In this useful lesson, we’re going to explore something really important in English: verb forms. These are different shapes that verbs take to show when something happens and how. We’ll look at five types, called V1, V2, V3, V4, and V5. It’s like a fun puzzle where each piece is a different form of a verb. This will help you understand and speak English better, whether you’re just starting or want to get even better at it.
So, let’s explore and make learning these verb forms as easy as pie!
Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
A – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
abash |
abashed |
abashed |
abashes |
abashing |
ache |
ached |
ached |
aches |
aching |
admire |
admired |
admired |
admires |
admiring |
adjust |
adjusted |
adjusted |
adjusts |
adjusting |
attack |
attacked |
attacked |
attacks |
attacking |
allow |
allowed |
allowed |
allows |
allowing |
assort |
assorted |
assorted |
assorts |
assorting |
answer |
answered |
answered |
answers |
answering |
apply |
applied |
applied |
applies |
applying |
act |
acted |
acted |
acts |
acting |
awake |
awoke |
awoken |
awakes |
awaking |
approve |
approved |
approved |
approves |
approving |
assert |
asserted |
asserted |
asserts |
asserting |
advise |
advised |
advised |
advises |
advising |
accept |
accepted |
accepted |
accepts |
accepting |
achieve |
achieved |
achieved |
achieves |
achieving |
ask |
asked |
asked |
asks |
asking |
accompany |
accompanied |
accompanied |
accompanies |
accompanying |
audit |
audited |
audited |
audits |
auditing |
appear |
appeared |
appeared |
appears |
appearing |
applaud |
applauded |
applauded |
applauds |
applauding |
attract |
attracted |
attracted |
attracts |
attracting |
afford |
afforded |
afforded |
affords |
affording |
arrange |
arranged |
arranged |
arranges |
arranging |
absorb |
absorbed |
absorbed |
absorbs |
absorbing |
avoid |
avoided |
avoided |
avoids |
avoiding |
alight |
alit |
alit |
alights |
alighting |
admit |
admitted |
admitted |
admits |
admitting |
abate |
abated |
abated |
abates |
abating |
animate |
animated |
animated |
animates |
animating |
agree |
agreed |
agreed |
agrees |
agreeing |
acquire |
acquired |
acquired |
acquires |
acquiring |
B – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
become |
became |
become |
becomes |
becoming |
believe |
believed |
believed |
believes |
believing |
bid |
bid |
bid |
bids |
bidding |
betray |
betrayed |
betrayed |
betrays |
betraying |
build |
built |
built |
builds |
building |
blur |
blurred |
blurred |
blurs |
blurring |
bang |
banged |
banged |
bangs |
banging |
bring |
brought |
brought |
brings |
bringing |
bat |
batted |
batted |
bats |
batting |
boast |
boasted |
boasted |
boasts |
boasting |
buy |
bought |
bought |
buys |
buying |
bereave |
bereft |
bereft |
bereaves |
bereaving |
buzz |
buzzed |
buzzed |
buzzes |
buzzing |
bid |
bade |
bidden |
bids |
bidding |
bow |
bowed |
bowed |
bows |
bowing |
break |
broke |
broken |
breaks |
breaking |
bleed |
bled |
bled |
bleeds |
bleeding |
behave |
behaved |
behaved |
behaves |
behaving |
belong |
belonged |
belonged |
belongs |
belonging |
broadcast |
broadcast |
broadcast |
broadcasts |
broadcasting |
beautify |
beautified |
beautified |
beautifies |
beautifying |
beat |
beat |
beaten |
beats |
beating |
behold |
beheld |
beheld |
beholds |
beholding |
be (am,are) |
was / were |
been |
is |
being |
burst |
burst |
burst |
bursts |
bursting |
C – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
cleave |
clove/cleft |
cloven/cleft |
cleaves |
cleaving |
connote |
connoted |
connoted |
connotes |
connoting |
capture |
captured |
captured |
captures |
capturing |
contrast |
contrasted |
contrasted |
contrasts |
contrasting |
consist |
consisted |
consisted |
consists |
consisting |
converse |
conversed |
conversed |
converses |
conversing |
choose |
chose |
chosen |
chooses |
choosing |
celebrate |
celebrated |
celebrated |
celebrates |
celebrating |
chip |
chipped |
chipped |
chips |
chipping |
cool |
cooled |
cooled |
cools |
cooling |
confuse |
confused |
confused |
confuses |
confusing |
complain |
complained |
complained |
complains |
complaining |
D – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
deprive |
deprived |
deprived |
deprives |
depriving |
damp |
damped |
damped |
damps |
damping |
detect |
detected |
detected |
detects |
detecting |
diminish |
diminished |
diminished |
diminishes |
diminishing |
digest |
digested |
digested |
digests |
