There are 3 forms of verb
- Present
- Past
- Past Participle
Important Verbs and their Different Forms
All verb forms are same
| Present | Past | Past Participle |
| cost | cost | cost |
| cast | cast | cast |
| hit | hit | hit |
| hurt | hurt | hurt |
| shut | shut | shut |
| upset | upset | upset |
All 3 forms are different
| Present | Past | Past Participle |
| go | went | gone |
| ring | rang | rung |
| blow | blew | blown |
| do | did | done |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| drink | drank | drunk |
| lie | lay | lain |
Second and Third Form are Same
| Present | Past | Past Participle |
| tell | told | told |
| taste | tasted | tasted |
| stay | stayed | stayed |
| shine | shone | shone |
| rain | rained | rained |
| printed | printed | |
| buy | bought | bought |
In Second and third form we add 'ed'
| Present | Past | Past Participle |
| carry | carried | carried |
| cause | caused | caused |
| absorb | absorbed | absorbed |
| add | added | added |
| tax | taxed | taxed |
| treat | treated | treated |
| walk | walked | walked |
| work | worked | worked |
| ask | asked | asked |
| box | boxed | boxed |
In third form we add 'en'
| Present | Past | Past Participle |
| break | broke | broken |
| fall | fell | fallen |
| forget | forgot | forgotten |
| choose | chose | chosen |
| give | gave | given |
| speak | spoke | spoken |
| bite | bit | bitten |
Why do we need to learn 3 forms of verb?
We need to learn this to understand Tenses
Example
Second form of run is ran
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He runs fast everyday
(This is Simple Present Tense where we use First form of Verb 'run')
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He ran fast yesterday
(This is Simple Past Tense where we use Second form of Verb 'ran')
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