Topic 31 Forms of the Verb
There are 4 Forms of Verb:
F1 = Simple Present Form / root verb / base form
F2 = Present Participle
F3 = Simple Past Form
F4 = Past Participle
There are Regular and Irregular Forms of
the Verb.
Forms of the Verb ------------ Regular and Irregular
In Regular Forms of the Verb, we suffix ‘ed’ to F1 to form F3 and F4.
In Irregular Forms of the Verb, there are
different forms for F3 and F4.
Irregular Forms of the Verb
F1 F2 F3 F4
1. bear bearing bore *borne
2. wear wearing wore worn
3. tear tearing tore torn
4. become becoming became become
5. come coming came come
6. begin beginning* began begun (i – a - u)
The vowel letter
for the word ‘begin’ change from ‘i’ to ‘a’ in F3 and ‘u’ in F4. The
other letters remain the same.
7. bend bending bent bent
8. lend lending lent lent
9. send sending sent sent
10. spend spending spent spent
11. bite biting bit bitten
12. hide hiding hid hidden
13. bleed bleeding bled bled
14. feed feeding fed fed
15. blow blowing blew blown
16. grow growing grew grown
17. fly flying flew flown
18. break breaking broke broken
19. speak speaking spoke spoken
20. bring bringing brought brought
21. buy buying bought bought
22. think thinking thought thought
23. fight fighting fought fought
24. build building built built (109)
25. catch catching caught caught
26. teach teaching taught taught
27. choose choosing chose chosen
28. creep creeping crept crept
29. keep keeping kept kept
30. kneel kneeling knelt knelt
31. dig
digging* dug dug
32. do doing did done
33. draw drawing drew drawn
34. drink drinking drank drunk (i – a - u)
35. drive driving drove driven (i - o)
36. fall falling fell fallen
37. bind binding bound bound
38. find finding found found
39. wind winding wound wound
40. get getting got got
41. forget forgetting forgot forgot
42. give giving gave given
43. forgive forgiving forgave forgiven (i - a)
44. freeze freezing froze frozen
(A verb which is
ended in ‘e’ just drop ‘e’ and add ‘ing’ like No. 11, 12, 27,
35, 41, 42, 43 and the like. )
45. go going went gone
46. a) hang (a
thing) hanging
hung hung
b) hang ( a man) hanging hanged hanged
47. have having had
had
48. hear hearing heard heard
49. hold holding held held (o - e)
50. lay laying laid laid
51. say saying said said
52. pay paying paid paid
53. lead leading led led
54. leave leaving left left
55. lie lying lay lain
56. lie lying lied lied
57. die dying died died
58. tie tying tied tied
59. light lighting lit lit (110)
60. lose losing lost lost
61. make making made made
62. meet meeting met met
63. ride riding rode ridden (i - o)
64. rise rising rose risen (i - o)
65. saw sawing sawed sawn
66. sew sewing sewed sewn
67. sow sowing sowed sown
68. see seeing saw seen
69. sell selling sold (old) sold
70. tell telling told told
71. shake shaking shook shaken
72. take taking took taken
73. shine shining shone (one)
shone
74. shoot shooting shot shot
75. show showing showed shown
76. sing singing sang sung (i – a - u)
77. ring ringing rang rung
78. sink sinking sank sunk
79. sit sitting sat sat
80. stand standing stood stood
81. understand
understanding
understood understood
82. steal stealing stole stolen
83. strike striking struck struck
84. swell swelling swelled swollen
85. swim swimming swam swum (i - a - u)
86. win winning won won
In the following
verbs, F3 and F4 are the same as F1.
1. burst bursting burst burst
2. hurt hurting hurt hurt
3. cost costing cost cost
4. cut cutting cut cut
5. put
putting put put
6. shut shutting shut shut
7. hit hitting hit hit
8. split splitting split split (111)
9. let letting let let
10. set setting set set
11. read reading read read
12. spread
spreading
spread spread
Regular Forms of
the Verb
When the letter
before ‘y’ is ‘a, e, i, o, or u’, just
add ‘ed’ to the word.
1. enjoy
enjoying
enjoyed enjoyed
2. employ
employing
employed employed
3. play playing played played
4. pray praying prayed prayed
5. delay delaying delayed delayed
6. relay relaying relayed relayed
When the letter
before ‘y’ is a consonant letter, drop
‘y’ and add ‘ied’.
1. bury burying buried buried
2. carry carrying carried carried
3. copy copying copied copied
4. cry crying cried cried
5. fry frying fried fried
6. hurry hurrying hurried hurried
7. marry marrying married married
8. reply replying replied replied
9. study studying studied studied
10. try trying tried tried
At least 90% of
the Verbs, we only have to add ‘ed’ to form F3 and F4.
Here are just the
few samples of the verbs. If the verb
ended in ‘e’, just add ‘d’ to the word just as No. 1, 3
1. achieve achieving achieved achieved
2. add adding added added
3. advise advising advised advised
4. agree* agreeing agreed agreed
(Any verb with
‘ee’, just add ‘ing’ to form F2 and ‘d’ to form F3 and F4.)
