What Are the 500 Most Useful Verbs in English with 4 Forms?

What are 500 Most Useful  Verbs in English?

Verbs are the heartbeat of every sentence. They express actions (play), states (feel), and events (happen). Without verbs, language wouldn't flow,  it's as simple as that.

In this post, you will learn a complete list of verbs in their Four Forms. Whether you are preparing for competitive exams, spoken English or improving your English, this verb list will boost your confidence and fluency.

How Many Types of Verbs Are There?

There are two main types of verbs in English based on how we change them in the past tense:

1. Regular Verbs:

These verbs are easy, just 'ed' is added at the end of the verb to make the past tense and past participle.

Examples:

Play - played - played  - playing 

These verbs follow the rules, so they are called regular verbs.

2. Irregular Verbs:

These verbs are a bit tricky. They don’t follow the 'ed' rule. The past and past participle forms change in different ways. Irregular verbs must be memorized, there is no choice.

Examples:

Speak - spoke - spoken - speaking 

These verbs break the rules, so we call them irregular.

Friends, learning irregular verbs can be confusing because they don’t follow the usual '...ed' pattern. To help you remember them better, I have sorted them into 13 categories based on their patterns in their four forms. This way, you don’t need to memorize each verb randomly  you will understand how they change and learn them faster. These are labelled as group.

VERB INDEX:

1) Regular Verbs: 01 to 279 Verbs

2) Irregular Verbs; 

Group 1: All three forms are the same

These verbs stay exactly the same in base, past, and past participle.

Example: put – put – put / cut – cut – cut

Group 2: Past and past participle are the same – ending in ...t or ...d

Only the base form is different; the other two end in ...t or ...d.

Example: send – sent – sent

Group 3: Past and past participle are the same – ending in ...ght

The base form is different, but the past and past participle both end in ...ght.

Example: catch - caught - caught

Group 4: Base ends in ...ow - Past ends in ...ew - Past participle ends in ...own

Example: blow - grow – grew - grown

Group 5: Base ends in ...ake - Past ends in ...ook - Past participle ends in ...aken

Example: take – took – taken

Group 6: i - a - u pattern

These verbs change vowels like i - a - u.

Example: begin – began – begun / sing – sang – sung

Group 7: Special single verb group (Run – Ran – Run)

Only 'run' follows this unique pattern.

Example: run – ran – run

Group 8: i - o - en pattern

These verbs follow i - o - en changes in vowels.

Example: write – wrote – written / ride – rode – ridden

Group 9: i - o - o pattern

These change from i to o, and the past and past participle are the same.

Example: give – gave – given / drive – drove – driven

Group 10: ear - ore - orn pattern

These verbs follow the vowel change ear - ore - orn.

Example: wear – wore – worn / swear – swore – sworn

Group 11: Vowel shift with spelling change

These verbs change vowels in different ways and also change spelling.

Example: see – saw – seen / fly – flew – flown / fall – fell – fallen

Group 12: ow - ew - own

These verbs follow a consistent vowel change: ow - ew - own.

Example: draw - drew - drawn / withdraw - withdrew - withdrawn

Group 13: Mixed/Irregular Patterns

These don’t fit any single pattern. You will need to memorize them individually.

Example: be - was/were - been / do - did - done / go - went - gone

Let's begin...

