Chapter: Forms of Verbs
đ Vocabulary
English Grammar and Composition Class Seven
â Most Important Exam Words
base form â āĻŽā§āϞ āϰā§āĻĒthird-person singular â āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰā§āώ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻāύpast form â āĻ
āϤā§āϤ āϰā§āĻĒpast participle â āĻ
āϤā§āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻ āϰā§āĻĒregular verb â āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžirregular verb â āĻ
āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžauxiliary verb â āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžsubject-verb agreement â āĻāϰā§āϤāĻž āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāϏā§āϝsimple present â āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāϞsimple past â āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ
āϤā§āϤ āĻāĻžāϞperfect tense â āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻāĻžāϞcontinuous tense â āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāϞinfinitive â āĻ
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§āĻĒgerund â āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝparticiple â āĻ
āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āϰā§āĻĒhabitual action â āĻ
āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻāϤ āĻāĻžāĻsingular subject â āĻāĻāĻŦāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āϤāĻžplural subject â āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āϤāĻžmain verb â āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžcommon error â āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āϞ
đ Word Formation Rules
âē Simple present tense-āĻ he, she, it āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻŦāĻāύ subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ
āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻļ verb-āĻ -s āϝā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ: play-playsāĨ¤
âē s, sh, ch, x āĻŦāĻž o āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž verb-āĻ third-person singular form-āĻ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ -es āϝā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ: watch-watches, go-goesāĨ¤
âē āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āĻāύāĻŦāϰā§āĻŖā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠y āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž verb-āĻ y āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧠ies āĻšāϝāĻŧ: study-studies, carry-carriesāĨ¤
âē Regular verb-āĻāϰ past form āĻ past participle āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ -ed āϝā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ: work-worked-workedāĨ¤
âē e āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž regular verb-āĻ past form āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϧ⧠-d āϝā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ: love-loved-lovedāĨ¤
âē āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āĻāύāĻŦāϰā§āĻŖā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠y āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠past form-āĻ y āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧠ied āĻšāϝāĻŧ: carry-carried, study-studiedāĨ¤
âē āĻāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāϰā§āĻŖā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ consonant āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻ verb-āĻāϰ āĻļā§āώ consonant āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻŖ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§: stop-stoppedāĨ¤
âē Modal verb āϝā§āĻŽāύ can, may, must-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠verb-āĻāϰ base form āĻŦāϏā§: can go, must readāĨ¤
âē has, have āĻŦāĻž had-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠past participle āĻŦāϏā§: has gone, have written, had eatenāĨ¤
âē be verb āϝā§āĻŽāύ is, am, are, was, were-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠continuous tense-āĻ verb-āĻāϰ -ing form āĻŦāϏā§: is reading, were playingāĨ¤
âē To-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠infinitive-āĻāϰ base form āĻŦāϏā§: to write, to learn, to playāĨ¤
âē Irregular verb-āĻāϰ past āĻ past participle āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽā§ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž: go-went-gone, buy-bought-boughtāĨ¤
1. Basic Terms of Verb Forms (8 words)
verb[/vÉËrb/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž; āĻāĻžāĻ, āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāύāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļāĻ
Example: A verb tells us what someone does or what happens.
Syn: action wordAnt: non-action word
đĄ Exam tip: āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
base form[/beÉĒs fÉËrm/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻŽā§āϞ āϰā§āĻĒ; āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāϰāϞāϤāĻŽ āϰā§āĻĒ
Alt: āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϝ⧠āϰā§āĻĒ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Example: Play is the base form of plays, played, and playing.
Syn: root formAnt: inflected form
đĄ Exam tip: Modal verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ base form āĻŦāϏā§: can go, may comeāĨ¤
finite verb[/ËfaÉĒnaÉĒt vÉËrb/]nounmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž; subject āĻ tense āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āϝ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ tense āĻ agreement āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§
Example: She writes a letter every week.
