The Ultimate List of English Verbs (V1, V2, V3) with Tamil Meanings
Verbs are the engine of any language. They are the words that describe actions and states of being. To build correct sentences and express yourself clearly in English, you must master verbs, especially their different forms for various tenses. This comprehensive guide provides a long list of common English verbs in their three main forms: Present (V1), Past (V2), and Past Participle (V3), along with their Tamil meanings to help Tamil speakers on their learning journey.
This list is organized alphabetically for easy reference. We have included both regular (verbs that end in '-ed' in the past form) and irregular verbs.
| Present (V1) | Past (V2) | Past Participle (V3) | Tamil Meaning (தமிழ் அர்த்தம்) |
|---|---|---|---|
| --- A --- | |||
| Accept | Accepted | Accepted | ஏற்றுக்கொள் (Ēṟṟukkoḷ) |
| Achieve | Achieved | Achieved | அடை (Aṭai) |
| Act | Acted | Acted | நடி (Naṭi) |
| Add | Added | Added | சேர் (Cēr) |
| Advise | Advised | Advised | அறிவுரை கூறு (Aṟivuṟai kūṟu) |
| Agree | Agreed | Agreed | ஒப்புக்கொள் (Oppukkoḷ) |
| Allow | Allowed | Allowed | அனுமதி (Anumati) |
| Answer | Answered | Answered | பதிலளி (Patilaḷi) |
| Appear | Appeared | Appeared | தோன்று (Tōṉṟu) |
| Arise | Arose | Arisen | எழு (Eḻu) |
| Arrive | Arrived | Arrived | வந்து சேர் (Vantu cēr) |
| Ask | Asked | Asked | கேள் (Kēḷ) |
| Awake | Awoke | Awoken | விழித்திரு (Viḻittiru) |
| --- B --- | |||
| Be | Was/Were | Been | இரு (Iru) |
| Bear | Bore | Born / Borne | தாங்கு / பொறு (Tāṅku / Poṟu) |
| Beat | Beat | Beaten | அடி (Aṭi) |
| Become | Became | Become | ஆகு (Āku) |
| Begin | Began | Begun | தொடங்கு (Toṭaṅku) |
| Believe | Believed | Believed | நம்பு (Nampu) |
| Bend | Bent | Bent | வளை (Vaḷai) |
| Bet | Bet | Bet | பந்தயம் கட்டு (Pantayam kaṭṭu) |
| Bind | Bound | Bound | கட்டு (Kaṭṭu) |
| Bite | Bit | Bitten | கடி (Kaṭi) |
| Bleed | Bled | Bled | இரத்தம் வடி (Irattam vaṭi) |
| Blow | Blew | Blown | ஊது (Ūtu) |
| Break | Broke | Broken | உடை (Uṭai) |
| Breed | Bred | Bred | இனப்பெருக்கம் செய் (Iṉapperukkam cey) |
| Bring | Brought | Brought | கொண்டு வா (Koṇṭu vā) |
| Build | Built | Built | கட்டு (Kaṭṭu) |
| Burn | Burnt/Burned | Burnt/Burned | எரி (Eri) |
| Buy | Bought | Bought | வாங்கு (Vāṅku) |
| --- C --- | |||
| Call | Called | Called | அழை (Aḻai) |
| Can | Could | (Been able) | முடியும் (Muṭiyum) |
| Carry | Carried | Carried | சுமந்து செல் (Cumantu cel) |
| Catch | Caught | Caught | பிடி (Piṭi) |
| Change | Changed | Changed | மாற்று (Māṟṟu) |
| Choose | Chose | Chosen | தேர்ந்தெடு (Tērnteṭu) |
| Clean | Cleaned | Cleaned | சுத்தம் செய் (Cuttam cey) |
| Climb | Climbed | Climbed | ஏறு (Ēṟu) |
| Close | Closed | Closed | மூடு (Mūṭu) |
| Come | Came | Come | வா (Vā) |
| Compare | Compared | Compared | ஒப்பிடு (Oppiṭu) |
| Complete | Completed | Completed | முடிக்கவும் (Muṭikkavum) |
| Cook | Cooked | Cooked | சமை (Camai) |
| Cost | Cost | Cost | விலை (Vilai) |
| Count | Counted | Counted | எண்ணு (Eṇṇu) |
| Create | Created | Created | உருவாக்கு (Uruvākku) |
