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Verb Forms

October 7, 2026

A verb is a doing word or action word that tells us what a person, animal, or thing is doing, feeling, or being.

These four forms are the ones children use most in writing.

The base is the plain word, as in play.

The past tells what already happened, as in played.

The he/she/it form is for one person now, as in plays.

The -ing form is for an action going on, as in playing.

Some past forms do not add -ed. They change the word, as in go, went, and eat, ate. Both kinds are in the list.

No.	Present Tense	Past Tense	Third Person Singular Present Tense	-ing Form
1	add	added	adds	adding
2	ask	asked	asks	asking
3	bake	baked	bakes	baking
4	call	called	calls	calling
5	catch	caught	catches	catching
6	clean	cleaned	cleans	cleaning
7	climb	climbed	climbs	climbing
8	close	closed	closes	closing
9	cook	cooked	cooks	cooking
10	count	counted	counts	counting
11	cry	cried	cries	crying
12	dance	danced	dances	dancing
13	draw	drew	draws	drawing
14	drink	drank	drinks	drinking
15	eat	ate	eats	eating
16	fall	fell	falls	falling
17	find	found	finds	finding
18	fly	flew	flies	flying
19	give	gave	gives	giving
20	go	went	goes	going
21	grow	grew	grows	growing
22	help	helped	helps	helping
23	hide	hid	hides	hiding
24	jump	jumped	jumps	jumping
25	kick	kicked	kicks	kicking
26	laugh	laughed	laughs	laughing
27	learn	learnt/learned	learns	learning
28	like	liked	likes	liking
29	listen	listened	listens	listening
30	look	looked	looks	looking
31	love	loved	loves	loving
32	make	made	makes	making
33	open	opened	opens	opening
34	paint	painted	paints	painting
35	play	played	plays	playing
36	pull	pulled	pulls	pulling
37	push	pushed	pushes	pushing
38	read	read	reads	reading
39	run	ran	runs	running
40	say	said	says	saying
41	see	saw	sees	seeing
42	sing	sang	sings	singing
43	sit	sat	sits	sitting
44	sleep	slept	sleeps	sleeping
45	smile	smiled	smiles	smiling
46	stand	stood	stands	standing
47	stop	stopped	stops	stopping
48	swim	swam	swims	swimming
49	take	took	takes	taking
50	talk	talked	talks	talking
51	tell	told	tells	telling
52	think	thought	thinks	thinking
53	throw	threw	throws	throwing
54	walk	walked	walks	walking
55	want	wanted	wants	wanting
56	watch	watched	watches	watching
57	write	wrote	writes	writing
58	build	built	builds	building
59	buy	bought	buys	buying
60	carry	carried	carries	carrying
61	change	changed	changes	changing
62	choose	chose	chooses	choosing
63	come	came	comes	coming
64	cut	cut	cuts	cutting
65	do	did	does	doing
66	drive	drove	drives	driving
67	feel	felt	feels	feeling
68	fight	fought	fights	fighting
69	get	got	gets	getting
70	hold	held	holds	holding
71	keep	kept	keeps	keeping
72	know	knew	knows	knowing
73	leave	left	leaves	leaving
74	lose	lost	loses	losing
75	meet	met	meets	meeting
76	pay	paid	pays	paying
77	put	put	puts	putting
78	ride	rode	rides	riding
79	ring	rang	rings	ringing
80	rise	rose	rises	rising
81	send	sent	sends	sending
82	show	showed	shows	showing
83	shut	shut	shuts	shutting
84	speak	spoke	speaks	speaking
85	spend	spent	spends	spending
86	start	started	starts	starting
87	stick	stuck	sticks	sticking
88	sweep	swept	sweeps	sweeping
89	teach	taught	teaches	teaching
90	tear	tore	tears	tearing
91	try	tried	tries	trying
92	turn	turned	turns	turning
93	wait	waited	waits	waiting
94	wake	woke	wakes	waking
95	wear	wore	wears	wearing
96	win	won	wins	winning
97	work	worked	works	working
98	bring	brought	brings	bringing
99	forget	forgot	forgets	forgetting
100	freeze	froze	freezes	freezing

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