irregular verb · easy · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | speak |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | spoke |
| V3 (Past participle) | spoken |
| V-ing (Present participle) | speaking |
| -s form (he / she / it) | speaks |
| हिंदी अर्थ | बोलना |
“She speaks English well.”
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| smell | smelled | smelled | सूँघना | regular |
| smile | smiled | smiled | मुस्कुराना | regular |
| smoke | smoked | smoked | धूम्रपान करना | regular |
| solve | solved | solved | हल करना | regular |
| sow | sowed | sowed | बीज बोना | regular |
| spare | spared | spared | बचा देना, छोड़ देना | regular |
| spell | spelled | spelled | वर्तनी बताना | regular |
| spill | spilt | spilt | गिराना (तरल) | irregular |
| spoil | spoiled | spoiled | बिगाड़ना | regular |
| spread | spread | spread | फैलाना | irregular |
| squeeze | squeezed | squeezed | निचोड़ना | regular |
Alphabetical neighbours from the same verb list — useful when you are revising a range, not just one verb.
V1 (base form) is speak, V2 (past simple) is spoke, and V3 (past participle) is spoken. The -ing form is speaking and the he / she / it form is speaks.
It is recorded as a irregular verb in this table. Its V2 form is spoke, not speaked — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it easy.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Spoke 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 बोलना.
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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