irregular verb · easy · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | become |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | became |
| V3 (Past participle) | become |
| V-ing (Present participle) | becoming |
| -s form (he / she / it) | becomes |
| हिंदी अर्थ | बनना |
the -ing form is becoming: the silent final e is dropped before ing (accept → accepting).
“He became a doctor.”
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| attract | attracted | attracted | आकर्षित करना | regular |
| avoid | avoided | avoided | बचना, टालना | regular |
| bake | baked | baked | पकाना (ओवन में) | regular |
| ban | banned | banned | प्रतिबंध लगाना | regular |
| bargain | bargained | bargained | मोल-भाव करना | regular |
| bathe | bathed | bathed | स्नान करना | regular |
| beg | begged | begged | भीख माँगना, विनती करना | regular |
| begin | began | begun | शुरू करना | irregular |
| behave | behaved | behaved | व्यवहार करना | regular |
| believe | believed | believed | विश्वास करना | regular |
| belong | belonged | belonged | संबंधित होना | regular |
Alphabetical neighbours from the same verb list — useful when you are revising a range, not just one verb.
V1 (base form) is become, V2 (past simple) is became, and V3 (past participle) is become. The -ing form is becoming and the he / she / it form is becomes.
It is recorded as a irregular verb in this table. Its V2 form is became, not becomeed — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it easy.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Became at six. V3 is never used on its own: it follows has / have / had in the perfect tenses, and am / is / are / was / were in the passive voice.
It means बनना.
Yes — it is flagged IELTS-relevant on the portal, which means it shows up often in reading and writing tasks. Knowing all five forms matters because IELTS uses the perfect tense and the passive voice heavily.
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