Forms of Verbs

Forms of Verbs

What is Verb?

A verb is one of the parts of speech. It is defined as a word that shows action or state of being.

For example:

• John prays five times a day.

In this sentence ‘prays’ is a verb that shows action.

• John is ill.

In this sentence ‘is’ is the main verb that shows the state of being.

 

Forms of Verbs

There are five forms of verbs in the English Language. As we know tense tells us the time of an action, so the action can have different relations with time. The relation between time and action is called tense. To differentiate tenses from one another, we use different forms of verbs. Auxiliary verbs are also used for the same purpose because one form of the verb is used in more than one tense. To avoid ambiguity auxiliary verbs are used.

• John was eating.
• John is eating.
• John ate yesterday.

In the above sentences, just one action is performed at different times, so we have used different tenses. Forms of the verb and auxiliary verbs are used to tell the differentiation and identification.

 

Present Form of the Verb

It is also called the base form of the verb or the root form of the verb. This is the origin and other forms are created from the base form. It is also called 1^st form of the verb.

Here is a short list of Present Forms of the Verbs

Present Form	Present Form	Present Form	Present Form
Add	Fry	Know	Ride
Allow	Flunk	Live	See
Bid	Get	Love	Swim
Buy	Grow	Make	Touch
Carry	Harvest	Meet	Taste
Crash	Hug	Narrate	Unite
Dance	Investigate	Nab	Understand
Deploy	Instigate	Open	Vanish
Estimate	Justify	Play	Waste
Emerge	Jerk	Quest	Zoom

 

Third-Person Singular Form of the Verb

When we add the suffix ‘S’ or ‘ES’ to the verb, we call it the third-person singular form of the verb. We use it with third-person singular nouns/pronouns in the simple present tense. It is also called the "S or ES" form of the verb. Click on the link to learn the spelling rules for adding 'S or ES' to verbs. https://www.studyenglishpage.com/2021/06/spelling-rules-for-adding-s-or-es-to.html

Here is a short list of Third Person Singular Forms of the Verb

Present Form	Third-Person Singular Form of the Verb	Present Form	Third-Person Singular Form of the Verb
Call	Calls	Go	Goes
Send	Sends	Fix	Fixes
Walk	Walks	Quiz	Quizzes
Like	Likes	Pay	Pays
Write	Writes	Delay	Delays
Live	Lives	Pray	Prays
Kiss	Kisses	Dry	Dries
Wash	Washes	Fry	Fries
Catch	Catches	Fly	Flies

 

 

Present Participle Form of the Verb

We create the present participle form of the verb by adding ‘ING’ to the verb. It is also called the ING form of the verb. We use the present participle form of the verb in all continuous tenses. Click on the link to learn the spelling rules of adding 'ING' to the verb. https://www.studyenglishpage.com/2021/06/ing-form-of-verb-present-participle.html

Here is a short list of Present Participle Forms of the Verb

Present Form	Present Participle Form of the Verb	Present Form	Present Participle Form of the Verb
Feel	Feeling	Offer	Offering
Go	Going	Suffer	Suffering
Work	Working	Fix	Fixing
Sleep	Sleeping	Enjoy	Enjoying
Live	Living	Snow	Snowing
Have	Having	Lie	Lying
Make	Making	Die	Dying
Take	Taking	Tie	Tying
Stop	Stopping	Travel	Travelling
Sit	Sitting	Marvel	Marveling
Plan	Planning	Refer	Referring
Get	Getting	Defer	Deferring
Swim	Swimming	Offer	Offering
Happen	Happening	Suffer	Suffering
Enter	Entering	Whisper	Whispering

 

 

Past Form of the Verb

The past form of the verb is defined as a form of the verb that has the suffix ‘ED’ and is used in the simple past tense. It is also called 2^nd form of the verb. There are some irregular verbs. They have their own past forms without having ED at the end. One has to memorize them. Click on the link to learn the spelling rules of adding 'ED' to verbs.  https://www.studyenglishpage.com/2021/06/spelling-rules-for-adding-ed-to-verb.html

 

Past Participle Form of the Verb

The past participle form of a regular verb is the same as the past form of the verb. The difference is just it is used in perfect tenses. It is also called 3^rd form of the verb. Remember that irregular verbs don’t end in ED. They have their own past participle forms. Click on the link to learn the spelling rules of adding 'ED' to verbs.

https://www.studyenglishpage.com/2021/06/spelling-rules-for-adding-ed-to-verb.html

Here is a short list of Past and Past Participle Forms of the Regular Verbs

Present Form	Past Form	Past Participle Form	Present Form	Past Form	Past Participle Form
Play	Played	Played	Verify	Verified	Verified
Wait	Waited	Waited	Stop	Stopped	Stopped
Work	Worked	Worked	Admit	Admitted	Admitted
Rain	Rained	Rained	Plan	Planned	Planned
Live	Lived	Lived	Refer	Referred	Referred
Love	Loved	Loved	Commit	Committed	Committed
Smile	Smiled	Smiled	Happen	Happened	Happened
Dance	Danced	Danced	Enter	Entered	Entered
Play	Played	Played	Offer	Offered	Offered
Enjoy	Enjoyed	Enjoyed	Suffer	Suffered	Suffered
Survey	Surveyed	Surveyed	Fix	Fixed	Fixed
Deploy	Deployed	Deployed	Enjoy	Enjoyed	Enjoyed
Cry	Cried	Cried	Snow	Snowed	Snowed
Certify	Certified	Certified	Travel	Travelled	Travelled
Copy	Copied	Copied	Marvel	Marveled	Marveled

 

Here is a short list of Past and Past Participle Forms of Irregular Verbs

Present Form	Past Form	Past Participle Form	Present Form	Past Form	Past Participle Form
Arise	Arose	Arisen	Hide	Hid	Hidden
Awake	Awoke	Awoken	Keep	Kept	Kept
Bet	Bet	Bet	Know	Knew	Known
Become	Became	Become	Leave	Left	Left
Buy	Bought	Bought	Make	Made	Made
Come	Came	Come	Meet	Met	Met
Catch	Caught	Caught	Pay	Paid	Paid
Become	Became	Become	Run	Ran	Run
Do	Did	Done	Ring	Rang	Rung
Drink	Drank	Drunk	Ride	Rode	Ridden
Eat	Ate	Eaten	See	Saw	Seen
Fall	Fell	Fallen	Shine	Shone	Shone
Feel	Felt	Felt	Take	Took	Taken
Go	Went	Gone	Think	Thought	Thought
Hear	Heard	Heard	Wear	Wore	Worn

 

Related topics:

Spelling Rules for adding "S or ES" to verbs
Spelling Rules for adding "ING" to verbs

Spelling Rules for adding "ED" to verbs

Transitive Verbs and Intransitive Verbs

Phrasal Verbs

Non Progressive Verbs

Linking Verbs

Action Verbs