Regular Verbs - Part 1 - 1 to 50

S.No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
1	accept	accepted	accepted	accepting
2	add	added	added	adding
3	admire	admired	admired	admiring
4	advise	advised	advised	advising
5	agree	agreed	agreed	agreeing
6	allow	allowed	allowed	allowing
7	answer	answered	answered	answering
8	appear	appeared	appeared	appearing
9	applaud	applauded	applauded	applauding
10	arrange	arranged	arranged	arranging
11	arrive	arrived	arrived	arriving
12	ask	asked	asked	asking
13	attack	attacked	attacked	attacking
14	balance	balanced	balanced	balancing
15	beg	begged	begged	begging
16	behave	behaved	behaved	behaving
17	belong	belonged	belonged	belonging
18	blink	blinked	blinked	blinking
19	boil	boiled	boiled	boiling
20	borrow	borrowed	borrowed	borrowing
21	brush	brushed	brushed	brushing
22	call	called	called	calling
23	cancel	canceled	canceled	canceling
24	care	cared	cared	caring
25	change	changed	changed	changing
26	chase	chased	chased	chasing
27	clean	cleaned	cleaned	cleaning
28	close	closed	closed	closing
29	collect	collected	collected	collecting
30	compare	compared	compared	comparing
31	complain	complained	complained	complaining
32	complete	completed	completed	completing
33	cook	cooked	cooked	cooking
34	copy	copied	copied	copying
35	count	counted	counted	counting
36	cover	covered	covered	covering
37	crash	crashed	crashed	crashing
38	cross	crossed	crossed	crossing
39	dance	danced	danced	dancing
40	decide	decided	decided	deciding
41	delay	delayed	delayed	delaying
42	deliver	delivered	delivered	delivering
43	depend	depended	depended	depending
44	destroy	destroyed	destroyed	destroying
45	develop	developed	developed	developing
46	disagree	disagreed	disagreed	disagreeing
47	discover	discovered	discovered	discovering
48	divide	divided	divided	dividing
49	drag	dragged	dragged	dragging
50	dress	dressed	dressed	dressing

Regular Verbs - Part 2 - 51 to 100

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
51	drop	dropped	dropped	dropping
52	dry	dried	dried	drying
53	earn	earned	earned	earning
54	edit	edited	edited	editing
55	employ	employed	employed	employing
56	end	ended	ended	ending
57	enjoy	enjoyed	enjoyed	enjoying
58	enter	entered	entered	entering
59	escape	escaped	escaped	escaping
60	establish	established	established	establishing
61	examine	examined	examined	examining
62	exist	existed	existed	existing
63	expect	expected	expected	expecting
64	explain	explained	explained	explaining
65	face	faced	faced	facing
66	fail	failed	failed	failing
67	fancy	fancied	fancied	fancying
68	fax	faxed	faxed	faxing
69	fear	feared	feared	fearing
70	fetch	fetched	fetched	fetching
71	film	filmed	filmed	filming
72	fire	fired	fired	firing
73	fish	fished	fished	fishing
74	fix	fixed	fixed	fixing
75	flash	flashed	flashed	flashing
76	fool	fooled	fooled	fooling
77	form	formed	formed	forming
78	frame	framed	framed	framing
79	gather	gathered	gathered	gathering
80	glue	glued	glued	gluing
81	govern	governed	governed	governing
82	grate	grated	grated	grating
83	grin	grinned	grinned	grinning
84	guard	guarded	guarded	guarding
85	guess	guessed	guessed	guessing
86	hammer	hammered	hammered	hammering
87	hand	handed	handed	handing
88	handle	handled	handled	handling
89	happen	happened	happened	happening
90	hate	hated	hated	hating
91	head	headed	headed	heading
92	help	helped	helped	helping
93	hope	hoped	hoped	hoping
94	hurry	hurried	hurried	hurrying
95	identify	identified	identified	identifying
96	ignore	ignored	ignored	ignoring
97	imagine	imagined	imagined	imagining
98	impress	impressed	impressed	impressing
99	improve	improved	improved	improving
100	include	included	included	including