Syn: complete verbAnt: non-finite verb
đĄ Exam tip: Finite verb subject āĻ tense-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
non-finite verb[/ËnÉnËfaÉĒnaÉĒt vÉËrb/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻ
āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž; subject āĻŦāĻž tense āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž
Alt: Infinitive, gerund āĻ participle-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āύāĻžāĻŽ
Example: To read is a good habit.
Syn: incomplete verbAnt: finite verb
đĄ Exam tip: To read, reading āĻāĻŦāĻ written non-finite form āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
subject[/ËsĘbdĘÉĒkt/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāϰā§āϤāĻž; āϝ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āϝāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāύā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Example: Riya reads a novel every evening.
Syn: doerAnt: object
đĄ Exam tip: Verb-āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āϏ āĻāϰāϞ⧠subject āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
agreement[/ÉËÉĄriËmÉnt/]nounmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāϏā§āϝ; subject āĻ verb-āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāϞ
Alt: āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻāϰāĻŖāĻāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ
Example: The subject and the verb must show agreement.
Syn: concordAnt: disagreement
đĄ Exam tip: He, she, it-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ present tense-āĻ verb-āĻ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ s āĻŦāĻž es āϝā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
tense[/tens/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāϞ; āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āĻļāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϰā§āĻĒ
Alt: āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻ
āϤā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝ⧠āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ
Example: The tense of a verb shows the time of an action.
Syn: timeAnt: timelessness
đĄ Exam tip: āϏāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§ tense āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
auxiliary verb[/ÉËÉĄËzÉĒliÉri vÉËrb/]nounmedium
Meaning: āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž; main verb-āĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰā§
Alt: Tense, voice, question āĻŦāĻž negative āĻāĻ āύ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ verb
Example: Has is an auxiliary verb in the sentence She has gone.
Syn: helping verbAnt: main verb
đĄ Exam tip: has, have, had-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠past participle āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
2. Present-Tense Verb Forms (8 words)
present[/ËprezÉnt/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ; āĻāĻāύāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ
Alt: āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāύ
Example: She reads a book every evening.
Syn: currentAnt: past
đĄ Exam tip: Every day, usually, always āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ simple present āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
singular[/ËsÉĒÅÉĄjÉlÉr/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻāĻŦāĻāύ; āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ
Example: He is a singular subject in this sentence.
Syn: oneAnt: plural
đĄ Exam tip: He, she, it-āĻāϰ present verb-āĻ s āĻŦāĻž es āϝā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
plural[/ËplĘÉrÉl/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āĻŦāĻšā§āĻŦāĻāύ; āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤā§āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ
Example: They play football after school.
Syn: multipleAnt: singular
đĄ Exam tip: Plural subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ simple present-āĻ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ base form āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
habitual[/hÉËbÉĒtĘuÉl/]adjectivemedium
Meaning: āĻ
āĻā§āϝāĻžāϏāĻāϤ; āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāύ
Alt: āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: He takes a habitual walk in the morning.
Syn: regularAnt: occasional
đĄ Exam tip: Habitual action-āĻāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ simple present tense āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
read[/riËd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Example: They read books in the library.
Syn: studyAnt: ignore
đĄ Exam tip: Read-āĻāϰ present āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ /riËd/, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠past āĻ past participle āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ /red/āĨ¤
writes[/raÉĒts/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϞā§āĻā§; write-āĻāϰ third-person singular form
Alt: āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§
Example: She writes neatly in her notebook.
Syn: recordsAnt: erases
đĄ Exam tip: He, she āĻŦāĻž it-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ write āύāϝāĻŧ, writes āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
goes[/ÉĄÉĘz/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ; go-āĻāϰ third-person singular form
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āĻ
āĻā§āϰāϏāϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Example: Rafi goes to school by bus.
Syn: travelsAnt: stays
đĄ Exam tip: Go-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻļā§āϧ⧠s āύāϝāĻŧ, es āϝā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ goes āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
watches[/ËwÉtĘÉĒz/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻā§; watch-āĻāϰ third-person singular form
Alt: āĻŽāύā§āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāĻŦā§āĻā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰā§
Example: My brother watches television at night.
