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Basic Verb Forms
Main verbs have three basic forms—the base form (simple present), the past form (simple
past), and the ed form (past participle).
Most verbs in English are regular. Such verbs are called regular verbs because ed is
added to the base form to make the past and the past participle form. For example,
Simple Present Simple Past Past Participle
look looked looked
listen listened listened
play played played
work worked worked
Irregular verbs do not follow the same rules as regular verbs for the simple past and the
past participle forms. Let us study about them.
Here is the list of verbs in which all the three forms are different.
Simple Simple Past Participle Simple Simple Past Participle
Present Past Present Past
fly flew flown blow blew blown
forbid forbade forbidden break broke broken
foresee foresaw foreseen choose chose chosen
forget forgot forgotten do did done
forgive forgave forgiven draw drew drawn
forsake forsook forsaken drink drank drunk
freeze froze frozen drive drove driven
give gave given eat ate eaten
go went gone fall (fell fallen
grow grew grown overdraw overdrew overdrawn
hide hid hidden overtake overtook overtaken
know knew known reprove reproved reproven/
lie lay lain reproved
mistake mistook mistaken ride rode ridden
mow mowed mown ring rang rung
rise rose risen
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