Regular Verbs - Part 3 - 101 to 150

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
101	guarantee	guaranteed	guaranteed	guaranteeing
102	guard	guarded	guarded	guarding
103	guess	guessed	guessed	guessing
104	grumble	grumbled	grumbled	grumbling
105	greet	greeted	greeted	greeting
106	grab	grabbed	grabbed	grabbing
107	glow	glowed	glowed	glowing
108	gather	gathered	gathered	gathering
109	govern	governed	governed	governing
110	hail	hailed	hailed	hailing
111	hammer	hammered	hammered	hammering
112	handle	handled	handled	handling
113	hang	hanged	hanged	hanging
114	harass	harassed	harassed	harassing
115	harm	harmed	harmed	harming
116	harvest	harvested	harvested	harvesting
117	heal	healed	healed	healing
118	heap	heaped	heaped	heaping
119	help	helped	helped	helping
120	hesitate	hesitated	hesitated	hesitating
121	hook	hooked	hooked	hooking
122	hope	hoped	hoped	hoping
123	hug	hugged	hugged	hugging
124	hunt	hunted	hunted	hunting
125	hurry	hurried	hurried	hurrying
126	identify	identified	identified	identifying
127	ignore	ignored	ignored	ignoring
128	imagine	imagined	imagined	imagining
129	impress	impressed	impressed	impressing
130	improve	improved	improved	improving
131	include	included	included	including
132	increase	increased	increased	increasing
133	indicate	indicated	indicated	indicating
134	inform	informed	informed	informing
135	injure	injured	injured	injuring
136	insist	insisted	insisted	insisting
137	inspire	inspired	inspired	inspiring
138	intend	intended	intended	intending
139	interest	interested	interested	interesting
140	interrupt	interrupted	interrupted	interrupting
141	introduce	introduced	introduced	introducing
142	invite	invited	invited	inviting
143	irritate	irritated	irritated	irritating
144	itch	itched	itched	itching
145	jail	jailed	jailed	jailing
146	jam	jammed	jammed	jamming
147	join	joined	joined	joining
148	joke	joked	joked	joking
149	judge	judged	judged	judging
150	jump	jumped	jumped	jumping

Regular Verbs - Part 4 - 151 to 200

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
151	mend	mended	mended	mending
152	miss	missed	missed	missing
153	move	moved	moved	moving
154	multiply	multiplied	multiplied	multiplying
155	murmur	murmured	murmured	murmuring
156	name	named	named	naming
157	need	needed	needed	needing
158	notice	noticed	noticed	noticing
159	number	numbered	numbered	numbering
160	obey	obeyed	obeyed	obeying
161	offend	offended	offended	offending
162	offer	offered	offered	offering
163	open	opened	opened	opening
164	order	ordered	ordered	ordering
165	pack	packed	packed	packing
166	paint	painted	painted	painting
167	pass	passed	passed	passing
168	pat	patted	patted	patting
169	perform	performed	performed	performing
170	permit	permitted	permitted	permitting
171	pick	picked	picked	picking
172	place	placed	placed	placing
173	plan	planned	planned	planning
174	plant	planted	planted	planting
175	play	played	played	playing
176	please	pleased	pleased	pleasing
177	point	pointed	pointed	pointing
178	polish	polished	polished	polishing
179	possess	possessed	possessed	possessing
180	post	posted	posted	posting
181	prefer	preferred	preferred	preferring
182	prepare	prepared	prepared	preparing
183	press	pressed	pressed	pressing
184	print	printed	printed	printing
185	pull	pulled	pulled	pulling
186	punish	punished	punished	punishing
187	push	pushed	pushed	pushing
188	question	questioned	questioned	questioning
189	rain	rained	rained	raining
190	reach	reached	reached	reaching
191	realize	realized	realized	realizing
192	receive	received	received	receiving
193	recognize	recognized	recognized	recognizing
194	reduce	reduced	reduced	reducing
195	refuse	refused	refused	refusing
196	regret	regretted	regretted	regretting
197	rejoice	rejoiced	rejoiced	rejoicing
198	relax	relaxed	relaxed	relaxing
199	release	released	released	releasing
200	remain	remained	remained	remaining

