trotted

35.  Wag - wagged - wagged

36.  Wed - wedded - wedded

37.  Wet - wetted - wetted

The following verbs are not generally used in the continuous form:

(1) Verbs of perception 'see', 'hear', 'smell, 'notice', taste, 'feel', etc.

(ii) Verbs of appearance 'look', appear, seem behave, etc.

(i) Verbs of emotion 'want, desire', 'wish, like, love, hope etc.

(iv) Verbs of thinking 'think, ponder, believe, 'consider', 'suppose, know', 'recognize etc.

(v) Verbs of possession 'own', 'contain possess etc.

N. B. Compiled by Dr. Shankar D Mishra, Sr. Lecturer in English, Bhubaneswar. For right guidance in grammar, call at: 8249297412.