regular verb · medium · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | hesitate |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | hesitated |
| V3 (Past participle) | hesitated |
| V-ing (Present participle) | hesitating |
| -s form (he / she / it) | hesitates |
| हिंदी अर्थ | झिझकना |
the -ing form is hesitating: the silent final e is dropped before ing (accept → accepting).
“Do not hesitate to ask questions.”
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| happen | happened | happened | होना, घटित होना | regular |
| harm | harmed | harmed | नुकसान करना | regular |
| hate | hated | hated | नफ़रत करना | regular |
| hear | heard | heard | सुनना | irregular |
| heat | heated | heated | गर्म करना | regular |
| help | helped | helped | मदद करना | regular |
| hide | hid | hidden | छिपाना | irregular |
| hire | hired | hired | किराए पर लेना, नियुक्त करना | regular |
| honour | honoured | honoured | सम्मान करना | regular |
| hop | hopped | hopped | कूदना (एक पैर पर) | regular |
| hope | hoped | hoped | आशा करना | 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 hesitate, V2 (past simple) is hesitated, and V3 (past participle) is hesitated. The -ing form is hesitating and the he / she / it form is hesitates.
It is recorded as a regular verb in this table. Its V2 form is hesitated, not hesitateed — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it medium.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Hesitated 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 झिझकना.
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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