Verb 2 dipakai di simple past (I ate). Verb 3 dipakai di present perfect (I have eaten) dan kalimat pasif. Ketuk ikon suara untuk mendengar ketiga bentuknya berurutan.
Tiga bentuk sama (A-A-A) 11 kata
Bentuk lampau dan verb 3 sama persis dengan verb 1. Yang berubah hanya cara membacanya (khusus read).
| Verb 1 | Verb 2 | Verb 3 | Arti | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cut | cut | cut | memotong | |
| put | put | put | meletakkan | |
| let | let | let | membiarkan | |
| hit | hit | hit | memukul | |
| cost | cost | cost | berharga | |
| hurt | hurt | hurt | melukai | |
| set | set | set | mengatur | |
| shut | shut | shut | menutup | |
| quit | quit | quit | berhenti | |
| spread | spread | spread | menyebarkan | |
| read | read | read | membaca verb 2 & 3 dibaca βredβ |
Verb 2 = verb 3 (A-B-B) 37 kata
Kelompok terbesar. Cukup hafalkan satu bentuk lampau untuk verb 2 dan verb 3.
| Verb 1 | Verb 2 | Verb 3 | Arti | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| buy | bought | bought | membeli | |
| bring | brought | brought | membawa | |
| think | thought | thought | berpikir | |
| teach | taught | taught | mengajar | |
| catch | caught | caught | menangkap | |
| fight | fought | fought | berkelahi | |
| seek | sought | sought | mencari | |
| have | had | had | punya | |
| make | made | made | membuat | |
| say | said | said | berkata | |
| pay | paid | paid | membayar | |
| lay | laid | laid | meletakkan | |
| tell | told | told | memberi tahu | |
| sell | sold | sold | menjual | |
| find | found | found | menemukan | |
| hear | heard | heard | mendengar | |
| hold | held | held | memegang | |
| keep | kept | kept | menyimpan | |
| sleep | slept | slept | tidur | |
| feel | felt | felt | merasa | |
| leave | left | left | meninggalkan / berangkat | |
| meet | met | met | bertemu | |
| lose | lost | lost | kehilangan / kalah | |
| send | sent | sent | mengirim | |
| spend | spent | spent | menghabiskan | |
| build | built | built | membangun | |
| lend | lent | lent | meminjamkan | |
| mean | meant | meant | berarti | |
| sit | sat | sat | duduk | |
| stand | stood | stood | berdiri | |
| understand | understood | understood | mengerti | |
| win | won | won | menang | |
| get | got | got | mendapat US verb 3: gotten | |
| shine | shone | shone | bersinar | |
| light | lit | lit | menyalakan | |
| lead | led | led | memimpin | |
| feed | fed | fed | memberi makan |
Tiga bentuk berbeda (A-B-C) 27 kata
Ketiga bentuknya berbeda. Banyak verb 3 berakhiran -n atau -en.
| Verb 1 | Verb 2 | Verb 3 | Arti | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| be | was / were | been | adalah / berada | |
| do | did | done | melakukan | |
| go | went | gone | pergi | |
| see | saw | seen | melihat | |
| eat | ate | eaten | makan | |
| take | took | taken | mengambil | |
| give | gave | given | memberi | |
| write | wrote | written | menulis | |
| speak | spoke | spoken | berbicara | |
| break | broke | broken | memecahkan | |
| choose | chose | chosen | memilih | |
| drive | drove | driven | menyetir | |
| ride | rode | ridden | mengendarai | |
| rise | rose | risen | naik / terbit | |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | lupa | |
| know | knew | known | tahu | |
| grow | grew | grown | tumbuh | |
| throw | threw | thrown | melempar | |
| fly | flew | flown | terbang | |
| draw | drew | drawn | menggambar | |
| wear | wore | worn | memakai | |
| steal | stole | stolen | mencuri | |
| wake | woke | woken | bangun | |
| fall | fell | fallen | jatuh | |
| hide | hid | hidden | bersembunyi | |
| bite | bit | bitten | menggigit | |
| show | showed | shown | menunjukkan |
Pola vokal i-a-u (A-B-C) 6 kata
Vokal berubah dari i β a β u. Kalau sudah hafal satu, sisanya mudah.
| Verb 1 | Verb 2 | Verb 3 | Arti | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| begin | began | begun | mulai | |
| drink | drank | drunk | minum | |
| sing | sang | sung | bernyanyi | |
| swim | swam | swum | berenang | |
| ring | rang | rung | berdering | |
| sink | sank | sunk | tenggelam |
Pola lain 3 kata
Bentuk yang tidak masuk kelompok di atas.
| Verb 1 | Verb 2 | Verb 3 | Arti | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| come | came | come | datang | |
| become | became | become | menjadi | |
| run | ran | run | berlari |
Tips dari Kapi: mulai dari kelompok A-B-B, karena verb 2 dan verb 3-nya sama. Begitu kelompok itu hafal, setengah pekerjaanmu sudah selesai!