Regular Verbs - Part 5 - 201 to 250

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
201	promise	promised	promised	promising
202	protect	protected	protected	protecting
203	pull	pulled	pulled	pulling
204	punch	punched	punched	punching
205	push	pushed	pushed	pushing
206	question	questioned	questioned	questioning
207	rain	rained	rained	raining
208	reach	reached	reached	reaching
209	realize	realized	realized	realizing
210	receive	received	received	receiving
211	recognize	recognized	recognized	recognizing
212	reduce	reduced	reduced	reducing
213	refuse	refused	refused	refusing
214	regret	regretted	regretted	regretting
215	reject	rejected	rejected	rejecting
216	relax	relaxed	relaxed	relaxing
217	remain	remained	remained	remaining
218	remember	remembered	remembered	remembering
219	remind	reminded	reminded	reminding
220	repair	repaired	repaired	repairing
221	repeat	repeated	repeated	repeating
222	replace	replaced	replaced	replacing
223	reply	replied	replied	replying
224	report	reported	reported	reporting
225	rescue	rescued	rescued	rescuing
226	retire	retired	retired	retiring
227	return	returned	returned	returning
228	risk	risked	risked	risking
229	rob	robbed	robbed	robbing
230	roll	rolled	rolled	rolling
231	ruin	ruined	ruined	ruining
232	rush	rushed	rushed	rushing
233	save	saved	saved	saving
234	scare	scared	scared	scaring
235	scold	scolded	scolded	scolding
236	scratch	scratched	scratched	scratching
237	scream	screamed	screamed	screaming
238	search	searched	searched	searching
239	seem	seemed	seemed	seeming
240	separate	separated	separated	separating
241	share	shared	shared	sharing
242	shout	shouted	shouted	shouting
243	shrug	shrugged	shrugged	shrugging
244	sign	signed	signed	signing
245	skip	skipped	skipped	skipping
246	slip	slipped	slipped	slipping
247	slow	slowed	slowed	slowing
248	smile	smiled	smiled	smiling
249	smoke	smoked	smoked	smoking
250	sniff	sniffed	sniffed	sniffing

Regular Verbs - Part 251 - 1 to 279

S.No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
251	type	typed	typed	typing
252	underline	underlined	underlined	underlining
253	unlock	unlocked	unlocked	unlocking
254	update	updated	updated	updating
255	use	used	used	using
256	visit	visited	visited	visiting
257	wait	waited	waited	waiting
258	want	wanted	wanted	wanting
259	warn	warned	warned	warning
260	wash	washed	washed	washing
261	waste	wasted	wasted	wasting
262	watch	watched	watched	watching
263	welcome	welcomed	welcomed	welcoming
264	whistle	whistled	whistled	whistling
265	wink	winked	winked	winking
266	wish	wished	wished	wishing
267	work	worked	worked	working
268	worry	worried	worried	worrying
269	wrap	wrapped	wrapped	wrapping
270	yawn	yawned	yawned	yawning
271	yell	yelled	yelled	yelling
272	zoom	zoomed	zoomed	zooming
273	zap	zapped	zapped	zapping
274	zigzag	zigzagged	zigzagged	zigzagging
275	zip	zipped	zipped	zipping
276	zoom	zoomed	zoomed	zooming
277	whip	whipped	whipped	whipping
278	widen	widened	widened	widening
279	weaken	weakened	weakened	weakening

Irregular Verbs - Group 1

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
1	bet	bet	bet	betting
2	bid	bid	bid	bidding
3	burst	burst	burst	bursting
4	cast	cast	cast	casting
5	cost	cost	cost	costing
6	cut	cut	cut	cutting
7	hit	hit	hit	hitting
8	hurt	hurt	hurt	hurting
9	let	let	let	letting
10	put	put	put	putting
11	quit	quit	quit	quitting
12	read	read	read	reading
13	set	set	set	setting
14	shut	shut	shut	shutting
15	spread	spread	spread	spreading
16	split	split	split	splitting

Irregular Verbs - Group 2 

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
17	buy	bought	bought	buying
18	bring	brought	brought	bringing
19	build	built	built	building
20	burn	burnt	burnt	burning
21	catch	caught	caught	catching
22	deal	dealt	dealt	dealing
23	dig	dug	dug	digging
24	dream	dreamt	dreamt	dreaming
25	feel	felt	felt	feeling
26	fight	fought	fought	fighting
27	find	found	found	finding
28	get	got	got	getting
29	have	had	had	having
30	hear	heard	heard	hearing
31	hold	held	held	holding
32	keep	kept	kept	keeping
33	lead	led	led	leading
34	learn	learnt	learnt	learning
35	leave	left	left	leaving
36	lose	lost	lost	losing
37	make	made	made	making
38	mean	meant	meant	meaning
39	meet	met	met	meeting
40	pay	paid	paid	paying
41	say	said	said	saying
42	sell	sold	sold	selling
43	send	sent	sent	sending
44	shine	shone	shone	shining
45	shoot	shot	shot	shooting
46	sit	sat	sat	sitting
47	sleep	slept	slept	sleeping
48	smell	smelt	smelt	smelling
49	spell	spelt	spelt	spelling
50	spend	spent	spent	spending

