regular verb · easy · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | encourage |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | encouraged |
| V3 (Past participle) | encouraged |
| V-ing (Present participle) | encouraging |
| -s form (he / she / it) | encourages |
| हिंदी अर्थ | प्रोत्साहित करना |
the -ing form is encouraging: the silent final e is dropped before ing (accept → accepting).
“The teacher encouraged the students.”
encourage also has a full vocabulary entry — verb, हिंदी प्रोत्साहित करना. To give support or confidence.
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| earn | earned | earned | कमाना | regular |
| eat | ate | eaten | खाना | irregular |
| educate | educated | educated | शिक्षित करना | regular |
| elect | elected | elected | चुनना | regular |
| emerge | emerged | emerged | उभरना, निकलना | regular |
| employ | employed | employed | नियुक्त करना | regular |
| endure | endured | endured | सहन करना | regular |
| enjoy | enjoyed | enjoyed | आनंद लेना | regular |
| entertain | entertained | entertained | मनोरंजन करना | regular |
| escape | escaped | escaped | भागना, बच निकलना | regular |
| estimate | estimated | estimated | अनुमान लगाना | regular |
Alphabetical neighbours from the same verb list — useful when you are revising a range, not just one verb.
abandon · absorb · accelerate · accept · accompany · accuse · achieve · act · add · adjust · advertise · advise
V1 (base form) is encourage, V2 (past simple) is encouraged, and V3 (past participle) is encouraged. The -ing form is encouraging and the he / she / it form is encourages.
It is recorded as a regular verb in this table. Its V2 form is encouraged, not encourageed — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it easy.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Encouraged 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 प्रोत्साहित करना.
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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