In the previous chapters you have learned about the Subject, Object, and Verb and after completing the given exercises I am sure you must be having an overall idea of what are the uses of subject, object, and verb in making of sentences.
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What are the forms of verbs?
Verb is a word used in a sentence to describe action, state or occurrence and form a pain part of senetnces.
1. Verb has three forms:
Present Tense
Past Tense
Past Participle
- Present Tense: denotes an action that is taking place currently now or regularly.
- Past Tense: denotes an action that is completed just now in the immediate past.
- Past Participle: denotes an action that is completed in the distant past. It is usually used after has/have/had
| PRESENT TENSE | PAST TENSE | PAST PARTICIPLE |
| Go | Went | Gone |
| Come | Came | Come |
| Eat | Ate | Eaten |
Examples: GO
- I go to school every day.
- They went to school yesterday.
- We have gone to school this morning.
- He had gone to school last month.
- She has gone to school this morning.
Examples: COME
- I come to church every Sunday.
- They came church yesterday.
- We have come to church this morning.
- He had come to church last month.
- She has come to church in the morning.
Examples: EAT
- I eat rice every morning.
- They ate rice this morning.
- We have eaten rice this afternoon.
- He had eaten rice last week.
- She has eaten rice in the morning.
2. Regular and Irregular Verbs
What is regular verb?
The regular verbs are those verbs having a regular pattern. ‘ed’ is added to the present tense for past tense and past participle.
Examples: Work (Present Tense) worked ( Past Tense) worked (Past Participle)
| Present Tense | Past Tense | Past Participle |
| Play | Played | Played |
| Look | Looked | Looked |
| Jump | Jumped | Jumped |
What is irregular verb?
The irregular verbs are those having an irregular pattern. There is no common rule for changing them into past tense and past participle.
Examples: Sing (Present Tense) Sang (Past Tense) Sung (Past Participle)
| PRESENT TENSE | PAST TENSE | PAST PARTICIPLE |
| Sleep | Slept | Slept |
| Make | Made | Made |
| Read | Read | Read |
THE LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS
Present tense Past Tense Past Participle
Awake awoke awaken
Beat beat beaten
Become became become
Begin began begun
Bite bit bitten
Break broke broken
Blow blew blown
Bring brought brought
Build built built
Burn burnt burnt
Buy bought bought
Catch caught caught
Come came come
Cut cut cut
Do did done
Draw drew drawn
Dream dreamt dreamt
Drink drank drunk
Eat ate eaten
Fall fell fallen
Fight fought fought
Fly flew flown
Forget forgot forgotten
Get got got
Give gave given
Go went gone
Grow grew grown
Hear heard heard
Hold held held
Kneel knelt knelt
Know knew known
Lead led led
Leave left left
Lie lay lay
Light lit lit
Lose lost lost
Make made made
Meal meant meant
Meet met met
Put put put
Read read read
Ring rang rung
Rise rose risen
Run ran run
Say said said
See saw seen
Sell sold sold
Send sent sent
Shake shook shaken
Sing sang song
Sit sat sat
Sleep slept slept
Speak spoke spoken
Spit spat spat
Stand stood stood
Steal stole stolen
Sweep swept swept
Swim swam swum
Take took taken
Teach taught taught
Tell told told
Think thought thought
Throw threw thrown
Understand understood understood
Wear wore worn
Weep wept wept
Win won won
Write wrote written
THE LIST OF REGULAR VERBS
Present tense Past Tense Past Participle
Act acted acted
Add added added
Answer answered answered
Arrest arrested arrested
Ask asked asked
Attend attended attended
Bathe bathed bathed
Brush brushed brushed
Carry carried carried
Close closed closed
Comb combed combed
Cook cooked cooked
Cry cried cried
Dance danced danced
Defeat defeated defeated
Die died died
Divide divided divided
Fail failed failed
Fast fasted fasted
Fill filled filled
Present Tense Past Tense Past Participle
Fold folded folded
Fry fried fried
Hate hated hated
Heat heated heated
Hire hired hired
Iron ironed ironed
Jump jumped jumped
Like liked liked
Listen listened listened
Look looked looked
Love loved loved
Multiply multiplied multiplied
Open opened opened
Pack packed packed
Play played played
Pray prayed prayed
Print printed printed
Protect protected protected
Quarrel quarreled quarreled
Question questioned questioned
Rain rained rained
Reduce reduced reduced
Remember remembered remembered
Rent rented rented
Rub rubbed rubbed
Save saved saved
Share shared shared
Shout shouted shouted
Show showed showed
Study studied studied
Translate translated translated
Try tried tried
Type typed typed
View viewed viewed
Visit visited visited
Walk walked walked
Watch watched watched
Wipe wiped wiped
Work work work
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