Learning English can be fun and interesting, especially when you understand how words change in different situations. Today, we’re going to look at a special list of 62 words that show action, also known as verbs. These verbs have three forms: the present (V1), the past (V2), and the past participle (V3).
Understanding these forms helps us to talk about things happening now, things that happened before, and things that have been completed. This list will be a handy guide for anyone starting to learn English or wanting to get better at it.
Present, Past, and Past Participles List
Present | Past | Past Participles |
hide | hid | hidden |
teach | taught | taught |
forget | forgot | forgotten |
sell | sold | sold |
drink | drank | drunk |
make | made | made |
dig | dug | dug |
leave | left | left |
grow | grew | grown |
spend | spent | spent |
beat | beat | beaten |
hold | held | held |
tell | told | told |
fall | fell | fallen |
ring | rang | rung |
fight | fought | fought |
run | ran | run |
come | came | come |
know | knew | known |
win | won | won |
have | had | had |
swim | swam | swum |
feel | felt | felt |
rise | rose | risen |
go | went | gone |
speak | spoke | spoken |
hang | hung | hung |
stand | stood | stood |
become | became | become |
hurt | hurt | hurt |
wake | woke | woken |
do | did | done |
lend | lent | lent |
cost | cost | cost |
lay | laid | laid |
write | wrote | written |
fly | flew | flown |
see | saw | seen |
hear | heard | heard |
take | took | taken |
cut | cut | cut |
lead | led | led |
find | found | found |
say | said | said |
freeze | froze | frozen |
sit | sat | sat |
be | was, were | been |
hit | hit | hit |
tear | tore | torn |
begin | began | begun |
keep | kept | kept |
wear | wore | worn |
draw | drew | drawn |
lie | lay | lain |
drive | drove | driven |
lose | lost | lost |
give | gave | given |
sleep | slept | slept |
forgive | forgave | forgiven |
sink | sank | sunk |
eat | ate | eaten |
ride | rode | ridden |
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