Dalam tata bahasa Inggris dikenal bentuk kata kerja present (Verb 1), past (verb 2) dan participle (verb 3). Untuk memudahkan kita dalam mengingat perubahan kata kerja, maka berikut ini saya kelompokkan berdasarkan jenis perubahannya.
A-A-A berarti kata kerja dalam kategori ini tidak mengalami perubahan sama sekali, sehingga bentuk verb 1, 2 dan 3 nya sama.
A
–A - A
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
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Meaning
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Bet
|
Bet
|
Bet
|
Bertaruh
|
Bid
|
Bid
|
Bid
|
Menawarkan
|
Burst
|
Burst
|
Burst
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Meledak/ penuh
|
Cast
|
Cast
|
Cast
|
Melemparkan
|
Cost
|
Cost
|
Cost
|
Harganya
|
Cut
|
Cut
|
Cut
|
Memotong
|
Hit
|
Hit
|
Hit
|
Memukul
|
Hurt
|
Hurt
|
Hurt
|
Melukai / menyakiti
|
let
|
Let
|
let
|
Membiarkan
|
Put
|
Put
|
Put
|
Meletakkan
|
Quit
|
Quit
|
Quit
|
Berhenti
|
Read
|
Read
|
Read
|
Membaca
|
Rid (get rid of)
|
Rid
|
Rid
|
Membebaskan diri dari
|
Set
|
Set
|
Set
|
Mengatur
|
Shed
|
Shed
|
Shed
|
Menumpahkan (darah) / menggugurkan (daun)
|
Shut
|
Shut
|
Shut
|
Menutup
|
Slit
|
Slit
|
Slit
|
Membelah/ membuat celah
|
Spit
|
Spit
|
Spit
|
Meludah
|
Split
|
Split
|
Split
|
Merobek
|
Spread
|
Spread
|
Spread
|
Menyebarkan / meratakan
|
Upset
|
Upset
|
Upset
|
Merasa Kesal/ mengganggu
|
Wed
|
Wed/wedded
|
Wed/wedded
|
Kawin
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A-B-A berarti kata kerja dalam kategori ini mengalami perubahan bentuk untuk verb 2 saja, lalu verb 3 kembali ke bentuk semula sehingga verb 1 dan 3 nya sama.
A
– B –A
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Become
|
Became
|
Become
|
Menjadi
|
Come
|
Came
|
Come
|
Datang
|
Run
|
Ran
|
Run
|
Lari
|
Overcome
|
Overcame
|
Overcome
|
Memecahkan (masalah)
|
A-B-B berarti kata kerja dalam kategori ini mengalami perubahan satu kali saja yaitu untuk verb 2 dan 3 sama.
A –
B - B
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Bend
|
Bent
|
Bent
|
Membengkokkan
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Bind
|
Bound
|
Bound
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Mengikat
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Bleed
|
bled
|
bled
|
Berdarah
|
Breed
|
Bred
|
Bred
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Menternakkan
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Bring
|
Brought
|
Brought
|
Membawa
|
Build
|
Built
|
Built
|
Membangun
|
Burn
|
Burnt
|
Burnt
|
Membakar
|
Buy
|
Bought
|
Bought
|
Membeli
|
Catch
|
Caught
|
Caught
|
Menangkap
|
Cling
|
Clung
|
Clung
|
Melekat/ berpegang teguh
|
Creep
|
Crept
|
Crept
|
Merangkak
|
Deal
|
Dealt
|
Dealt
|
Berurusan
|
Dig
|
Dug
