There are three forms of verbs in the English language. For example, the verb “go” has three forms ‘go’, ‘went’ and ‘gon’. It has a deep connection with grammar (tense).
Different forms of the verb are used in each tense. Here some actions are classified and given their three forms, which will make it easier to understand.
Three Form Of Verbs list with chart
There are many actions whose second and third forms are one type. Like – the second and third forms of ‘wish’ are wished. This type of action is given in the first list.
List of verb forms, including their first, second and third forms, with chart
| 1st form | 2nd form | 3rd form |
|---|---|---|
| Appear | appeared | appeared |
| Allow | allowed | allowed |
| Burn | brunt | brunt |
| Boil | Boiled | boiled |
| Build | built | built |
| Borrow | borrowed | borrowed |
| Catch | caught | caught |
| Copy | copied | copied |
| Carry | carried | carried |
| Clean | cleaned | cleaned |
| Climb | climbed | climbed |
| Close | closed | closed |
| Cook | cooked | cooked |
| Care | cared | cared |
| Cross | Crossed | crossed |
| Complete | completed | completed |
| Dig | dug | dug |
| Deceive | deceived | deceived |
| Decorate | decorated | decorated |
| Die | died | died |
| Divide | divided | divided |
| Earn | earned | earned |
| Enter | entered | entered |
| Fight | fought | fought |
| Find | found | found |
| Feed | fed | fed |
| Finish | finished | finished |
| Fear | feared | feared |
| Hang | hanged | hanged |
| Hold | held | held |
| Hire | hired | hired |
| Hunt | hunted | hunted |
| Iron | ironed | ironed |
| Invite | invited | invited |
| Jump | jumped | jumped |
| Knock | knocked | knocked |
| Kick | kicked | kicked |
| Lend | lent | lent |
| Lose | lost | lost |
| Light | lighted | lighted |
| Learn | learned | learned |
| Marry | married | married |
| Move | moved | moved |
| Open | opened | opened |
| Obey | obeyed | obeyed |
| Order | ordered | ordered |
| Pick | picked | picked |
| Pray | prayed | prayed |
| Pull | pulled | pulled |
| Punish | punished | punished |
| Prepare | prepared | prepared |
| Please | pleased | pleased |
| Push | pushed | pushed |
| Quarrel | quarreled | quarreled |
| Rain | rained | rained |
| Reach | reached | reached |
| Refuse | refused | refused |
| Ruin | ruined | ruined |
| Shine | Shone | Shone |
| Sell | sold | sold |
| Shoot | shot | shot |
| Sleep | slept | slept |
| Sweep | swept | swept |
| Smell | smelt | smelt |
| Spend | spent | spent |
| Thank | thanked | thanked |
| tie | tied | tied |
| Test | tested | tested |
| Wait | waited | waited |
| Work | worked | worked |
| Wish | wished | wished |
| Win | won | won |
| Wind | wound | wound |
| Weep | wept | wept |
| Weigh | weighed | weighed |
| Wring | wrung | wrung |
| Yield | yielded | yielded |
| Yoke | yoked | yoked |
List of verbs that change into the third form by adding ‘en’ or ‘n’ at the end.
There are some verbs whose three forms are different, with ‘en’ or ‘n’ joining the word end in the third form. Such as: given, spoken, taken etc.
| 1st Form | 2nd Form | 3rd Form |
|---|---|---|
| Arise | arose | arisen |
| Beat | beat | beaten |
| Break | broke | broken |
| Bite | bit | bitten |
| Bear | bore | borne |
| Choose | chose | chosen |
| Drive | drove | driven |
| Draw | drew | drawn |
| Forget | forgot | forgotten |
| Fall | fell | fallen |
| Freeze | froze | frozen |
| Fly | flew | flown |
| Give | gave | given |
| Grow | grew | grown |
| Hide | hid | hidden |
| Know | knew | known |
| Lie | lay | lain |
| Ride | rode | ridden |
| Rise | rose | risen |
| See | saw | seen |
| Shake | shook | shaken |
| Steal | stole | stolen |
| Speak | spoke | spoken |
| Swear | swore | sworn |
| Tear | tore | torn |
| Take | took | taken |
| Throw | threw | thrown |
| Wake | woke | woken |
| Wear | wore | worn |
| Weave | wove | woven |
| Write | wrote | written |
There are some verbs in which the second form ‘a’ often becomes ‘u’ in the third form.
There are some verbs whose second and third forms are not the same, but the form of the second form ‘a’ often becomes ‘u’ in the third form.
Like – an of drank; Turns to u and becomes drunk.
| 1st Form | 2nd Form | 3rd Form |
|---|---|---|
| Begin | began | begun |
| Drink | drank | drunk |
| Ring | rang | rung |
| Run | ran | run |
| Sink | sank | sunk |
| Spring | sprang | sprung |
| Swim | swam | swum |
| Shrink | shrank | shrunk |
Verbs that have all three forms are the same
There is some Verb in English that are similar in all forms; For example, Read, cut, hit, etc. are the same in all form.
| 1st Form | 2nd Form | 3rd Form |
|---|---|---|
| Bet | bet | bet |
| Bid | bid | bid |
| Burst | burst | burst |
| Cut | cut | cut |
| Cast | cast | cast |
| Hit | hit | hit |
| Hurt | hurt | hurt |
| Knit | knit | knit |
| Put | put | put |
| Rid | rid | rid |
| Read | read | read |
| Spit | spit | spit |
These were some of the most used verbs and their three forms. They are used according to the tense. Hope you liked this article. Thanks for reading.





