irregular verb · easy · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | eat |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | ate |
| V3 (Past participle) | eaten |
| V-ing (Present participle) | eating |
| -s form (he / she / it) | eats |
| हिंदी अर्थ | खाना |
“She eats fruits every morning.”
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| donate | donated | donated | दान करना | regular |
| doubt | doubted | doubted | संदेह करना | regular |
| draw | drew | drawn | चित्र बनाना, खींचना | irregular |
| drink | drank | drunk | पीना | irregular |
| drive | drove | driven | चलाना (वाहन) | irregular |
| earn | earned | earned | कमाना | regular |
| educate | educated | educated | शिक्षित करना | regular |
| elect | elected | elected | चुनना | regular |
| emerge | emerged | emerged | उभरना, निकलना | regular |
| employ | employed | employed | नियुक्त करना | regular |
| encourage | encouraged | encouraged | प्रोत्साहित करना | regular |
Alphabetical neighbours from the same verb list — useful when you are revising a range, not just one verb.
V1 (base form) is eat, V2 (past simple) is ate, and V3 (past participle) is eaten. The -ing form is eating and the he / she / it form is eats.
It is recorded as a irregular verb in this table. Its V2 form is ate, not eated — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it easy.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Ate 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 खाना.
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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