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All about Verbs|81 Three Forms of Verbs/ Conjugation|List and 7 Tips

What do you mean by a Verb?

A verb is an important part of speech. It means action word. Verbs express a physical action or state.

Examples: dry, find, flap, jump, let, etc.

Sentences: 

1. Dry this towel.

2. He found the child sleeping. 

3. The bird flaps its wings.

4.  Is she jumping?

5. Let me introduce myself. 

✍ What are the three Forms of Verbs?

It has three forms- 

Ist : base form 

2nd: past form 

3rd: past participle form

Examples:  

dry(Ist)- dried(2nd)- dried(3rd)

find- found- found

flap- flapped- flapped

jump- jumped- jumped

let- let- let

✍ Let's know how to conjugate : 

    A verb act is being taken as an example.

1st : Base Form- act

( Base Form is used in Simple Present Tense &  Future Indefinite.)

2nd: Past Form- acted 

( Past Form is used in Simple Past Tense)

3rd: Past Participle- acted 

( Past Participle Form is used in Present Perfect Tense , Past Perfect Tense & Future Perfect Tense.)

4th: Base form+s - acts

( Base Form+s is used in Simple Present Tense.)

5th: Present Participle - acting

( PP Form is used in Present Continuous , Past Continuous&  Future Continuous,  Present Perfect Continuous, Past PerfectContinuous & Future Perfect Continuous.)

✍ Here is a List of 81 Three Forms of Verbs for you:

     1       2        3

1. dry- dried- dried

2. eat- ate - eaten

3. find- found-found

4. grow-grew- grown

5. hear- heard - heard

6. injure- injured- injured

7. jump- jumped- jumped

8. keep- kept- kept

9. like- liked- liked

10. milk- milked- milked

11. name-  named- named

12. observe- observed- observed 

13. pack- packed- packed

14. question- questioned- 

      questioned 

15. reach- reached- reached

16. see- saw- seen

17. teach- taught- taught

18. unite- united- united

19. value- valued- valued

20. weep- wept- wept

21. xerox- xeroxed- xeroxed

22. yell- yelled- yelled

23. zoom- zoomed- zoomed

24. act- acted- acted

25. break- broke- broken

26. catch- caught- caught

27. drive- drove- driven

28. edit- edited- edited

29. flap- flapped- flapped

30. give- gave- given

31. hang- hung- hung

32. imagine- imagined- imagined

33. join- joined- joined

34. kick- kicked - kicked

35. let- let- let

36. make- made- made

37. note- noted- noted

38. obey- obeyed- obeyed

39. pay- paid- paid

40. qualify- qualified- qualified

41. read- read- read

42. speak- spoke- spoken 

43. tell- told- told

44. use- used- used

45. view- viewed- viewed 

46. win- won- won

47. x out  -  x-ed out  -  x-ed out 

48. yawn- yawned- yawned

49. zip- zipped- zipped

50. arise- arose- arisen

51. build- built- built

52. cost- cost- cost

53. draw- drew- drawn

54. escort- escorted- escorted

55. fall- fell- fallen

56. go- went - gone

57. hit- hit- hit

58. identify- identified- identified 

59. justify- justified- justified 

60. know- knew- known

61. leave- left- left

62. mention- mentioned mentioned 

63. nod - nodded - nodded

64  offer - offered- offered

65. put- put- put

66. query- queried- queried

67. ring- rang- rung

68. sing- sang- sung

69. think- thought- thought

70. understand- understood- understood 

71. visualize visualized- visualized

72. watch- watched- watched 

73. xerocopy- xerocopied- xerocopied

74. yearn- yearned- yearned

75. zap- zapped- zapped

76. apply- applied- applied

77. bend- bent- bent

78. chop- chopped- chopped

79. delete- deleted- deleted 

80. earn- earned- earned

81. forgive- forgave-forgiven

✍ Most of these 81 Verbs are frequently used in all the four skills :  listening, speaking , reading and writing. 

✍ 7 Tips to learn faster : 

1. All are same . Five of these Forms of Verbs have same all the three forms. 

2. 27 of these Forms of Verbs are made by adding '- ed'.

3. 60 of these Verbs have same 2nd and 3rd forms.