Syn: observesAnt: overlooks
đĄ Exam tip: s, sh, ch, x āĻŦāĻž o āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϞ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ es āϝā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
3. Past Forms and Regular Verbs (8 words)
past[/pÉËst/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āĻ
āϤā§āϤ; āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§āϰ
Alt: āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ
Example: We watched the match yesterday.
Syn: formerAnt: future
đĄ Exam tip: Yesterday, last week, ago āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋ past tense-āĻāϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϤāĨ¤
regular verb[/ËreÉĄjÉlÉr vÉËrb/]nouneasy
Meaning: āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž; past form āĻ past participle āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ -ed āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Alt: āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖāĻāĻžāϰ⧠verb
Example: Walk is a regular verb because its past form is walked.
Syn: standard verbAnt: irregular verb
đĄ Exam tip: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ regular verb-āĻāϰ past form-āĻ -ed āϝā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
watched[/wÉtĘt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ; watch-āĻāϰ past form
Alt: āĻ
āϤā§āϤ⧠āĻŽāύā§āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ
Example: They watched a film last night.
Syn: observedAnt: missed
đĄ Exam tip: Watch-āĻāϰ past āĻ past participle āĻāĻāϝāĻŧāĻ watchedāĨ¤
played[/pleÉĒd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞ; play-āĻāϰ past form
Alt: āĻ
āϤā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āϞāĻžāϧā§āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϝāύā§āϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ
Example: The boys played cricket yesterday.
Syn: participatedAnt: rested
đĄ Exam tip: āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ verb-āĻāϰ āĻļā§āώ⧠-ed āϝā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠past form āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
carried[/ËkÃĻrid/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ; carry-āĻāϰ past form
Alt: āĻāĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
āύā§āϝ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ
Example: She carried the books to the classroom.
Syn: tookAnt: dropped
đĄ Exam tip: āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āĻāύāĻŦāϰā§āĻŖā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ y āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠y āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ ied āĻšāϝāĻŧ: carry-carriedāĨ¤
stopped[/stÉpt/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ; stop-āĻāϰ past form
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϞāĻžāĻāϞ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ
Example: The bus stopped near the market.
Syn: haltedAnt: continued
đĄ Exam tip: āĻāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāϰāĻŦāϰā§āĻŖā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ consonant āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āĻļā§āώ consonant āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻŖ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§: stop-stoppedāĨ¤
loved[/lĘvd/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϤ; love-āĻāϰ past form
Alt: āĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āϏā§āύā§āĻš āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ
Example: The child loved the story.
Syn: likedAnt: hated
đĄ Exam tip: e āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž verb-āĻ āĻļā§āϧ⧠d āϝā§āĻ āĻšāϝāĻŧ: love-lovedāĨ¤
studied[/ËstĘdid/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§āύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ; study-āĻāϰ past form
Alt: āĻŽāύā§āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ
Example: Mina studied English last night.
Syn: learnedAnt: neglected
đĄ Exam tip: consonant+y āĻšāϞ⧠y āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧠ied āĻšāϝāĻŧ: study-studiedāĨ¤
4. Past Participles and Perfect Forms (8 words)
past participle[/pÉËst pÉËrËtÉĒsÉĒpÉl/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻ
āϤā§āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻ āϰā§āĻĒ; perfect tense āĻ passive voice-āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Alt: Verb-āĻāϰ āϤā§āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϧāĻžāύ āϰā§āĻĒ
Example: Written is the past participle of write.
Syn: third formAnt: base form
đĄ Exam tip: has, have, had-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠past participle āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
perfect[/ËpÉËrfÉĒkt/]adjectivemedium
Meaning: āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ; āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāύ
Alt: āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻāϰāĻŖā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠tense-āĻāϰ āĻ
āĻāĻļ
Example: She has finished her homework.
Syn: completeAnt: unfinished
đĄ Exam tip: Perfect tense-āĻ auxiliary verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠past participle āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
has[/hÃĻz/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻā§; have-āĻāϰ singular present form
Alt: He, she, it-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ auxiliary verb
Example: Riya has read the novel.
