Verbs Forms and 1000 V1 V2 v3 Examples, Base Form, Past Form, Past Participle Form

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Verbs Forms

There are several forms of verbs in the English language. Forms are used in different forms to point out the tense or the time of the verb.

There are 5 main forms of a verb in English.

Throughout this page, you will be able to learn these forms of the verbs. What are those forms of the verbs?

Base form:
Present tense form:
Past tense form:
Present participle form:
Past participle form:

Let’s explain verb forms in English by giving examples with a sentence.

Base Form:

The base form of a verb is the thing that you look up in a dictionary. This form has no suffixes or prefixes. You see this form with an infinite marker “to” or an auxiliary verb. The following examples have a base form with bold written words.

To be or not to be, he said.
To improve yourself better, you should learn how to develop software.
He sat down on the chair and watched his kitten roar.
Tomorrow will take us away, far from home.

Present Tense Form:

The present tense form of a verb is also known as the simple present tense. This tense explains the regular activities or habits in daily life. If the subject is I/You/We/They there is no suffix “s” after the verb. If the subject is, He/She/It the subject takes suffix “s”.

Why does it always rain on me?
I learn how to develop software every day.
The pretty woman walks down the street when she comes from her college.
The IT department of our company is extremely talented.

Past Tense Form:

The past tense form of a verb is used to express the developments that happened in the past. To use the past tense form of a verb you should add “d” on the end of the verb properly.

Good they to be alive, sir. That’s what she
Lucy was in the sky with diamonds in her dream.
My girl, tell me where did you sleep last night?
Those were the days my friend, he said.

Present Participle Form:

The present participle form of a verb expresses the activities happening at the moment. The present participle form of a verb is formed by the suffix “ing”. Also, this form is not only used in the present continuous tense. The verbs used in auxiliary function can be used in present participle form.

We are sailing to Philadelphia with our beloved friend Ludwig von Mises.
In history, people were killing each other in the name of god.
The students were trying to find a proper job opening.
Sir, I was looking for that kind of opportunity in your company.

Past Participle Form:

The past participle form of a verb is also known as the third form of a verb. Generally, it is done by adding the “ed” suffix to the verb. But there are several irregular verbs in that topic.

Where have you been for all this time?
Oh, darling. What have I done to us?
Oh, god! I am exhausted.
Mona Sax was murdered by Vladimir Lem in the foundation’s building.

V1 V2 V3 Examples

V1	V2	V3
be	was, were	been
beat	beat	beaten
become	became	become
begin	began	begun
come	came	come
cost	cost	cost
cut	cut	cut
dig	dug	dug
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
drive	drove	driven
drink	drank	drunk
eat	ate	eaten
fall	fell	fallen
feel	felt	felt
fight	fought	fought
find	found	found
fly	flew	flown
forget	forgot	forgotten
forgive	forgave	forgiven
freeze	froze	frozen
give	gave	given
go	went	gone
grow	grew	grown
hang	hung	hung
have	had	had
hear	heard	heard
hide	hid	hidden
hit	hit	hit
hold	held	held
hurt	hurt	hurt

V1	V2	V3
keep	kept	kept
know	knew	known
lay	laid	laid
lead	led	led
leave	left	left
lend	lent	lent
lie	lay	lain
lose	lost	lost
make	made	made
ride	rode	ridden
ring	rang	rung
rise	rose	risen
run	ran	run
say	said	said
see	saw	seen
sell	sold	sold
sink	sank	sunk
sit	sat	sat
sleep	slept	slept
speak	spoke	spoken
spend	spent	spent
stand	stood	stood
swim	swam	swum
take	took	taken
teach	taught	taught
tear	tore	torn
tell	told	told
wake	woke	woken
wear	wore	worn
win	won	won
write	wrote	written