regular verb · hard · IELTS-relevant
| V1 (Base form) | survive |
|---|---|
| V2 (Past simple) | survived |
| V3 (Past participle) | survived |
| V-ing (Present participle) | surviving |
| -s form (he / she / it) | survives |
| हिंदी अर्थ | जीवित रहना |
the -ing form is surviving: the silent final e is dropped before ing (accept → accepting).
“The plant survived the dry summer.”
| Verb | V2 | V3 | हिंदी अर्थ | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| suffer | suffered | suffered | कष्ट उठाना | regular |
| suggest | suggested | suggested | सुझाव देना | regular |
| supply | supplied | supplied | आपूर्ति करना | regular |
| support | supported | supported | समर्थन करना | regular |
| suppose | supposed | supposed | मान लेना | regular |
| surprise | surprised | surprised | आश्चर्यचकित करना | regular |
| swallow | swallowed | swallowed | निगलना | regular |
| swear | swore | sworn | शपथ लेना, गाली देना | irregular |
| sweep | swept | swept | झाड़ू लगाना | irregular |
| swim | swam | swum | तैरना | irregular |
| swing | swung | swung | झूलना, झुलाना | irregular |
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 survive, V2 (past simple) is survived, and V3 (past participle) is survived. The -ing form is surviving and the he / she / it form is survives.
It is recorded as a regular verb in this table. Its V2 form is survived, not surviveed — that is why it is grouped as irregular. The portal rates it hard.
V2 stands alone in the past simple — Survived 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 जीवित रहना.
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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