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Common English Verbs in All Tenses + PDF

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Learning English verbs in different tenses can be challenging for learners. This article provides a comprehensive guide to common English verbs in all tenses, using simple sentences to illustrate each tense. We will also include tables and PDFs showing the different forms (v1, v2, v3, v4, v5) of these verbs to help you understand and remember them better.

Tense Table

Here is a quick overview of the main tenses in English and their uses:

Common English Verbs in Different Forms

Here is a list of 50 common English verbs along with their forms in different tenses. The forms are as follows:

V1 (Base Form)
V2 (Past Simple)
V3 (Past Participle)
V4 (Present Participle/Gerund)
V5 (Third Person Singular Present Simple)

Verb	V1	V2	V3	V4	V5
be	be	was/were	been	being	is/are
have	have	had	had	having	has
do	do	did	done	doing	does
say	say	said	said	saying	says
go	go	went	gone	going	goes
get	get	got	got/gotten	getting	gets
make	make	made	made	making	makes
know	know	knew	known	knowing	knows
think	think	thought	thought	thinking	thinks
take	take	took	taken	taking	takes
see	see	saw	seen	seeing	sees
come	come	came	come	coming	comes
want	want	wanted	wanted	wanting	wants
look	look	looked	looked	looking	looks
use	use	used	used	using	uses
find	find	found	found	finding	finds
give	give	gave	given	giving	gives
tell	tell	told	told	telling	tells
work	work	worked	worked	working	works
call	call	called	called	calling	calls
try	try	tried	tried	trying	tries
ask	ask	asked	asked	asking	asks
need	need	needed	needed	needing	needs
feel	feel	felt	felt	feeling	feels
become	become	became	become	becoming	becomes
leave	leave	left	left	leaving	leaves
put	put	put	put	putting	puts
mean	mean	meant	meant	meaning	means
keep	keep	kept	kept	keeping	keeps
let	let	let	let	letting	lets
begin	begin	began	begun	beginning	begins
seem	seem	seemed	seemed	seeming	seems
help	help	helped	helped	helping	helps
talk	talk	talked	talked	talking	talks
turn	turn	turned	turned	turning	turns
start	start	started	started	starting	starts
show	show	showed	shown	showing	shows
hear	hear	heard	heard	hearing	hears
play	play	played	played	playing	plays
run	run	ran	run	running	runs
move	move	moved	moved	moving	moves
like	like	liked	liked	liking	likes
live	live	lived	lived	living	lives
believe	believe	believed	believed	believing	believes
hold	hold	held	held	holding	holds
bring	bring	brought	brought	bringing	brings
write	write	wrote	written	writing	writes
provide	provide	provided	provided	providing	provides
sit	sit	sat	sat	sitting	sits

These common verbs are essential for everyday conversation and writing. By mastering their forms, you can improve your English grammar and usage significantly.