5. allow allowing allowed allowed
6. amend
amending amended amended
7. announce
announcing announced announced (112)
8. appoint appointing appointed appointed
9. appear appearing appeared appeared
10. arrange
arranging arranged arranged
11. arrive arriving arrived arrived
12. bake baking baked baked
13. behave
behaving behaved behaved
14. believe believing believed believed
15. breathe
breathing breathed breathed
16. cane caning caned caned
17. change
changing changed changed
18. cheat cheating cheated cheated
19. claim claiming claimed claimed
20. close closing closed closed
21. compare
comparing compared compared
22. compete
competing competed competed
23. continue
continuing
continued continued
24. count
counting counted counted
25. cope
coping coped coped
26. dance
dancing danced danced
27. divide
dividing
divided divided
28. escape
escaping escaped escaped
29. exchange
exchanging
exchanged exchanged
30. fix fixing fixed fixed
31. hand
handing handed handed
32. head
heading headed headed
33. hope
hoping hoped hoped
34. jump
jumping
jumped jumped
35. laugh
laughing
laughed laughed
36. live
living
lived lived
37. mention
mentioning
mentioned mentioned
38. prepare
preparing prepared prepared
39. present
presenting
presented presented
40. object
objecting
objected objected
41. queue
queuing
queued queued
42. return
returning
returned returned
43. sweat
sweating
sweated sweated
44. shout shouting shouted shouted (113)
Topic 31 Forms of the Verb
Exercise 181
Fill in the blanks with the correct Tense
of the Verb. (Present Tenses)
1.
Dolly _________ (have) a hoop. She ____________ (play) with it now.
2.
Cindy ___________ her desk every
day. She ____________ her desk
now. (dust). She __________(be) a clean and neat girl.
3.
Aida __________ English and Chinese well. She ____________
Chinese now. (speak) She ___________ (learn) the languages since
she was two years old.
4.
My mother _________________ yoga now.
She ________________
yoga every day. (practise)
She _____________(attend) yoga lessons
since five years ago. She
__________ (be) very healthy.
5. I
____________ (be) a health-conscious person.
I always __________
(eat) organic food. I
___________(try) to have a balanced diet.
6.
Maria’s grandparents ________ (be) very healthy. They ____________
every day. Look, they
___________________ now. (exercise) They
______________ (already exercise) for half an hour.
Exercise 182
Fill in the blanks with the correct Tense
of the Verb. (Past Tenses)
1. Doris ________ (have) a toothache yesterday. Her mother _________
(bring) her to see a dentist.
They _____________ (wait) for an hour.
2. Zaki
_________ (be) absent last Monday. He
___________(fall) from
his bicycle and __________ (injure) his left leg .
3.
Julia ___________ (walk) to the park when she ________(meet) Tom.
4.
My mother __________ (scold) us yesterday when she ____________
__________(find) out that we _____________(break) her vase.
5.
The two men _____________(quarrel) loudly all the time yesterday.
6.
The children ______________ (make) a lot of noise when Miss Ting
___________ (arrive) at the classroom.
It ________(be) dirty too.
Exercise 183
Fill in the blanks with the correct Tense
of the Verb. (Future Tenses)
1.
Jack ___________ (co-operate) with his brother after the lecture.
2.
Tina ____________________ (change) her job soon.
3.
Miss Mok__________________ (deliver) a speech on “Road Safety”
at 7 pm next Friday.
4.
You _________________(camp) with your friends at this time next
Friday.
5. I
__________________ (attend) a cookery lesson next week.
6.
My aunt__________________ (rent) a place for tuition next month.
7.
We ____________________ (jog) with others in the joggathon at 8 am
tomorrow. (114)
Exercise 184
Fill in the blanks with the correct Tense
of the Verb.
1.
The children ______________ (skip) ropes when I came.
2.
Nora’s little brother can__________(count) very well.
3. I
___________(hear) them joking and laughing last night.
4.
Harris ___________ (revise) his lessons every day. He ________(be)
very hardworking. He is
well-disciplined as well.
5.
You should ___________ (behave) yourself at all times.
6.
They ___________ (pack) all their things before they ________ (leave)
for home last Thursday.
7. Jee Hui and I _______________ jokes now. We ___________ jokes
(crack) every day. We
________________ (read) many comic strips.
8.
My parents ___________ (be) not at home.
They ____________ (go)
to Japan
on holiday for a week. They _____(go)
travelling every year.
Exercise 185
Fill in the blanks with the correct Tense
of the Verb.
1.
Rowena has to __________ (do) most of the housework as her mother
_________ (be) a stallholder and
busy. She often ________ dinner
for her family. She ____________
dinner now. She ______________
(cook) two dishes already.
2.
Ramli __________ (wake) up late last Friday morning. He __________
(miss) the bus, so he _________(be) upset. He __________(not wait)
for another bus. He decided to
________(run) to school. While he
______________(run) half-way to
school, Mr Kong _________ (drive)
past him. Mr Kong _____________
(drive) about 100 metres from
him before he ________ (notice) Ramli and _______ (offer) him a lift.
3.
Chiayu ___________ (take) part in a concert next Saturday. She ____
___________ (sing) in a choir.
After the performance, she
________________ (help) others at the back stage.
Exercise 186
Fill in the blanks with the correct Tense
of the Verb.
1.
We ought to ___________(be) polite to others. Being polite to others
___________(not cost) us a cent.
Ahmad ________(be) rude to Aida
yesterday. He _________(feel)
sorry and he apologised to her. At
that time, Mariana ______________(stand) beside them. She ______
___________(persuade) Ahmad to do so before he ________ (agree).
2. I
____________ (go) marketing tomorrow. I
_________________
(market) at 7 am. There _________(be) a lot of things to buy. I
_________ (go) downtown marketing every Thursday. I ____________
(already get) my marketing trolley, containers, basin and the like
ready.
3.
Nora ____________ (sleep) when a wild cat __________ (enter) her
house. (115)
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