|
Dug
|
Menggali
|
Dream
|
Dreamt
|
Dreamt
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Bermimpi
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Dwell
|
Dwelt
|
Dwelt
|
Menghuni / Menempati
|
Feed
|
Fed
|
Fed
|
Member makan
|
Feel
|
Felt
|
Felt
|
Merasa
|
Fight
|
Fought
|
Fought
|
Melawan /berjuang
|
Find
|
Found
|
Found
|
Menemukan
|
Flee
|
Fled
|
Fled
|
Kabur/ melarikan diri
|
Fling
|
Flung
|
Flung
|
Melemparkan / lari dengan marah
|
Get
|
Got
|
Got
|
Mendapat
|
Grind
|
Ground
|
Ground
|
Menggiling/ menggerinda
|
Hang
|
Hung
|
Hung
|
Menggantung
|
Hear
|
Heard
|
Heard
|
Mendengar
|
Have
|
Had
|
Had
|
Mempunyai
|
Hold
|
Held
|
Held
|
Memegang / mengadakan
|
Keep
|
Kept
|
Kept
|
Menjaga / menyimpan
|
Kneel
|
Knelt
|
Knelt
|
Berlutut
|
Lay
|
Laid
|
Laid
|
Meletakkan
|
Lead
|
Led
|
Led
|
Memimpin
|
Lean
|
Leaned/leant
|
Leaned /leant
|
Miring /condong/ Bersandar
|
Leap
|
Leapt
|
Leapt
|
Melompat /berjingkrak
|
Learn
|
Learned /Learnt
|
Learned/ Learnt
|
Belajar
|
Leave
|
Left
|
Left
|
Meninggalkan
|
Lend
|
Lent
|
Lent
|
Meminjamkan
|
Light
|
Lighted/lit
|
Lighted/lit
|
Menyalakan
|
Lose
|
Lost
|
Lost
|
Kehilangan
|
Make
|
Made
|
Made
|
Membuat
|
Mean
|
Meant
|
Meant
|
Berarti / artinya
|
Meet
|
Met
|
Met
|
Bertemu
|
Mislay
|
Mislaid
|
Mislaid
|
Salah meletakkan
|
Pay
|
Paid
|
Paid
|
Membayar
|
Rewind
|
Rewound
|
Rewound
|
Memutar ulang
|
Say
|
Said
|
Said
|
Berkata
|
Seek
|
Sought
|
Sought
|
Mencari
|
Sell
|
Sold
|
Sold
|
Menjual
|
Send
|
Sent
|
Sent
|
Mengirimkan
|
Shine
|
Shone
|
Shone
|
Bercahaya / menyinari
|
Shoot
|
Shot
|
Shot
|
Menembak
|
Sit
|
Sat
|
Sat
|
Duduk
|
Sleep
|
Slept
|
Slept
|
Tidur
|
Slide
|
slid
|
Slid
|
Meluncur /tergelincir
|
Smell
|
Smelt
|
Smelt
|
Berbau /mencium bau
|
Speed
|
Sped
|
Sped
|
Mempercepat
|
Spend
|
Spent
|
Spent
|
Menghabiskan
|
Spell
|
Spelled/ Spelt
|
Spelled /Spelt
|
Mengeja
|
Spill
|
Spilled /spilt
|
Spilled / spilt
|
Menumpahkan
|
Spin
|
Spun
|
Spun
|
Berputar dengan cepat
|
Stand
|
Stood
|
Stood
|
Berdiri
|
Stick
|
Stuck
|
Stuck
|
Menempelkan, menusuk
|
Sting
|
Stung
|
Stung
|
Menyengat, melukai
|
Strike
|
Struck
|
Struck
|
Memukul / menyambar /membentur
|
String
|
Strung
|
Strung
|
Mengikat
|
Sweep
|
Swept
|
Swept
|
Menyapu
|
Swing
|
Swung
|
Swung
|
Mengayunkan
|
Teach
|
Taught
|
Taught
|
Mengajar
|
Tell
|
Told
|
Told
|
Mengatakan/ menceritakan
|
Think
|
Thought
|
Thought
|
Berpikir
|
Understand
|
Understood
|
Understood
|
Mengerti
|
Weep
|
Wept
|
Wept
|
Menangis mencucurkan air mata
|
Win
|
Won
|
Won
|
Menang
|
Wind
|
Wound
|
Wound
|
Memutar / melilit
|
Wring
|
Wrung
|
Wrung
|
Memeras (baju)
|
A-B-C berarti kata kerja dalam kategori ini mengalami perubahan selama 2 kali, sehingga verb 1, 2 dan 3 semuanya berbeda.
