regular verb · easy · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | praise |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | praised |
| V3 (Past participle) | praised |
| V-ing (Present participle) | praising |
| -s form (he / she / it) | praises |
| हिंदी अर्थ | प्रशंसा करना |
the -ing form is praising: the silent final e is dropped before ing (accept → accepting).
“The teacher praised her handwriting.”
praise also has a full vocabulary entry — verb, हिंदी प्रशंसा करना. To express approval or admiration for someone or something.
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| please | pleased | pleased | प्रसन्न करना | regular |
| point | pointed | pointed | इशारा करना, इंगित करना | regular |
| polish | polished | polished | चमकाना | regular |
| pollute | polluted | polluted | प्रदूषित करना | regular |
| pour | poured | poured | डालना, उड़ेलना | regular |
| practise | practised | practised | अभ्यास करना | regular |
| pray | prayed | prayed | प्रार्थना करना | regular |
| predict | predicted | predicted | भविष्यवाणी करना | regular |
| prefer | preferred | preferred | पसंद करना (अधिक) | regular |
| prepare | prepared | prepared | तैयार करना | regular |
| present | presented | presented | प्रस्तुत 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 praise, V2 (past simple) is praised, and V3 (past participle) is praised. The -ing form is praising and the he / she / it form is praises.
It is recorded as a regular verb in this table. Its V2 form is praised, not praiseed — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it easy.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Praised 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 प्रशंसा 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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