| Cry | Cried | Cried | அழு (Aḻu) |
| Cut | Cut | Cut | வெட்டு (Veṭṭu) |
| --- D --- | |||
| Dance | Danced | Danced | நடனம் ஆடு (Naṭaṉam āṭu) |
| Deal | Dealt | Dealt | கையாள (Kaiyāḷa) |
| Decide | Decided | Decided | முடிவெடு (Muṭiveṭu) |
| Describe | Described | Described | விவரி (Vivari) |
| Dig | Dug | Dug | தோண்டு (Tōṇṭu) |
| Do | Did | Done | செய் (Cey) |
| Draw | Drew | Drawn | வரை (Varai) |
| Dream | Dreamt/Dreamed | Dreamt/Dreamed | கனவு காண் (Kaṉavu kāṇ) |
| Drink | Drank | Drunk | குடி (Kuṭi) |
| Drive | Drove | Driven | ஓட்டு (Ōṭṭu) |
| --- E --- | |||
| Eat | Ate | Eaten | சாப்பிடு (Cāppiṭu) |
| End | Ended | Ended | முடி (Muṭi) |
| Enjoy | Enjoyed | Enjoyed | மகிழு (Makiḻu) |
| Explain | Explained | Explained | விளக்கு (Viḷakku) |
| --- F --- | |||
| Fall | Fell | Fallen | விழு (Viḻu) |
| Feel | Felt | Felt | உணர் (Uṇar) |
| Fight | Fought | Fought | சண்டையிடு (Caṇṭaiyiṭu) |
| Find | Found | Found | கண்டுபிடி (Kaṇṭupiṭi) |
| Finish | Finished | Finished | முடி (Muṭi) |
| Fly | Flew | Flown | பற (Paṟa) |
| Follow | Followed | Followed | பின்பற்று (Piṉpaṟṟu) |
| Forbid | Forbade | Forbidden | தடை செய் (Taṭai cey) |
| Forget | Forgot | Forgotten | மற (Maṟa) |
| Forgive | Forgave | Forgiven | மன்னி (Maṉṉi) |
| Freeze | Froze | Frozen | உறை (Uṟai) |
| --- G --- | |||
| Get | Got | Got/Gotten | பெறு (Peṟu) |
| Give | Gave | Given | கொடு (Koṭu) |
| Go | Went | Gone | போ (Pō) |
| Grow | Grew | Grown | வளர் (Vaḷar) |
| --- H --- | |||
| Hang | Hung | Hung | தொங்கு (Toṅku) |
| Happen | Happened | Happened | நிகழ் (Nikaḻ) |
| Have | Had | Had | கொண்டிரு (Koṇṭiru) |
| Hear | Heard | Heard | கேள் (Kēḷ) |
| Help | Helped | Helped | உதவு (Utavu) |
| Hide | Hid | Hidden | மறை (Maṟai) |
| Hit | Hit | Hit | அடி (Aṭi) |
| Hold | Held | Held | பிடி (Piṭi) |
| Hope | Hoped | Hoped | நம்பிக்கை கொள் (Nampikkai koḷ) |
| Hurt | Hurt | Hurt | காயப்படுத்து (Kāyappaṭuttu) |
| --- I / J / K --- | |||
| Imagine | Imagined | Imagined | கற்பனை செய் (Kaṟpaṉai cey) |
| Inform | Informed | Informed | தெரிவி (Terivi) |
| Join | Joined | Joined | சேர் (Cēr) |
| Jump | Jumped | Jumped | குதி (Kuti) |
| Keep | Kept | Kept | வைத்திரு (Vaittiru) |
| Know | Knew | Known | தெரிந்துகொள் (Terintukoḷ) |
| --- L --- | |||
| Laugh | Laughed | Laughed | சிரி (Ciri) |
| Lay | Laid | Laid | வை (Vai) |
| Lead | Led | Led | வழிநடத்து (Vaḻinaṭattu) |
| Learn | Learnt/Learned | Learnt/Learned | கற்றுக்கொள் (Kaṟṟukkoḷ) |
| Leave | Left | Left | விட்டுச் செல் (Viṭṭuc cel) |
| Lend | Lent | Lent | கடன் கொடு (Kaṭaṉ koṭu) |
| Let | Let | Let | அனுமதி (Anumati) |
| Lie | Lay | Lain | படு (Paṭu) |
| Like | Liked | Liked | விரும்பு (Virumpu) |
| Listen | Listened | Listened | கவனி (Kavaṉi) |
| Live | Lived | Lived | வாழ் (Vāḻ) |
| Look | Looked | Looked | பார் (Pār) |
| Lose | Lost | Lost | இழ (Iḻa) |
| Love | Loved | Loved | அன்பு செலுத்து (Aṉpu celuttu) |
| --- M --- | |||
| Make | Made | Made | உருவாக்கு (Uruvākku) |
| Mean | Meant | Meant | அர்த்தம் (Arttam) |
| Meet | Met | Met | சந்தி (Canti) |
| Move | Moved | Moved | நகரு (Nakaru) |
