Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 – 500+ Verb Forms

What Are V1, V2, V3, V4, V5 Verb Forms in English?

English verbs have five basic forms. These help build correct sentences in all tenses.

• V1 (Base Form) – This is the original verb. Example: run
• V2 (Past Simple) – Shows past action. Example: ran
• V3 (Past Participle) – Used in perfect tenses. Example: run
• V4 (Present Participle) – Adds -ing. Used in continuous tenses. Example: running
• V5 (Third-Person Singular) – Adds -s or -es. Used with he, she, and it. Example: runs

Example:

Run – V1: run | V2: ran | V3: run | V4: running | V5: runs

Why Are V1 to V5 Verb Forms Important?

Every verb form has a purpose in English grammar.

• V1 helps form the present tense.
• V2 is used in past tense statements.
• V3 appears in perfect and passive structures.
• V4 supports continuous tenses.
• V5 is required in the present tense with third-person subjects.

Learners must know these to build correct sentences. These forms are tested in exams like IELTS, TOEFL, and spoken English interviews.

Examples of V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 for Common Verbs

Here are examples for both regular and irregular verbs:

Verb	V1	V2	V3	V4	V5
Go	go	went	gone	going	goes
Write	write	wrote	written	writing	writes
Walk	walk	walked	walked	walking	walks
Eat	eat	ate	eaten	eating	eats
Speak	speak	spoke	spoken	speaking	speaks
See	see	saw	seen	seeing	sees
Play	play	played	played	playing	plays
Drink	drink	drank	drunk	drinking	drinks
Drive	drive	drove	driven	driving	drives
Fly	fly	flew	flown	flying	flies

Learn these forms to improve grammar, writing, and speaking.