Irregular Verbs - Group 3

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
51	begin	began	begun	beginning
52	break	broke	broken	breaking
53	choose	chose	chosen	choosing
54	do	did	done	doing
55	draw	drew	drawn	drawing
56	drink	drank	drunk	drinking
57	drive	drove	driven	driving
58	eat	ate	eaten	eating
59	fall	fell	fallen	falling
60	fly	flew	flown	flying
61	forgive	forgave	forgiven	forgiving
62	freeze	froze	frozen	freezing
63	give	gave	given	giving
64	go	went	gone	going
65	grow	grew	grown	growing
66	hide	hid	hidden	hiding
67	know	knew	known	knowing
68	ride	rode	ridden	riding
69	ring	rang	rung	ringing
70	rise	rose	risen	rising
71	see	saw	seen	seeing
72	shake	shook	shaken	shaking
73	show	showed	shown	showing
74	sing	sang	sung	singing
75	speak	spoke	spoken	speaking
76	steal	stole	stolen	stealing
77	swim	swam	swum	swimming
78	take	took	taken	taking
79	tear	tore	torn	tearing
80	throw	threw	thrown	throwing
81	wear	wore	worn	wearing
82	write	wrote	written	writing

Irregular Verbs - Group 4

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
83	come	came	come	coming
84	run	ran	run	running
85	become	became	become	becoming
86	overcome	overcame	overcome	overcoming
87	arise	arose	arisen	arising
88	mistake	mistook	mistaken	mistaking
89	undertake	undertook	undertaken	undertaking
90	partake	partook	partaken	partaking

Irregular Verbs - Group 5

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
91	buy	bought	bought	buying
92	bring	brought	brought	bringing
93	catch	caught	caught	catching
94	teach	taught	taught	teaching
95	think	thought	thought	thinking
96	find	found	found	finding
97	fight	fought	fought	fighting
98	seek	sought	sought	seeking
99	sell	sold	sold	selling
100	tell	told	told	telling
101	pay	paid	paid	paying
102	make	made	made	making
103	stand	stood	stood	standing
104	understand	understood	understood	understanding
105	have	had	had	having

Irregular Verbs - Group 6

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
106	begin	began	begun	beginning
107	drink	drank	drunk	drinking
108	ring	rang	rung	ringing
109	swim	swam	swum	swimming
110	sing	sang	sung	singing
111	sink	sank	sunk	sinking
112	shrink	shrank	shrunk	shrinking
113	choose	chose	chosen	choosing
114	fly	flew	flown	flying
115	drive	drove	driven	driving
116	ride	rode	ridden	riding
117	write	wrote	written	writing
118	break	broke	broken	breaking
119	speak	spoke	spoken	speaking
120	steal	stole	stolen	stealing

Irregular Verbs - Group 7

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
121	come	came	come	coming
122	run	ran	run	running
123	become	became	become	becoming
124	overcome	overcame	overcome	overcoming
125	go	went	gone	going

Irregular Verbs - Group 8

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
126	buy	bought	bought	buying
127	bring	brought	brought	bringing
128	build	built	built	building
129	burn	burnt	burnt	burning
130	catch	caught	caught	catching
131	deal	dealt	dealt	dealing
132	dream	dreamt	dreamt	dreaming
133	feel	felt	felt	feeling
134	fight	fought	fought	fighting
135	find	found	found	finding
136	get	got	got	getting
137	have	had	had	having
138	hear	heard	heard	hearing
139	hold	held	held	holding
140	keep	kept	kept	keeping
141	lay	laid	laid	laying
142	lead	led	led	leading
143	learn	learnt	learnt	learning
144	leave	left	left	leaving
145	lend	lent	lent	lending