| --- N / O --- | |||
| Need | Needed | Needed | தேவைப்படு (Tēvaippaṭu) |
| Open | Opened | Opened | திற (Tiṟa) |
| Order | Ordered | Ordered | கட்டளையிடு (Kaṭṭaḷaiyiṭu) |
| --- P --- | |||
| Pay | Paid | Paid | பணம் செலுத்து (Paṇam celuttu) |
| Play | Played | Played | விளையாடு (Viḷaiyāṭu) |
| Prefer | Preferred | Preferred | முன்னுரிமை கொடு (Muṉṉurimai koṭu) |
| Prepare | Prepared | Prepared | தயார் செய் (Tayār cey) |
| Promise | Promised | Promised | உறுதியளி (Uṟutiyaḷi) |
| Prove | Proved | Proved/Proven | நிரூபி (Nirūpi) |
| Put | Put | Put | வை (Vai) |
| --- R --- | |||
| Read | Read | Read | படி (Paṭi) |
| Receive | Received | Received | பெறு (Peṟu) |
| Remember | Remembered | Remembered | நினைவில் கொள் (Niṉaivil koḷ) |
| Ride | Rode | Ridden | சவாரி செய் (Cavāri cey) |
| Ring | Rang | Rung | மணி அடி (Maṇi aṭi) |
| Rise | Rose | Risen | உதி (Uti) |
| Run | Ran | Run | ஓடு (Ōṭu) |
| --- S --- | |||
| Say | Said | Said | சொல் (Col) |
| See | Saw | Seen | பார் (Pār) |
| Seek | Sought | Sought | தேடு (Tēṭu) |
| Sell | Sold | Sold | விற்பனை செய் (Viṟpaṉai cey) |
| Send | Sent | Sent | அனுப்பு (Aṉuppu) |
| Set | Set | Set | அமை (Amai) |
| Shake | Shook | Shaken | குலுக்கு (Kulukku) |
| Shine | Shone | Shone | பிரகாசி (Pirakāci) |
| Shoot | Shot | Shot | சுடு (Cuṭu) |
| Show | Showed | Shown/Showed | காட்டு (Kāṭṭu) |
| Shut | Shut | Shut | மூடு (Mūṭu) |
| Sing | Sang | Sung | பாடு (Pāṭu) |
| Sit | Sat | Sat | உட்கார் (Uṭkār) |
| Sleep | Slept | Slept | தூங்கு (Tūṅku) |
| Speak | Spoke | Spoken | பேசு (Pēcu) |
| Spend | Spent | Spent | செலவிடு (Celaviṭu) |
| Spread | Spread | Spread | பரப்பு (Parappu) |
| Stand | Stood | Stood | நில் (Nil) |
| Steal | Stole | Stolen | திருடு (Tiruṭu) |
| Stick | Stuck | Stuck | ஒட்டு (Oṭṭu) |
| Study | Studied | Studied | படி (Paṭi) |
| Swim | Swam | Swum | நீந்து (Nīntu) |
| --- T --- | |||
| Take | Took | Taken | எடு (Eṭu) |
| Talk | Talked | Talked | பேசு (Pēcu) |
| Teach | Taught | Taught | கற்பி (Kaṟpi) |
| Tear | Tore | Torn | கிழி (Kiḻi) |
| Tell | Told | Told | சொல் (Col) |
| Think | Thought | Thought | நினை (Niṉai) |
| Throw | Threw | Thrown | எறி (Eṟi) |
| Touch | Touched | Touched | தொடு (Toṭu) |
| Travel | Travelled | Travelled | பயணம் செய் (Payaṇam cey) |
| Try | Tried | Tried | முயற்சி செய் (Muyaṟci cey) |
| Turn | Turned | Turned | திருப்பு (Tiruppu) |
| --- U / V --- | |||
| Understand | Understood | Understood | புரிந்துகொள் (Purintukoḷ) |
| Use | Used | Used | பயன்படுத்து (Payaṉpaṭuttu) |
| Visit | Visited | Visited | பார்வையிடு (Pārvaiyiṭu) |
| --- W --- | |||
| Wait | Waited | Waited | காத்திரு (Kāttiru) |
| Wake | Woke | Woken | எழு (Eḻu) |
| Walk | Walked | Walked | நட (Naṭa) |
| Want | Wanted | Wanted | விரும்பு (Virumpu) |
| Wash | Washed | Washed | கழுவு (Kaḻuvu) |
| Watch | Watched | Watched | பார் (Pār) |
| Wear | Wore | Worn | அணி (Aṇi) |
| Win | Won | Won | வெற்றி பெறு (Veṟṟi peṟu) |
| Work | Worked | Worked | வேலை செய் (Vēlai cey) |
| Write | Wrote | Written | எழுது (Eḻutu) |
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