regular verb · medium · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | punish |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | punished |
| V3 (Past participle) | punished |
| V-ing (Present participle) | punishing |
| -s form (he / she / it) | punishes |
| हिंदी अर्थ | दंड देना |
the -s form is punishes: verbs ending in s, sh, ch, x, z or a vowel + o add es instead of s (pass → passes).
“The teacher punished the latecomers.”
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pronounce | pronounced | pronounced | उच्चारण करना | regular |
| protect | protected | protected | रक्षा करना | regular |
| prove | proved | proved | सिद्ध करना | regular |
| provide | provided | provided | प्रदान करना | regular |
| publish | published | published | प्रकाशित करना | regular |
| pull | pulled | pulled | खींचना | regular |
| purchase | purchased | purchased | खरीदना | regular |
| push | pushed | pushed | धक्का देना | regular |
| put | put | put | रखना | irregular |
| quit | quit | quit | छोड़ देना | irregular |
| raise | raised | raised | उठाना, बढ़ाना | 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 punish, V2 (past simple) is punished, and V3 (past participle) is punished. The -ing form is punishing and the he / she / it form is punishes.
It is recorded as a regular verb in this table. Its V2 form is the base plus -ed (punish → punished), which is the regular pattern. The portal rates it medium.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Punished 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 दंड देना.
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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