Irregular Verbs - Group 9

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
146	blow	blew	blown	blowing
147	grow	grew	grown	growing
148	know	knew	known	knowing
149	throw	threw	thrown	throwing
150	fly	flew	flown	flying

Irregular Verbs - Group 10

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
151	begin	began	begun	beginning
152	drink	drank	drunk	drinking
153	ring	rang	rung	ringing
154	sing	sang	sung	singing
155	sink	sank	sunk	sinking
156	spring	sprang	sprung	springing
157	swim	swam	swum	swimming

Irregular Verbs - Group 11

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
158	break	broke	broken	breaking
159	choose	chose	chosen	choosing
160	drive	drove	driven	driving
161	eat	ate	eaten	eating
162	fall	fell	fallen	falling
163	forgive	forgave	forgiven	forgiving
164	freeze	froze	frozen	freezing
165	give	gave	given	giving
166	mistake	mistook	mistaken	mistaking
167	see	saw	seen	seeing
168	shake	shook	shaken	shaking
169	show	showed	shown	showing
170	steal	stole	stolen	stealing
171	take	took	taken	taking
172	tear	tore	torn	tearing
173	wake	woke	woken	waking
174	wear	wore	worn	wearing
175	write	wrote	written	writing

Irregular Verbs - Group 12

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
176	arise	arose	arisen	arising
177	awake	awoke	awoken	awaking
178	bear	bore	born	bearing
179	begin	began	begun	beginning
180	blow	blew	blown	blowing
181	fly	flew	flown	flying
182	grow	grew	grown	growing
183	know	knew	known	knowing
184	lie (recline)	lay	lain	lying
185	ride	rode	ridden	riding
186	ring	rang	rung	ringing
187	rise	rose	risen	rising
188	sing	sang	sung	singing
189	sink	sank	sunk	sinking
190	spring	sprang	sprung	springing
191	swear	swore	sworn	swearing
192	swim	swam	swum	swimming
193	throw	threw	thrown	throwing

Irregular Verbs - Group 13

Serial No.	Base Verb	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
194	befall	befell	befallen	befalling
195	behold	beheld	beheld	beholding
196	beseech	besought	besought	beseeching
197	bid (farewell)	bid	bid	bidding
198	cleave	clove	cloven	cleaving
199	forsake	forsook	forsaken	forsaking
200	hew	hewed	hewn	hewing
201	rend	rent	rent	rending
202	sew	sewed	sewn	sewing
203	shear	sheared	shorn	shearing
204	slay	slew	slain	slaying
205	smite	smote	smitten	smiting
206	strew	strewed	strewn	strewing
207	stride	strode	stridden	striding
208	thrive	throve	thriven	thriving
209	tread	trod	trodden	treading
210	unwind	unwound	unwound	unwinding
211	wake	woke	woken	waking
212	wreak	wrought	wrought	wreaking
213	wring	wrung	wrung	wringing

Friends, now let’s take a look at some cool ways to use the verb 'get' in real life. You will be surprised how useful and flexible this little verb really is.

Verb 'get'.

S.No.	Usage Type	Example Sentence	Meaning
1	To Receive	I got a gift on my birthday.	Received
2	To Obtain / Buy	He got a new IPhone yesterday.	Bought
3	To Become (Change of state)	She got angry when she saw the mess.	Became
4	To Arrive / Reach	What time did you get home last night?	Arrived
5	To Understand	Did you get what the teacher explained?	Understand
6	To Catch (illness, transport)	She got a cold after playing in the rain.	Caught
7	To Bring / Fetch	Can you get me a glass of water?	Bring
8	To Persuade / Arrange	I got him to help me with my homework.	Persuaded

Conclusion:

You have just learned the backbone of English sentences, 'verbs'. From regular patterns to tricky irregular forms, this knowledge will boost your fluency and confidence By learning all four forms of verbs, you are strengthening your grammar and speaking skills in a meaningful way.

Keep practicing, keep exploring, and most importantly, use verbs fearlessly!

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