digesting |
dance |
danced |
danced |
dances |
dancing |
drill |
drilled |
drilled |
drills |
drilling |
discover |
discovered |
discovered |
discovers |
discovering |
decrease |
decreased |
decreased |
decreases |
decreasing |
drop |
dropped |
dropped |
drops |
dropping |
dazzle |
dazzled |
dazzled |
dazzles |
dazzling |
differ |
differed |
differed |
differs |
differing |
dry |
dried |
dried |
dries |
drying |
dedicate |
dedicated |
dedicated |
dedicates |
dedicating |
disobey |
disobeyed |
disobeyed |
disobeys |
disobeying |
dare |
dared |
dared |
dares |
daring |
declare |
declared |
declared |
declares |
declaring |
E – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
eat |
ate |
eaten |
eats |
eating |
expand |
expanded |
expanded |
expands |
expanding |
encourage |
encouraged |
encouraged |
encourages |
encouraging |
exclude |
excluded |
excluded |
excludes |
excluding |
endorse |
endorsed |
endorsed |
endorses |
endorsing |
enlarge |
enlarged |
enlarged |
enlarges |
enlarging |
extend |
extended |
extended |
extends |
extending |
enter |
entered |
entered |
enters |
entering |
exclaim |
exclaimed |
exclaimed |
exclaims |
exclaiming |
educate |
educated |
educated |
educates |
educating |
exchange |
exchanged |
exchanged |
exchanges |
exchanging |
Eye |
eyed |
eyed |
eyes |
eyeing |
explore |
explored |
explored |
explores |
exploring |
engrave |
engraved |
engraved |
engraves |
engraving |
enjoy |
enjoyed |
enjoyed |
enjoys |
enjoying |
explain |
explained |
explained |
explains |
explaining |
empower |
empowered |
empowered |
empowers |
empowering |
escape |
escaped |
escaped |
escapes |
escaping |
express |
expressed |
expressed |
expresses |
expressing |
F – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
fail |
failed |
failed |
fails |
failing |
feed |
fed |
fed |
feeds |
feeding |
fish |
fished |
fished |
fishes |
fishing |
finish |
finished |
finished |
finishes |
finishing |
found |
founded |
founded |
founds |
founding |
flee |
fled |
fled |
flees |
fleeing |
fight |
fought |
fought |
fights |
fighting |
flop |
flopped |
flopped |
flops |
flopping |
forbid |
forbade |
forbidden |
forbids |
forbidding |
ferry |
ferried |
ferried |
ferries |
ferrying |
freeze |
froze |
frozen |
freezes |
freezing |
forecast |
forecast |
forecast |
forecasts |
forecasting |
forsake |
forsook |
forsaken |
forsakes |
forsaking |
fix |
fixed |
fixed |
fixes |
fixing |
G – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
grow |
grew |
grown |
grows |
growing |
grant |
granted |
granted |
grants |
granting |
gain |
gained |
gained |
gains |
gaining |
gaze |
gazed |
gazed |
gazes |
gazing |
guide |
guided |
guided |
guides |
guiding |
glitter |
glittered |
glittered |
glitters |
glittering |
grade |
graded |
graded |
grades |
grading |
grab |
grabbed |
grabbed |
grabs |
grabbing |
H – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
have |
had |
had |
has |
having |
hunt |
hunted |
hunted |
hunts |
hunting |
heal |
healed |
healed |
heals |
healing |
hum |
hummed |
hummed |
hums |
humming |
help |
helped |
helped |
helps |
helping |
hiss |
hissed |
hissed |
hisses |
hissing |
hustle |
hustled |
hustled |
hustles |
hustling |
hoax |
hoaxed |
hoaxed |
hoaxes |
hoaxing |
I – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
illuminate |
illuminated |
illuminated |
illuminates |
illuminating |
impose |
imposed |
imposed |
imposes |
imposing |
immolate |
immolated |
immolated |
immolates |
immolating |
incise |
incised |
incised |
incises |
incising |
indulge |
indulged |
indulged |
indulges |
indulging |
ignite |
ignited |
ignited |
ignites |
igniting |
induce |
induced |
induced |
induces |
inducing |
immure |
immured |
immured |
immures |
immuring |
Related: V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 200 Words
J,K, L – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
land |
landed |
landed |
lands |
landing |
leap |
leapt |
leapt |
leaps |
leaping |
lean |
leant |
leant |
leans |
leaning |
kneel |
knelt |
knelt |
kneels |
kneeling |
let |
let |
let |
lets |
letting |
kill |
killed |
killed |
kills |
killing |
lift |
lifted |
lifted |
lifts |
lifting |
light |
lit |
lit |
lights |
lighting |
laugh |
laughed |
laughed |
laughs |
laughing |
jump |
jumped |
jumped |
jumps |
jumping |
look |
looked |
looked |
looks |
looking |
kid |
kidded |
kidded |
kids |
kidding |
lead |
led |
led |
leads |
leading |
last |
lasted |
lasted |
lasts |
lasting |
M, N, O – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V5 |