4. All are different. 16 Verbs have different all the three forms.

5. Double the last letter. Last letter doubles when '-ed' is being added to it. 5 examples have been given.

6. Some verbs are made by replacing '-y' to '-ied'.

7. Replace '-d' with '-t'.

✍ Five of these Forms of Verbs remain same:

1. cost- cost- cost

2. hit- hit- hit

3. let- let- let

4. read- read- read

5. put- put- put

✍  Some of these Forms of       Verbs are made by adding 

'- ed':

1. act- acted- acted

2. apply- applied- applied

3. chop- chopped- chopped

4. earn- earned- earned

5. edit- edited- edited

6. escort- escorted- escorted

7. identify- identified- identified 

8.  join- joined- joined

9. kick- kicked- kicked

10. mention- mentioned-mentioned

11. milk- milked- milked 

12. nod - nodded - nodded

13. obey- obeyed-obeyed 

14. offer- offered- offered

15. pack- packed- packed

16. question- questioned- questioned 

17. reach- reached- reached

18. view- viewed-viewed 

19. watch- watched- watched 

20. xerocopy- xerocopied- xerocopied

21. xerox- xeroxed- xeroxed

22. x out  -  x-ed out  -  x-ed out 

23. yawn- yawned- yawned

24. yearn- yearned- yearned

25. yell- yelled- yelled

26. zap- zapped- zapped

27. zoom- zoomed- zoomed

✍ List of Verbs having  2nd and 3rd forms same.

1. act- acted- acted

2. apply- applied- applied

3. bend- bent- bent

4. build- built- built

5. catch- caught- caught 

6. chop- chopped- chopped

7. delete- deleted- deleted 

8. dry- dried- dried

9. earn- earned- earned

10. edit- edited- edited 

11. escort- escorted- escorted

12. find- found- found

13. flap -flapped-flapped

14. hear- heard- heard

15. hang- hung- hung

16. identify - identified- identified 

17. imagine- imagined- imagined

18. injure- injured - injured

19. join- joined-joined 

20. jump- jumped- jumped

21. justify- justified- justified  

22. keep- kept- kept

23. kick- kicked- kicked

24.  leave- left- left

25. like- liked- liked

26. make- made- made

27. mention-mentioned- mentioned 

28. milk- milked- milked 

29. name- named- named

30. nod - nodded - nodded

31. note-noted- noted 

32. obey- obeyed- obeyed

33. observe- observed- observed

34. offer- offered- offered

35. pack- packed- packed

36. pay- paid- paid

37. qualify - qualified-qualified

38. query - queried- queried

39. question- questioned- questioned 

40. reach- reached- reached

41. tell- told- told

42. think- thought- thought

43. understand- understood- understood 

44. unite- united- united

45. use- used- used 

46. value- valued- valued

47. view- viewed- viewed 

48. visualize- visualized-visualized

49. watch- watched- watched 

50. weep- wept- wept

51. win- won- won

52. xerocopy- xerocopied- xerocopied

53. xerox- xeroxed- xeroxed 

54. x out-  x- ed out- x- ed out

55. yawn- yawned- yawned 

56. yearn- yearned- yearned

57. yell- yelled- yelled

58. zap- zapped- zapped

59. zip- zipped- zipped 

60. zoom - zoomed- zoomed

✍ All are different: 

1. arise- arose- arisen

2. break- broken- broken

3. draw- drew- drawn

4. drive- drove- driven

5. eat- ate- eaten

6. fall- fell - fallen

7. forgive- forgave-forgiven

8. give- gave- given

9. go- went - gone 

10. grow- grew- grown

11. know- knew- known

12. ring- rang- rung

13. see- saw- seen

14. sing- sang- sung

15. speak- spoke- spoken

16. teach - taught- taught

✍ Double the last letter.

Tip : There is a vowel (a,e,i,o,u) before the last letter. 

[consonant+ vowel+ consonant] 

1. chop- chopped- chopped 

2. flap- flapped- flapped

3. nod - nodded - nodded

4. zap- zapped- zapped

5. zip- zipped- zipped

✍ 7 of these three forms of  verbs are made by replacing '-y' to '-ied'.

1. apply- applied- applied 

2. dry - dried- dried

3. identify- identified- identified 

4. justify-justified-justified 

5. qualify- qualified-qualified 

6. query- queried- queried 

7. xeroxcopy- xerocopied-xerocopied 

✍ Replace '-d' with '-t' to form       2nd and 3rd forms.

     1. bend- bent- bent

     2. build- built-built  

     

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