What are 5 verb forms in English

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What are 5 verb forms in English

Introduction

Verbs are a very important part of speech in the English language. If we learn to use 5 verb forms correctly, our English will be excellent.

Here we are going to see the 5 forms of the verb in detail

What are 5 verb forms in English

Let’s study 5 verb forms in detail here. To understand them better, we will know what is verb.

The verb is the word that shows action or the state of being of people, places, things.

There are 4 types of verbs. They are finite verbs, non-finite verbs, transitive verbs and intransitive verbs.

There are 5 forms of main verbs in the English language. They are as follows.

1)Base form or root verb

2)Past form of the verb

3)Past participle of the verb

4)Third-person singular verb

5) Present participle verb

Now we will study these 5 verb forms in detail with examples.

1)Base form or root verb

This is the original form of the verb. It generally comes with to but used without to.

Examples- 1)to play- used as play

2)to read – used as read

3)to go- used as go

2)Past form of the verb

This is also called as the second form of the verb and used in the simple past tense.

Examples- 1)Played

2)Took

3)Went

3)Past participle of the verb

This is also called as the third form of the verb and generally used in all the perfect tenses and in passive voice’s all sentences.

Examples- 1)Played

2)Taken

3)Gone

4)Third-person singular verb

This form of verb is used in simple present affirmative sentences with third-person singular pronouns he/she/ it and all the singular nouns as subjects of the sentences. There is s/es suffix to the base form of the verb. When the base form of the verb ends in s, sh, ch, o, x, z then es is used and in other cases s is used as a suffix,

Examples-

1)Plays

2Takes

3)Goes

5) Present participle verb

This form of the verb is prepared by adding ing suffix to the base form of the verb and used in continuous and perfect continuous tenses.

Examples-

1)Playing

2)Taking

3)Going

In this way, we have 5 forms of the verb.

Now we will see the list of 50 verbs with 5 forms.

List of 50 verbs with 5forms oh the verb

Sr.no. Base form v1 Past form v2 Past participle v3 Third person singular v4 Participle verb
1 Go went gone goes going
2 Come came come comes Coming
3 Take took taken takes Taking
4 Give gave given gives Giving
5 Bring brought brought brings Bringing
6 Beat beat beaten beats Beating
7 Bite bit bitten bites Biting
8 Become became become becomes Becoming
9 Cut Cut cut cuts Cutting
10 Begin Began begun begins Beginning
11 Push pushed pushed pushes Pushing
12 Pull pulled pulled pulls Pulling
13 Meet Met met meets Meeting
14 Fall Fell fallen falls Falling
15 Make made made makes Making
16 Play played played plays Playing
17 Get got Got gets Getting
18 win won won wins Winning
19 Smile smiled smiled smiles Smiling
20 Laugh laughed laughed laughs Laughing
21 See saw seen sees Seeing
22 Look looked looked looks Looking
23 Hear heard heard hears Hearing
24 Hang hung hung hangs Hanging
25 Kill killed killed kills Killing
26 Lift lifted lifted lifts Lifting
27 Know knew known knows Knowing
28 Eat ate eaten eats Eating
29 Drink Drank drunk drinks Drinking
30 Buy bought bought buys Buying
31 Purchase purchased purchased purchases Purchasing
32 Break broke broken breaks Breaking
33 Build built built builds Building
34 Climb climbed Climbed climbs Climbing
35 Rise rose risen rises Rising
36 Ride Rode ridden rides Riding
37 Drive drove driven drives Driving
38 Dig dug dug digs Digging
39 Catch caught caught catches Catching
40 Teach taught taught teaches Teaching
41 Fight fought fought fights Fighting
42 Quarrel quarrelled quarrelled quarrels Quarrelling
43 Wear wore worn wears Wearing
44 Swear swore sworn swears Swearing
45 Tear tore torn tears Tearing
46 Speak spoke spoken speaks Speaking
47 Do did done does Doing
48 Forget forgot forgotten forgets Forgetting
49 Ring rang rung rings Ringing
50 steal stole stolen steals stealing

In this way, we have 5 forms of the verb with explanation and examples.

Conclusion for 5 forms of the verb

From the above discussion, we can easily understand the 5 forms of the verb.

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Dipak D. Jagtap: Always the learner.Having spent 16 years in English language training, its time now to reach the world to learn more and to share my experience and practices....
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