regular verb · hard · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | confess |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | confessed |
| V3 (Past participle) | confessed |
| V-ing (Present participle) | confessing |
| -s form (he / she / it) | confesses |
| हिंदी अर्थ | स्वीकार करना (अपराध) |
the -s form is confesses: verbs ending in s, sh, ch, x, z or a vowel + o add es instead of s (pass → passes).
“He confessed his mistake to the teacher.”
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| come | came | come | आना | irregular |
| compare | compared | compared | तुलना करना | regular |
| compete | competed | competed | प्रतिस्पर्धा करना | regular |
| complain | complained | complained | शिकायत करना | regular |
| complete | completed | completed | पूरा करना | regular |
| concentrate | concentrated | concentrated | ध्यान केंद्रित करना | regular |
| confirm | confirmed | confirmed | पुष्टि करना | regular |
| confuse | confused | confused | भ्रमित करना | regular |
| connect | connected | connected | जोड़ना | regular |
| consist | consisted | consisted | बना होना, समाविष्ट होना | regular |
| construct | constructed | constructed | बनाना, निर्माण 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 confess, V2 (past simple) is confessed, and V3 (past participle) is confessed. The -ing form is confessing and the he / she / it form is confesses.
It is recorded as a regular verb in this table. Its V2 form is the base plus -ed (confess → confessed), which is the regular pattern. The portal rates it hard.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Confessed 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 स्वीकार करना (अपराध).
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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