Verbs in English Grammar

Verb is the word in English sentence that denotes the action.

For example -

1. I work in a software company.
2. They are eating.
3. You will go to College.
4. She was not feeling well.
5. We drank coffee.

1. Forms of the verb

Verb usually has 4 forms.

1. Base form           -  eat
2. Past tense form   -  ate
3. Past Participle     -  eaten
4. Gerund or Present participle -  eating

Most of the verbs can be converted into past form and past participle using "ed" at the end of the verb.

For example -
work -> Worked ->Worked
play ->  played   -> played

But there are many verbs that do not follow above rule.
Example of irregular verbs are given below.

1. eat - ate - eaten
2. fall - fell -fell
3. flee - fled -fled
4. fly - flew - flown
5. die - died - died
6. sleep - slept - slept
7. cry - cried - cried
8. run - ran -ran
9. catch - caught - caught
10. lose - lost - lost
11. forget - forgot - forgotten
12. do - did - done
13. be - was/were - been
14. begin - began - begun
15. break - broke - broken
16. bring - brought - brought
17. buy - bought - bought
18. choose - chose - chosen
19. come - came - come
20. cost - cost - cost
21. drive - drove - driven
22. find - found - found
23. go - went - gone
24. have - had - had
25. hear - heard - heard
26. hold - held - held
27. know - knew - known
28. lead - led - led
29. let - let - let
30. lie - lay - lain (to rest)
31. lie - lied - lied (to say something false)
32. mean - meant - meant
33. wear - wore - worn
34. tear - tore - torn

2. Types of the verb

Verbs can be of below types.

1. Simple Verbs - work, go
2. Auxiliary Verbs - to be (is/am/was/were), to have (have/had), 
3. Modal Verbs - can, may, might, could, shall, should, ought to, will, would, must)

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