40 English Verbs List, Meaning and V1 V2 V3 Form
Use of Verbs and Verb Types
Words that describe a movement, a situation, or an event in a sentence are called “verbs”. In terms of English grammar, verbs should also be used correctly in a sentence. Verb types and the use of these varieties are required for a correct sentence structure and a correct meaning. It is possible to see that verbs are grouped under two general headings in grammar. The verbs are more detailed in these 2 main headings.
Non-Stative Verbs or Action Verbs
The verbs under this title directly describe what the subject is busy with at that moment. In particular, these verbs contain visible, in other words, concrete action and situations. The use of such verbs is known as the Simple Present Tense and the Present Continuous Tense.
- My mother is cleaning the house now.
- She plays sports every morning.
- I’m doing dinner tonight.
- He is holding a large package in his hand.
pacify
Meaning; appease, pacify, tranquilize
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| pacify | pacified | pacified |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| pacifies | pacifying |
praise
Meaning; compliment, tribute, eulogy
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| praise | praised | praised |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| praises | praising |
drop
Meaning; cause to fall, beat down, lower, reduce
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| drop | dropped | dropped |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| drops | dropping |
know
Meaning; understand, savvy, wise up, be wise to
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| know | knew | known |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| knows | knowing |
continue
Meaning; proceed, keep going, keep on, go ahead
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| continue | continued | continued |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| continues | continuing |
insert
Meaning; suffix, add
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| insert | inserted | inserted |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| inserts | inserting |
saturate
Meaning; feed, satisfy, satiate
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| saturate | saturated | saturated |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| saturates | saturating |
print
Meaning; press, step, tread, publish, step on
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| print | printed | printed |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| prints | printing |
trap
Meaning; catch, clutch, snatch, catch up on
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| trap | trapped | trapped |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| traps | trapping |
wander
Meaning; circulate, walk around
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| wander | wandered | wandered |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| wanders | wandering |
satirise
Meaning;
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| satirise | satirised | satirised |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| satirises | satirising |
invite
Meaning; bade, ask, call in, call, bid
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| invite | invited | invited |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| invites | inviting |
favour
Meaning; support, promote, encourage
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| favour | favoured | favoured |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| favours | favouring |
compete
Meaning; contest, contend
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| compete | competed | competed |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| competes | competing |
steep
Meaning; rugged, craggy, perpendicular
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| steep | steeped | steeped |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| steeps | steeping |
infringe
Meaning; chew, masticate, run over
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| infringe | infringed | infringed |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| infringes | infringing |
grind
Meaning; grind, grain, granulate
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| grind | ground | ground |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| grinds | grinding |
admire
Meaning; appreciate, prize, pay tribute
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| admire | admired | admired |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| admires | admiring |
ride
Meaning; mount, board, get on, hop on
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| ride | rode | ridden |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| rides | riding |
implicate
Meaning; infect, contaminate, transmit
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| implicate | implicated | implicated |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| implicates | implicating |
obtain
Meaning; get, acquire, make, have, win
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| obtain | obtained | obtained |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| obtains | obtaining |
yawn
Meaning; gape, yield, give, bulge, spring
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| yawn | yawned | yawned |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| yawns | yawning |
saddle
Meaning; girth
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| saddle | saddled | saddled |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| saddles | saddling |
whisper
Meaning; mutter, breathe, buzz
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| whisper | whispered | whispered |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| whispers | whispering |
say
Meaning; tell, sing, speak, assert
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| say | said | said |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| says | saying |
cower
Meaning; crouch down, crouch, squat, hunch
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| cower | cowered | cowered |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| cowers | cowering |
sting
Meaning; insert, put, thrust, tuck in
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| sting | stung | stung |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| stings | stinging |
taste
Meaning; flavor, savor, sweet, zest, relish
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| taste | tasted | tasted |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| tastes | tasting |
tire
Meaning; fatigue, tire, do in, do up
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| tire | tired | tired |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| tires | tiring |
mew
Meaning; cage, encage
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| mew | mewed | mewed |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| mews | mewing |
justify
Meaning; prove right, legitimate
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| justify | justified | justified |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| justifies | justifying |
flop
Meaning; drop, cause to fall, beat down
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| flop | flopped | flopped |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| flops | flopping |
confess
Meaning; admit, avouch, allow, acknowledge, avow
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| confess | confessed | confessed |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| confesses | confessing |
support
Meaning; assistance, backing, bracket, backup, aid
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| support | supported | supported |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| supports | supporting |
die
Meaning; succumb, go, perish, pass away, pip
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| die | died | died |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| dies | dying |
fetch
Meaning; get, take, receive, buy, pick up, fetch
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| fetch | fetched | fetched |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| fetches | fetching |
declare
Meaning; report, notice, notify, inform
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| declare | declared | declared |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| declares | declaring |
reply
Meaning; answer, reply, respond
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| reply | replied | replied |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| replies | replying |
contemn
Meaning; underestimate, underrate, belittle
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| contemn | contemned | contemned |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| contemns | contemning |
contend
Meaning; deal, struggle, fight, tussle, work hard
| Base Form | Past Form | Past Participle |
| contend | contended | contended |
| s/es/ies | ing Form |
| contends | contending |