V4 |
obstruct |
obstructed |
obstructed |
obstructs |
obstructing |
nap |
napped |
napped |
naps |
napping |
notice |
noticed |
noticed |
notices |
noticing |
ooze |
oozed |
oozed |
oozes |
oozing |
manage |
managed |
managed |
manages |
managing |
obey |
obeyed |
obeyed |
obeys |
obeying |
maintain |
maintained |
maintained |
maintains |
maintaining |
open |
opened |
opened |
opens |
opening |
motivate |
motivated |
motivated |
motivates |
motivating |
matter |
mattered |
mattered |
matters |
mattering |
output |
output |
output |
outputs |
outputting |
modify |
modified |
modified |
modifies |
modifying |
owe |
owed |
owed |
owes |
owing |
melt |
melted |
melted |
melts |
melting |
migrate |
migrated |
migrated |
migrates |
migrating |
P,Q, R – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
resolve |
resolved |
resolved |
resolves |
resolving |
rush |
rushed |
rushed |
rushes |
rushing |
recollect |
recollected |
recollected |
recollects |
recollecting |
plan |
planned |
planned |
plans |
planning |
paint |
painted |
painted |
paints |
painting |
plot |
plotted |
plotted |
plots |
plotting |
reply |
replied |
replied |
replies |
replying |
relate |
related |
related |
relates |
relating |
repeat |
repeated |
repeated |
repeats |
repeating |
pout |
pouted |
pouted |
pouts |
pouting |
rot |
rotted |
rotted |
rots |
rotting |
rewind |
rewound |
rewound |
rewinds |
rewinding |
reuse |
reused |
reused |
reuses |
reusing |
pour |
poured |
poured |
pours |
pouring |
pardon |
pardoned |
pardoned |
pardons |
pardoning |
prove |
proved |
proved |
proves |
proving |
S, T, U – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
smooth |
smoothed |
smoothed |
smoothes |
smoothing |
savor |
savored |
savored |
savors |
savoring |
speed |
sped |
sped |
speeds |
speeding |
salve |
salved |
salved |
salves |
salving |
shake |
shook |
shaken |
shakes |
shaking |
stitch |
stitched |
stitched |
stitches |
stitching |
spring |
sprang |
sprung |
springs |
springing |
strain |
strained |
strained |
strains |
straining |
urge |
urged |
urged |
urges |
urging |
slip |
slipped |
slipped |
slips |
slipping |
shut |
shut |
shut |
shuts |
shutting |
screw |
screwed |
screwed |
screws |
screwing |
scant |
scanted |
scanted |
scants |
scanting |
slide |
slid |
slid/slide |
slides |
sliding |
strike |
struck |
struck/stricken |
strikes |
striking |
tax |
taxed |
taxed |
taxes |
taxing |
spin |
span/spun |
spun |
spins |
spinning |
triumph |
triumphed |
triumphed |
triumphs |
triumphing |
sap |
sapped |
sapped |
saps |
sapping |
sit |
sat |
sat |
sits |
sitting |
scarp |
scarped |
scarped |
scarps |
scarping |
sell |
sold |
sold |
sells |
selling |
soar |
soared |
soared |
soars |
soaring |
strive |
strove |
striven |
strives |
striving |
teach |
taught |
taught |
teaches |
teaching |
say |
said |
said |
says |
saying |
saunter |
sauntered |
sauntered |
saunters |
sauntering |
spray |
sprayed |
sprayed |
sprays |
spraying |
sway |
swayed |
swayed |
sways |
swaying |
sneeze |
sneezed |
sneezed |
sneezes |
sneezing |
satirise |
satirised |
satirised |
satirises |
satirising |
smile |
smiled |
smiled |
smiles |
smiling |
split |
split |
split |
splits |
splitting |
swot |
swotted |
swotted |
swots |
swotting |
tree |
treed |
treed |
trees |
treeing |
stay |
stayed |
stayed |
stays |
staying |
saddle |
saddled |
saddled |
saddles |
saddling |
sleep |
slept |
slept |
sleeps |
sleeping |
suppose |
supposed |
supposed |
supposes |
supposing |
V to Z – Verb Forms
V1 |
V2 |
V3 |
V4 |
V5 |
zinc |
zincked |
zincked |
zincs |
zincking |
wander |
wandered |
wandered |
wanders |
wandering |
wax |
waxed |
waxed |
waxes |
waxing |
wave |
waved |
waved |
waves |
waving |
vary |
varied |
varied |
varies |
varying |
weep |
wept |
wept |
weeps |
weeping |
value |
valued |
valued |
values |
valuing |
whisper |
whispered |
whispered |
whispers |
whispering |
win |
won |
won |
wins |
winning |
waste |
wasted |
wasted |
wastes |
wasting |
violate |
violated |
violated |
violates |
violating |
work |
worked |
worked |
works |
working |
wring |
wrung |
wrung |
wrings |
wringing |
wed |
wed |
wed |
weds |
wedding |
yield |
yielded |
yielded |
yields |
yielding |
want |
wanted |
wanted |
wants |
wanting |
write |
wrote |
written |
writes |
writing |
walk |
walked |
walked |
walks |
walking |
Vomit |
vomited |
vomited |
vomits |
vomiting |
vie |
vied |
vied |
vies |
vying |
withdraw |
withdrew |
withdrawn |
withdraws |
withdrawing |
wake |
woke |
woken |
wakes |
waking |

