

When a verb ends with an ‘e’, then that last ‘e’ is removed, and the (-ing) is added.For example- Run- Running, Swim- Swimming, Cut- Cutting. When a verb ends with a vowel followed by a consonant, the last consonant of the word is doubled, and then the (-ing) is added.This is V4 form of verb.Įxamples of Present Participle form of verb: It’s used in the past, present, and future progressive verb tenses. He present participle verb form is created by adding -ing to the base form. “Mohan has taken his father to the hospital.” Here, the phrase “has taken” is in the past participle form, as opposed to the Simple past form of the verb took i.e “Mohan took his father to the hospital.” 4. As we discussed in the simple past about some irregular verb forms that do not follow the general rule, here in past participles there are also some irregular verbs that need to be remembered. Past Particles forms of verbs are also formed by adding ‘-ed’/ ‘-d’ just like simple past but past participles form of verbs always come with an auxiliary verb.

The past participle form of the verb may appear in the present, past, or future perfect tense. The past participle form of a verb is also known as the ‘V3’ form of a verb. Let's look at some examples to understand it in a much better way: Sing- Sang, Buy - Bought, Loose - Lost, Think - Thought, Fly -Flew, Ring- Rang, Go - Went, Find - Found, etc. Generally, these forms of verbs need to be remembered. They neither follow the rule of adding ‘ed’ or ‘d’ nor remain in their root form of verbs. Simple past forms of verbs can be difficult to determine for some irregular verbs that do not follow the general rule. For Example- Cut- Cut, Read-Read, Hurt- Hurt, Shut-Shut, Put-Put, etc. There are some irregular forms of verbs that are being used in its root or base form of verbs to describe the action that took place in the past.For Example- Play- Played, Fill- Filled, Fix- Fixed, Skip- Skipped. When a root verb ends with ‘e’ then only (-d) is used to form the simple past form of the verb, otherwise (-ed) is used.


This form of verb is generally formed by adding (-ed)/(-d) at the end of the main or root verb. This form of the verb is also known as the ‘V2’ form of the verb. The simple past form of the verb is a verb used to refer to or denote any action that took place in the past or the work that is already done.