500+ Verb Forms V1 V2 V3 V4 V5

Verb (Meaning)	V1 Form (Base Form)		V2 Form (Past Simple)	V3 Form (Past Participle)	V4 Form (Present Participle / V-ing)	V5 Form (3rd Person Singular)
accept	accept		accepted	accepted	accepting	accepts
agree	agree		agreed	agreed	agreeing	agrees
allow	allow		allowed	allowed	allowing	allows
ask	ask		asked	asked	asking	asks
be	be		was/were	been	being	is
become	become		became	become	becoming	becomes
begin	begin		began	begun	beginning	begins
believe	believe		believed	believed	believing	believes
break	break		broke	broken	breaking	breaks
bring	bring		brought	brought	bringing	brings
build	build		built	built	building	builds
buy	buy		bought	bought	buying	buys
call	call		called	called	calling	calls
can	can		could	could	— (modal verb; no V-ing form)	can
carry	carry		carried	carried	carrying	carries
catch	catch		caught	caught	catching	catches
change	change		changed	changed	changing	changes
choose	choose		chose	chosen	choosing	chooses
clean	clean		cleaned	cleaned	cleaning	cleans
climb	climb		climbed	climbed	climbing	climbs
close	close		closed	closed	closing	closes
come	come		came	come	coming	comes
cook	cook		cooked	cooked	cooking	cooks
copy	copy		copied	copied	copying	copies
cost	cost		cost	cost	costing	costs
cut	cut		cut	cut	cutting	cuts
dance	dance		danced	danced	dancing	dances
decide	decide		decided	decided	deciding	decides
do	do		did	done	doing	does
draw	draw		drew	drawn	drawing	draws
drink	drink		drank	drunk	drinking	drinks
drive	drive		drove	driven	driving	drives
drop	drop		dropped	dropped	dropping	drops
eat	eat		ate	eaten	eating	eats
end	end		ended	ended	ending	ends
enjoy	enjoy		enjoyed	enjoyed	enjoying	enjoys
fall	fall		fell	fallen	falling	falls
feel	feel		felt	felt	feeling	feels
fill	fill		filled	filled	filling	fills
find	find		found	found	finding	finds
finish	finish		finished	finished	finishing	finishes
fly	fly		flew	flown	flying	flies
follow	follow		followed	followed	following	follows
forget	forget		forgot	forgotten	forgetting	forgets
get	get		got	gotten (US) / got (UK)	getting	gets
give	give		gave	given	giving	gives
go	go		went	gone	going	goes
grow	grow		grew	grown	growing	grows
guess	guess		guessed	guessed	guessing	guesses
happen	happen		happened	happened	happening	happens
have	have		had	had	having	has
hear	hear		heard	heard	hearing	hears
help	help		helped	helped	helping	helps
hold	hold		held	held	holding	holds
hope	hope		hoped	hoped	hoping	hopes
keep	keep		kept	kept	keeping	keeps
kill	kill		killed	killed	killing	kills
know	know		knew	known	knowing	knows
laugh	laugh		laughed	laughed	laughing	laughs
learn	learn		learned / learnt	learned / learnt	learning	learns
leave	leave		left	left	leaving	leaves
lend	lend		lent	lent	lending	lends
let	let		let	let	letting	lets
listen	listen		listened	listened	listening	listens
live	live		lived	lived	living	lives
look	look		looked	looked	looking	looks
lose	lose		lost	lost	losing	loses
love	love		loved	loved	loving	loves
make	make		made	made	making	makes
mean	mean		meant	meant	meaning	means
meet	meet		met	met	meeting	meets
move	move		moved	moved	moving	moves
need	need		needed	needed	needing	needs
open	open		opened	opened	opening	opens
order	order		ordered	ordered	ordering	orders
own	own		owned	owned	owning	owns
pay	pay		paid	paid	paying	pays
play	play		played	played	playing	plays
prefer	prefer		preferred	preferred	preferring	prefers
prepare	prepare		prepared	prepared	preparing	prepares
prevent	prevent		prevented	prevented	preventing	prevents
put	put		put	put	putting	puts
read	read		read (pronounced “red”)	read (pronounced “red”)	reading	reads
realize	realize		realized	realized	realizing	realizes
receive	receive		received	received	receiving	receives
remember	remember		remembered	remembered	remembering	remembers
repeat	repeat		repeated	repeated	repeating	repeats
reply	reply		replied	replied	replying	replies
run	run		ran	run	running	runs
say	say		said	said	saying	says
see	see		saw	seen	seeing	sees
sell	sell		sold	sold	selling	sells
send	send		sent	sent	sending	sends
set	set		set	set	setting	sets
show	show		showed	shown / showed	showing	shows
shut	shut		shut	shut	shutting	shuts
sing	sing		sang	sung	singing	sings
sit	sit		sat	sat	sitting	sits
sleep	sleep		slept	slept	sleeping	sleeps
smile	smile		smiled	smiled	smiling	smiles
speak	speak		spoke	spoken	speaking	speaks
spend	spend		spent	spent	spending	spends
stand	stand		stood	stood	standing	stands
start	start		started	started	starting	starts
stay	stay		stayed	stayed	staying	stays
stop	stop		stopped	stopped	stopping	stops
study	study		studied	studied	studying	studies
succeed	succeed		succeeded	succeeded	succeeding	succeeds
suggest	suggest		suggested	suggested	suggesting	suggests
swim	swim		swam	swum	swimming	swims
take	take		took	taken	taking	takes
talk	talk		talked	talked	talking	talks
teach	teach		taught	taught	teaching	teaches
tell	tell		told	told	telling	tells
think	think		thought	thought	thinking	thinks
throw	throw		threw	thrown	throwing	throws
touch	touch		touched	touched	touching	touches
try	try		tried	tried	trying	tries
turn	turn		turned	turned	turning	turns
understand	understand		understood	understood	understanding	understands
use	use		used	used	using	uses
wait	wait		waited	waited	waiting	waits
wake	wake		woke	woken / woke	waking	wakes
walk	walk		walked	walked	walking	walks
want	want		wanted	wanted	wanting	wants
watch	watch		watched	watched	watching	watches
win	win		won	won	winning	wins
wish	wish		wished	wished	wishing	wishes
work	work		worked	worked	working	works
write	write		wrote	written	writing	writes