Three Forms of Verb

Hello, students in this lesson we are going to learn three forms of verbs. The three forms of verb lists help to understand tenses.

What are 3 Forms of Verb

• Present
• Past
• Past Participle

Verbs and their Different Forms

All three forms of the verb are the same

Present	Past	Past Participle
Burst	Burst	Burst
Thrust	Thrust	Thrust
Set	Set	Set
Hit	Hit	Hit
Rid	Rid	Rid
Hurt	Hurt	Hurt
Broadcast	Broadcast	Broadcast
Sublet	Sublet	Sublet
Cut	Cut	Cut
Slit	Slit	Slit
Quit	Quit	Quit
Put	Put	Put
Shed	Shed	Shed
Bet	Bet	Bet
Split	Split	Split
Fit	Fit	Fit
Cost	Cost	Cost
Wet	Wet	Wet
Shut	Shut	Shut
Read	Read	Read
Bid (Offer)	Bid	Bid
Spread	Spread	Spread
Forecast	Forecast	Forecast
Let	Let	Let
Cast	Cast	Cast
Upset	Upset	Upset

Second and third forms of the verb are the same

Present	Past	Past Participle
Catch	Caught	Caught
Shoot	Shot	Shot
Make	Made	Made
Hear	Heard	Heard
Tell	Told	Told
Lose	Lost	Lost
Hold	Held	Held
Think	Thought	Thought
Buy	Bought	Bought
Send	Sent	Sent
Find	Found	Found
Spend	Spent	Spent
Read	Read	Read
Lend	Lent	Lent
Leave	Left	Left
Meet	Met	Met
Bring	Brought	Brought
Say	Said	Said
Get	Got	Got
Stand	Stood	Stood
Fight	Fought	Fought
Sleep	Slept	Slept
Pay	Paid	Paid
Light	Lit	Lit
Build	Built	Built
Sell	Sold	Sold
Have	Had	Had
Teach	Taught	Taught
Keep	Kept	Kept
Understand	Understood	Understood
Feel	Felt	Felt
Sit	Sat	Sat

All three forms of the verb are different

Present	Past	Past Participle
Bear	Bore	Born, Borne
Freeze	Froze	Frozen
Shake	Shook	Shaken
Tear	Tore	Torn
Fly	Flew	Flown
Partake	Partook	Partaken
Stink	Stank/Stunk	Stunk
Choose	Chose	Chosen
Lie	Lay	Lain
Sink	Sank	Sunk
Underwrite	Underwrote	Underwritten
Fall	Fell	Fallen
Overthrow	Overthrew	Overthrown
Steal	Stole	Stolen
Do	Did	Done
Mistake	Mistook	Mistaken
Slay	Slew	Slain
Wake	Woke/Waked	Woken/Waked
Be	Was/Were	Been
Foresee	Foresaw	Foreseen
Sew	Sewed	Sewn
Take	Took	Taken
Bite	Bit	Bitten
Grow	Grew	Grown
Show	Showed	Showed
Tread	Trod	Trodden
Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven
Rise	Rose	Risen
Swear	Swore	Sworn
Drive	Drove	Driven
Overdraw	Overdrew	Overdrawn
Speak	Spoke	Spoken
Withdraw	Withdrew	Withdrawn
Drink	Drank	Drunk
Overdo	Overdid	Overdone
Sow	Sowed	Sowed
Weave	Wove	Woven
Forbid	Forbade	Forbidden
Ride	Rode	Ridden
Stride	Strode	Stridden
Arise	Arose	Arisen
Forego, Forgo	Forewent	Foregone
Saw	Sawed	Sawn
Swell	Swelled	Swollen
Blow	Blew	Blown
Hide	Hid	Hidden
Shrink	Shrank	Shrunk
Undergo	Underwent	Undergone
Bid (Utter Greeting)	Bade	Bid
Go	Went	Gone
Shear	Sheared	Shorn
Throw	Threw	Thrown
Forget	Forgot	Forgotten
Ring	Rang	Rung
Strive	Strove	Striven
Eat	Ate	Eaten
Overtake	Overtook	Overtaken
Spring	Sprang	Sprung
Write	Wrote	Written
Awake	Awoke	Awoken
Forsake	Forsook	Forsaken
See	Saw	Seen
Swim	Swam	Swum
Break	Broke	Broken
Know	Knew	Known
Sing	Sang	Sung
Undertake	Undertook	Undertaken
Draw	Drew	Drawn
Outdo	Outdid	Outdone
Smite	Smote	Smitten
Wear	Wore	Worn
Begin	Began	Begun
Give	Gave	Given
Shave	Shaved	Shaven
Thrive	Throve	Thriven

In Second and third form we add ‘ed’

Present	Past	Past Participle
Accept	Accepted	Accepted
Act	Acted	Acted
Advise	Advised	Advised
Allow	Allowed	Allowed
Bang	Banged	Banged
Buzz	Buzzed	Buzzed
Call	Called	Called
Choke	Choked	Choked
Dare	Dared	Dared
Die	Died	Died
Dye	Dyed	Dyed
Earn	Earned	Earned
Envy	Envied	Envied
Exist	Existed	Existed
Eye	Eyed	Eyed
Fan	Fanned	Fanned
Feed	Fed	Fed
Found	Founded	Founded
Gag	Gagged	Gagged
Gaze	Gazed	Gazed
Hatch	Hatched	Hatched
Hoax	Hoaxed	Hoaxed
Join	Joined	Joined
Jump	Jumped	Jumped
Knock	Knocked	Knocked
Live	Lived	Lived
Swell	Swelled	Swelled

In third form we add ‘en’

Befall	Befell	Befallen
Bite	Bit	Bitten
Break	Broke	Broken
Choose	Chose	Chosen
Fall	Fell	Fallen
Forget	Forgot	Forgotten
Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven
Forsake	Forsook	Forsaken
Freeze	Froze	Frozen
Give	Gave	Given
Rise	Rose	Risen
Speak	Spoke	Spoken
Steal	Stole	Stolen
Take	Took	Taken
Write	Wrote	Written