irregular verb · hard · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | forbid |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | forbade |
| V3 (Past participle) | forbidden |
| V-ing (Present participle) | forbidding |
| -s form (he / she / it) | forbids |
| हिंदी अर्थ | मना करना |
the -ing form is forbidding: the silent final e is dropped before ing (accept → accepting).
“The rules forbid smoking here.”
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| flee | fled | fled | भाग जाना | irregular |
| float | floated | floated | तैरना, तैराना | regular |
| flow | flowed | flowed | बहना | regular |
| fly | flew | flown | उड़ना | irregular |
| fold | folded | folded | मोड़ना, तह करना | regular |
| follow | followed | followed | अनुसरण करना | regular |
| force | forced | forced | मजबूर करना | regular |
| forget | forgot | forgotten | भूलना | irregular |
| forgive | forgave | forgiven | क्षमा करना | irregular |
| form | formed | formed | बनाना, रूप देना | regular |
| freeze | froze | frozen | जमना, जमाना | irregular |
Alphabetical neighbours from the same verb list — useful when you are revising a range, not just one verb.
V1 (base form) is forbid, V2 (past simple) is forbade, and V3 (past participle) is forbidden. The -ing form is forbidding and the he / she / it form is forbids.
It is recorded as a irregular verb in this table. Its V2 form is forbade, not forbided — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it hard.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Forbade 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 मना 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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