Syn: possessesAnt: lacks
đĄ Exam tip: Has-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ past participle āĻšāϝāĻŧ: has gone, has writtenāĨ¤
have[/hÃĻv/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻā§; have-āĻāϰ base form
Alt: I, we, you, they-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ auxiliary verb
Example: They have completed the work.
Syn: possessAnt: lack
đĄ Exam tip: Plural subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ have āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
had[/hÃĻd/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ; have-āĻāϰ past form
Alt: āϏāĻŦ subject-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ past perfect-āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Example: He had finished the task before noon.
Syn: possessedAnt: lacked
đĄ Exam tip: Had-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠past participle āĻŦāϏā§: had gone, had eatenāĨ¤
gone[/ÉĄÉn/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ; go-āĻāϰ past participle
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āĻāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻā§
Example: She has gone home.
Syn: departedAnt: returned
đĄ Exam tip: Go-went-gone āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§; has went āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
written[/ËrÉĒtÉn/]verbmedium
Meaning: āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻž āϞāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§; write-āĻāϰ past participle
Alt: āϞā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāύā§āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§
Example: The letter has been written.
Syn: recordedAnt: erased
đĄ Exam tip: Write-wrote-written; written-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ has āĻŦāĻž have āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
sent[/sent/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§; send-āĻāϰ past participle
Alt: āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻā§
Example: The notice has been sent to the parents.
Syn: dispatchedAnt: received
đĄ Exam tip: Send-sent-sent: past āĻ past participle āĻāĻāĻāĨ¤
5. Irregular Verb Forms (8 words)
irregular verb[/ÉĒËreÉĄjÉlÉr vÉËrb/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻ
āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž; āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞāĻŋāϤ -ed āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻž
Alt: āϝ⧠verb-āĻāϰ past āĻŦāĻž participle form āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻļāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Example: Go is an irregular verb.
Syn: exceptional verbAnt: regular verb
đĄ Exam tip: Irregular verb-āĻāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āϰā§āĻĒ āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽā§āĻāϏā§āĻĨ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
buy[/baÉĒ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻā§āύāĻž
Alt: āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
Example: I buy a pen from the shop.
Syn: purchaseAnt: sell
đĄ Exam tip: Buy-bought-bought; buyed āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
bought[/bÉËt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻŋāύā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋāύā§āĻā§; buy-āĻāϰ past āĻ past participle
Alt: āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ
Example: He bought a new pen yesterday.
Syn: purchasedAnt: sold
đĄ Exam tip: Buy-āĻāϰ past form bought, buyed āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
go[/ÉĄÉĘ/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
āύā§āϝ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āĻāϞāĻž
Example: We go to school every day.
Syn: moveAnt: stay
đĄ Exam tip: Go-went-gone āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āϰā§āĻĒ āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
went[/went/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ; go-āĻāϰ past form
Alt: āĻ
āϤā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āύ⧠āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ
Example: They went to Dhaka last Friday.
Syn: departedAnt: stayed
đĄ Exam tip: Simple past-āĻ go-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠went āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
write[/raÉĒt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϞā§āĻāĻž
Alt: āĻ
āĻā§āώāϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāĻž
Example: I write a letter to my friend.
Syn: composeAnt: erase
đĄ Exam tip: Write-wrote-written; āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ form āĻā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āϞ⧠āύāĻžāĨ¤
wrote[/rÉĘt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āϞāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ; write-āĻāϰ past form
Alt: āĻ
āϤā§āϤ⧠āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ
Example: She wrote a letter yesterday.
Syn: composedAnt: erased
đĄ Exam tip: Simple past-āĻ wrote āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŦā§, written āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
eat[/iËt/]verbeasy
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϝ āĻā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž
Example: We eat rice every day.
Syn: consumeAnt: fast
đĄ Exam tip: Eat-ate-eaten āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
6. Verb-Form Usage and Common Errors (8 words)
modal[/ËmÉĘdÉl/]adjectivemedium
Meaning: āĻāĻžāĻŦāϏā§āĻāĻ; ability, possibility āĻŦāĻž necessity āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļāĻāĻžāϰā§
Alt: can, may, must āĻāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ auxiliary-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ
Example: You must obey the rules.
