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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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