irregular verb · easy · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | begin |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | began |
| V3 (Past participle) | begun |
| V-ing (Present participle) | beginning |
| -s form (he / she / it) | begins |
| हिंदी अर्थ | शुरू करना |
the -ing form is beginning: the silent final e is dropped before ing (accept → accepting).
“The class begins at nine.”
begin also has a full vocabulary entry — verb, हिंदी शुरू करना. To start doing something.
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bake | baked | baked | पकाना (ओवन में) | regular |
| ban | banned | banned | प्रतिबंध लगाना | regular |
| bargain | bargained | bargained | मोल-भाव करना | regular |
| bathe | bathed | bathed | स्नान करना | regular |
| become | became | become | बनना | irregular |
| beg | begged | begged | भीख माँगना, विनती करना | regular |
| behave | behaved | behaved | व्यवहार करना | regular |
| believe | believed | believed | विश्वास करना | regular |
| belong | belonged | belonged | संबंधित होना | regular |
| bend | bent | bent | मोड़ना, झुकना | irregular |
| blame | blamed | blamed | दोष देना | regular |
Alphabetical neighbours from the same verb list — useful when you are revising a range, not just one verb.
V1 (base form) is begin, V2 (past simple) is began, and V3 (past participle) is begun. The -ing form is beginning and the he / she / it form is begins.
It is recorded as a irregular verb in this table. Its V2 form is began, not begined — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it easy.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Began 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 शुरू 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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