There are three forms of the verb in the English language. It has a deep connection with grammar (tense). There are many actions whose second and third forms are one type. Like – the second and third forms of ‘wish’ are wished. This type of action is given in the first list.
Different forms of the verb are used in each tense. Here some actions are classified and given their three forms, which will make it easier to understand.
List Of Verb Form With Its First, Second, And Third Forms Chart
1st form | 2nd form | 3rd form |
---|---|---|
Appear | appeared | appeared |
Allow | allowed | allowed |
Burn | brunt | brunt |
Boil | Boiled | boiled |
Build | built | built |
Borrow | borrowed | borrowed |
Catch | caught | caught |
Copy | copied | copied |
Carry | carried | carried |
Clean | cleaned | cleaned |
Climb | climbed | climbed |
Close | closed | closed |
Cook | cooked | cooked |
Care | cared | cared |
Cross | Crossed | crossed |
Complete | completed | completed |
Dig | dug | dug |
Deceive | deceived | deceived |
Decorate | decorated | decorated |
Die | died | died |
Divide | divided | divided |
Earn | earned | earned |
Enter | entered | entered |
Fight | fought | fought |
Find | found | found |
Feed | fed | fed |
Finish | finished | finished |
Fear | feared | feared |
Hang | hanged | hanged |
Hold | held | held |
Hire | hired | hired |
Hunt | hunted | hunted |
Iron | ironed | ironed |
Invite | invited | invited |
Jump | jumped | jumped |
Knock | knocked | knocked |
Kick | kicked | kicked |
Lend | lent | lent |
Lose | lost | lost |
Light | lighted | lighted |
Learn | learned | learned |
Marry | married | married |
Move | moved | moved |
Open | opened | opened |
Obey | obeyed | obeyed |
Order | ordered | ordered |
Pick | picked | picked |
Pray | prayed | prayed |
Pull | pulled | pulled |
Punish | punished | punished |
Prepare | prepared | prepared |
Please | pleased | pleased |
Push | pushed | pushed |
Quarrel | quarreled | quarreled |
Rain | rained | rained |
Reach | reached | reached |
Refuse | refused | refused |
Ruin | ruined | ruined |
Shine | Shone | Shone |
Sell | sold | sold |
Shoot | shot | shot |
Sleep | slept | slept |
Sweep | swept | swept |
Smell | smelt | smelt |
Spend | spent | spent |
Thank | thanked | thanked |
tie | tied | tied |
Test | tested | tested |
Wait | waited | waited |
Work | worked | worked |
Wish | wished | wished |
Win | won | won |
Wind | wound | wound |
Weep | wept | wept |
Weigh | weighed | weighed |
Wring | wrung | wrung |
Yield | yielded | yielded |
Yoke | yoked | yoked |
Form of the verb with Examples in a sentence
He wishes me a happy birthday.
He wished me a happy birthday.
He will wish me a happy birthday.
There are some verbs whose three forms are different, with ‘en’ or ‘n’ joining the word end in the third form; Such as – given, spoken, taken etc.
list of some ‘en’ or ‘n’ joining the word verbs
1st Form | 2nd Form | 3rd Form |
---|---|---|
Arise | arose | arisen |
Beat | beat | beaten |
Break | broke | broken |
Bite | bit | bitten |
Bear | bore | borne |
Choose | chose | chosen |
Drive | drove | driven |
Draw | drew | drawn |
Forget | forgot | forgotten |
Fall | fell | fallen |
Freeze | froze | frozen |
Fly | flew | flown |
Give | gave | given |
Grow | grew | grown |
Hide | hid | hidden |
Know | knew | known |
Lie | lay | lain |
Ride | rode | ridden |
Rise | rose | risen |
See | saw | seen |
Shake | shook | shaken |
Steal | stole | stolen |
Speak | spoke | spoken |
Swear | swore | sworn |
Tear | tore | torn |
Take | took | taken |
Throw | threw | thrown |
Wake | woke | woken |
Wear | wore | worn |
Weave | wove | woven |
Write | wrote | written |
There are some verbs whose second and third forms are not the same, but the form of the second form ‘a’ often becomes ‘u’ in the third form; Like – an of drank; Turns to u and becomes drunk.
some words whose second and third forms are the same verb list
1st Form | 2nd Form | 3rd Form |
---|---|---|
Begin | began | begun |
Drink | drank | drunk |
Ring | rang | rung |
Run | ran | run |
Sink | sank | sunk |
Spring | sprang | sprung |
Swim | swam | swum |
Shrink | shrank | shrunk |
There is some Verb in English that are similar in all forms; For example, Read, cut, hit, etc. are the same in all form.
verbs that have all three forms are the same
1st Form | 2nd Form | 3rd Form |
---|---|---|
Bet | bet | bet |
Bid | bid | bid |
Burst | burst | burst |
Cut | cut | cut |
Cast | cast | cast |
Hit | hit | hit |
Hurt | hurt | hurt |
Knit | knit | knit |
Put | put | put |
Rid | rid | rid |
Read | read | read |
Spit | spit | spit |