Syn: auxiliaryAnt: main
đĄ Exam tip: Modal verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠verb-āĻāϰ base form āĻŦāϏā§: can play, must goāĨ¤
infinitive[/ÉĒnËfÉĒnÉtÉĒv/]nounmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ
āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϰā§āĻĒ; āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ to-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Alt: to + base form āĻāĻ āύ
Example: I want to learn English.
Syn: to-formAnt: finite form
đĄ Exam tip: To-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠base form āĻŦāϏā§: to write, to readāĨ¤
continuous[/kÉnËtÉĒnjuÉs/]adjectivemedium
Meaning: āĻāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ; āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ
Alt: be verb-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ -ing form āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰā§āϰ āϧāϰāύ
Example: They are playing football now.
Syn: ongoingAnt: completed
đĄ Exam tip: Continuous tense-āĻ be verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠-ing form āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
gerund[/ËdĘerÉnd/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώā§āϝ; -ing form āϝāĻž noun-āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§
Alt: āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ verb form
Example: Reading is a good habit.
Syn: verbal nounAnt: finite verb
đĄ Exam tip: āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠-ing form noun-āĻāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āϤāĻž gerundāĨ¤
participle[/pÉËrËtÉĒsÉĒpÉl/]nounhard
Meaning: āĻ
āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āϰā§āĻĒ; adjective āĻŦāĻž verb phrase-āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ
Alt: Present participle āĻŦāĻž past participle āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§
Example: The crying baby needs milk.
Syn: verbal adjectiveAnt: finite verb
đĄ Exam tip: -ing form adjective āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻšāϞ⧠āϤāĻž participle āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
mistake[/mÉĒËsteÉĒk/]nouneasy
Meaning: āĻā§āϞ; āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋ
Alt: āĻ
āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āϤ āϤā§āϰā§āĻāĻŋ
Example: Using has went is a common mistake.
Syn: errorAnt: correction
đĄ Exam tip: Has/have/had-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠simple past āύāϝāĻŧ, past participle āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
correct[/kÉËrekt/]adjectiveeasy
Meaning: āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ; āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ
Alt: āĻā§āϞāĻŽā§āĻā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻĨ
Example: He plays chess every day is a correct sentence.
Syn: rightAnt: wrong
đĄ Exam tip: Subject, tense āĻ auxiliaryâāĻāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
confuse[/kÉnËfjuËz/]verbmedium
Meaning: āĻā§āϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āϞāĻž
Alt: āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āϤāϤā§āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž
Example: Students often confuse the past form with the past participle.
Syn: mix upAnt: distinguish
đĄ Exam tip: Go-went-gone āĻāĻŦāĻ write-wrote-written āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻ
āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
đĄ Exam Tips
âĸ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ subject āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ verb-āĻāϰ form āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
âĸ Every day, usually, always, often āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠simple present tense āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤
âĸ Yesterday, ago, last night āĻŦāĻž last year āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞ⧠āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ simple past tense āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
âĸ He, she, it-āĻāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ simple present-āĻ verb-āĻāϰ s āĻŦāĻž es āϝā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻā§āϞāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
âĸ Has, have, had-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠went, wrote āĻŦāĻž ate āύāϝāĻŧ; gone, written āĻŦāĻž eaten āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
âĸ Modal verb-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻāύ⧠plays, went āĻŦāĻž written āύāϝāĻŧ; base form āϝā§āĻŽāύ play, go āĻŦāĻž write āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
âĸ Regular āĻ irregular verb āĻāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻļāĻŋāĻā§; buyed, goed āĻŦāĻž eated āĻā§āϞ āϰā§āĻĒāĨ¤
âĸ Read-āĻāϰ spelling āϤāĻŋāύ form-āĻ āĻāĻāĻ āĻšāϞā§āĻ pronunciation āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ: read /riËd/, read /red/, read /red/āĨ¤
âĸ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ⧠blank āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝā§āϰ time expression āĻāĻŦāĻ auxiliary verb āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
âĸ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āϞā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ subject-verb agreement āĻāĻŦāĻ tense āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