regular verb · medium · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | prefer |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | preferred |
| V3 (Past participle) | preferred |
| V-ing (Present participle) | preferring |
| -s form (he / she / it) | prefers |
| हिंदी अर्थ | पसंद करना (अधिक) |
the -ing form is preferring: the silent final e is dropped before ing (accept → accepting).
“I prefer tea to coffee.”
prefer also has a full vocabulary entry — verb, हिंदी पसंद करना, तरजीह देना. To like one thing more than another.
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pollute | polluted | polluted | प्रदूषित करना | regular |
| pour | poured | poured | डालना, उड़ेलना | regular |
| practise | practised | practised | अभ्यास करना | regular |
| praise | praised | praised | प्रशंसा करना | regular |
| pray | prayed | prayed | प्रार्थना करना | regular |
| predict | predicted | predicted | भविष्यवाणी करना | regular |
| prepare | prepared | prepared | तैयार करना | regular |
| present | presented | presented | प्रस्तुत करना | regular |
| preserve | preserved | preserved | सुरक्षित रखना | regular |
| press | pressed | pressed | दबाना | regular |
| pretend | pretended | pretended | बहाना करना, नाटक 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 prefer, V2 (past simple) is preferred, and V3 (past participle) is preferred. The -ing form is preferring and the he / she / it form is prefers.
It is recorded as a regular verb in this table. Its V2 form is preferred, not prefered — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it medium.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Preferred 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 पसंद करना (अधिक).
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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