Meaning: Form the past tense by adding -ed.
play → played
work → worked
clean → cleaned
wash → washed
cook → cooked
work → worked
clean → cleaned
wash → washed
cook → cooked
Meaning: Change their forms differently.
go → went → gone
eat → ate → eaten
write → wrote → written
see → saw → seen
take → took → taken
eat → ate → eaten
write → wrote → written
see → saw → seen
take → took → taken
Meaning: Need an object.
She wrote a letter.
He kicked the ball.
They built a house.
He kicked the ball.
They built a house.
Meaning: Do not need an object.
The baby cried.
Birds fly.
The sun shines.
Birds fly.
The sun shines.
5. Linking Verbs
Meaning: Connect the subject to additional information.
be, seem, become,
appear, remain, feel
appear, remain, feel
6. Action Verbs
Meaning: Show physical or mental actions.
run, jump, swim,
dance, read, write,
sing, drive
dance, read, write,
sing, drive
7. Stative Verbs
Meaning: Show a state, feeling, possession or thought.
8. Finite Verbs
Meaning: Show tense and agree with the subject.
She writes.
They wrote.
He is playing.
They wrote.
He is playing.
Meaning: Do not show tense.
to write
writing
written
writing
written
10. Phrasal Verbs
Meaning: Verb + preposition/adverb.
give up
look after
take off
put on
look after
take off
put on
11. Causative Verbs
Meaning: Show that someone causes another person to do something.
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