irregular verb · easy · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | lose |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | lost |
| V3 (Past participle) | lost |
| V-ing (Present participle) | losing |
| -s form (he / she / it) | loses |
| हिंदी अर्थ | खोना |
the -ing form is losing: the silent final e is dropped before ing (accept → accepting).
“Do not lose your ticket.”
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lift | lifted | lifted | उठाना | regular |
| limit | limited | limited | सीमित करना | regular |
| listen | listened | listened | सुनना, ध्यान देना | regular |
| live | lived | lived | रहना | regular |
| lock | locked | locked | ताला लगाना | regular |
| look | looked | looked | देखना | regular |
| mailed | mailed | डाक से भेजना | regular | |
| make | made | made | बनाना | irregular |
| march | marched | marched | कूच करना | regular |
| mark | marked | marked | निशान लगाना, अंक देना | regular |
| marry | married | married | शादी करना | regular |
Alphabetical neighbours from the same verb list — useful when you are revising a range, not just one verb.
V1 (base form) is lose, V2 (past simple) is lost, and V3 (past participle) is lost. The -ing form is losing and the he / she / it form is loses.
It is recorded as a irregular verb in this table. Its V2 form is lost, not loseed — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it easy.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Lost 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 खोना.
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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