Subject: English
A verb denotes an action or being or possession.For example:
The referee showed the red card.(action)
Jaya hit the ball hard.(action)
Manoj is intelligent.(being)
A verb that requires an object to complete its meaning is called a transitive verb.
A verb that does not require an object to complete its meaning but has a complete meaning by itself is called an intransitive verb.
Verbs like be (is, are, am, was, were, will be, shall be, etc.), appear, seem and look are incomplete verbs.
The chief parts of a verb are:
For example, the chief part of the verb go are:
They are called the chief parts because we can form all the other parts of a verb with their help.
Present tense | Past tense |
laugh | laughed |
receive | received |
learn | learnt |
Present tense | Past tense |
come | came |
know | knew |
speak | spoke |
Present | Past | Past participle |
arise | arose | arisen |
awake | awaked, awoke | awaked, awoken |
bear | bore | born, borne |
beat | beat | beaten |
become | became | become |
begin | began | begun |
bid | bade,bid | bidden, bid |
bind | bound | bound |
bite | bit | bit, bitten |
blow | blew | blown |
break | broke | broken |
choose | chose | chosen |
come | came | come |
dig | dug | dug |
do | did | done |
draw | drew | drawn |
drink | drank | drunk |
eat | ate | eaten |
fall | fell | fallen |
fight | fought | fought |
find | found | found |
fly | flew | flown |
forget | forgot | forgotten |
forgive | forgave | forgiven |
get | got | got |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
grow | grew | grown |
hang | hung | hung |
hide | hid | hidden, hid |
hold | held | held |
know | knew | known |
lie | lay | lain |
ride | rode | ridden |
ring | rang | rung |
rise | rose | risen |
run | ran | run |
see | saw | seen |
shake | shook | shaken |
shine | shone | shone |
sing | sang | sung |
sink | sank | sunk |
sit | sat | sat |
speak | spoke | spoken |
spring | sprang | sprung |
stand | stood | stood |
steal | stole | stolen |
stick | stuck | struck |
sting | stung | stung |
swim | swam | swum |
swing | swung | swung |
take | took | taken |
tear | tore | torn |
throw | threw | thrown |
understand | understood | understood |
wake | woke | woken |
wear | wore | worn |
win | won | won |
wind | wound | wound |
withdraw | withdrew | withdrawn |
wring | wrung | wrung |
write | wrote | written |
Present | Past | Past participle |
bend | bent | bent |
bring | brought | brought |
build | built | built |
burn | burnt, burned | burnt, burned |
catch | caught | caught |
creep | crept | crept |
dare | dared | dared |
deal | dealt | dealt |
deceive | deceived | deceived |
die | died | died |
dive | dived | dived |
dream | dreamt,dreamed | dreamt,dreamed |
dwell | dwelt | dwelt |
feed | fed | fed |
feel | felt | felt |
flee | fled | fled |
flow | flowed | flowed |
hang | hanged | hanged |
have | had | had |
hear | heard | heard |
keep | kept | kept |
kneel | knelt | knelt |
lay | laid | laid |
lead | led | led |
learn | learnt, learned | learnt, learned |
light | lit, lighted | lit, lighted |
lie | lied | lied |
lose | lost | lost |
make | made | made |
mean | meant | meant |
meet | met | met |
melt | melted | melted |
pay | paid | paid |
prove | proved | proved |
quarrel | quarrelled | quarrelled |
raise | raised | raised |
saw | sawed | sawed |
say | said | said |
sell | sold | sold |
send | sent | sent |
shoot | shot | shot |
show | showed | showed |
sleep | slept | slept |
smell | smelt | smelt |
sow | sowed | sowed |
spend | spent | spent |
sweep | swept | swept |
teach | taught | taught |
tell | told | told |
think | thought | thought |
travel | travelled | travelledd |
weep | wept | wept |
work | worked | worked |
Bear has the following forms:
Present | Past | Past participle | |
bear | bore | born | (to give birth) |
bear | bore | borne | (to carry) |
For example:-
Kamal was born in 1996.
The almirah was so heavy that it could be borne with great difficulty.
Hang has the following forms:
Present | Past | Past particile | |
hang | hung | hung | (to suspend) |
hang | hanged | hanged | (to put to death by tying a rope round the neck) |
The criminal was hanged.
She hung the gown in the wardrobe.
They hung the picture on the wall.
Lie
Lie has the following forms:
Present | Past | Past participle | |
lie | lay | lain | (to rest) |
lie | lied | lied | (to speak falsely) |
I was tired. So I laydown for a little while.
Let me liehere.
I know you liedto me.
To rise means to get up or to come up. To raise means to lift.
We can form verbs
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