A
– B – C
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Arise
|
Arose
|
Arisen
|
Bangun /berdiri
|
Awake
|
Awoke
|
Awaken
|
Bangun
|
Be
|
Was/were
|
Been
|
Ada
|
Bear
|
Bore
|
Borne
|
Memikul, tahan menanggung
|
Bear
|
Bore
|
Born
|
Melahirkan
|
Begin
|
Began
|
Begun
|
Mulai
|
Bite
|
Bit
|
Bitten
|
|
Break
|
Broke
|
Broken
|
Memecahkan /mematahkan
|
Blow
|
Blew
|
Blown
|
Meniup
|
Choose
|
Chose
|
Chosen
|
Memilih
|
Draw
|
Drew
|
Drawn
|
Menggambar
|
Do
|
Did
|
Done
|
Melakukan
|
Drink
|
Drank
|
Drunk
|
Minum
|
Drive
|
Drove
|
Driven
|
Menyetir
|
Eat
|
Ate
|
Eaten
|
Makan
|
Fall
|
Fell
|
Fallen
|
Jatuh
|
Fly
|
Flew
|
Flown
|
Terbang
|
Forbid
|
Forbade
|
Forbidden
|
Melarang
|
Forget
|
Forgot
|
Forgotten
|
Lupa
|
Forgive
|
Forgave
|
Forgiven
|
Memaafkan
|
Forsake
|
Forsook
|
Forsaken
|
Mengabaikan
|
Freeze
|
Froze
|
Frozen
|
Membeku
|
Get
|
Got
|
Gotten
|
Mendapatkan
|
Give
|
Gave
|
Given
|
Memberi
|
Go
|
Went
|
Gone
|
Pergi
|
Grow
|
Grew
|
Grown
|
Tumbuh, menanam
|
Hide
|
Hid
|
Hidden
|
Bersembunyi
|
Know
|
Knew
|
Known
|
Tahu
|
Mistake
|
Mistook
|
Mistaken
|
Salah mengira
|
Mow
|
Mowed
|
Mown
|
Memotong rumput
|
Rewind
|
Rewound
|
Rewound
|
Memutar ulang
|
Ride
|
Rode
|
Ridden
|
Naik / menunggang
|
Ring
|
Rang
|
Rung
|
Membunyikan bel
|
Rise
|
Rose
|
Risen
|
Naik (bertambah tinggi)
|
See
|
Saw
|
Seen
|
Melihat
|
Sew
|
Sewed
|
Sewn
|
Menjahit
|
Shake
|
Shook
|
Shaken
|
Mengocok
|
Shear
|
Shore
|
Shorn
|
Mencukur
|
Show
|
Showed
|
Shown
|
Menunjukkan
|
Shrink
|
Shrank
|
Shrunk
|
Menyusut
|
Sing
|
Sang
|
Sung
|
Menyanyi
|
Sink
|
Sank
|
Sunk
|
Tenggelam /terbenam
|
Slay
|
Slew
|
Slain
|
Membunuh
|
Speak
|
Spoke
|
Spoken
|
Berbicara
|
Spring
|
Sprang
|
Sprung
|
Membocorkan/ meretakkan
|
Steal
|
Stole
|
Stolen
|
Mencuri
|
Strive
|
Strove
|
Striven
|
Berusaha /berjuang
|
Swear
|
Swore
|
Sworn
|
Bersumpah
|
Swim
|
Swam
|
Swum
|
Berenang
|
Take
|
Took
|
Taken
|
Mengambil
|
Tear
|
Tore
|
Torn
|
Merobek
|
Throw
|
Threw
|
Thrown
|
Melemparkan
|
Undo
|
Undid
|
Undone
|
Melepaskan / membuka
|
Wake
|
Woke
|
Waken
|
Bangun
|
Wear
|
Wore
|
Worn
|
Memakai
|
Weave
|
Wove
|
Woven
|
Menenun / menganyam
|
Withdraw
|
Withdrew
|
Withdrawn
|
Menarik / mengambil
|
Write
|
Wrote
|
Written
|
Menulis
|
REGULAR VERBS
Selain Irregular Verb dalam daftar diatas, berikut ini adalah contoh kata kerja Regular Verb (kata kerja beraturan) yaitu kata kerja yang mengalami perubahan dengan menambahkan -ed atau -d di belakang kata kerja. Ada beberapa hal yang perlu diperhatikan dalam regular verb:
Cukup menambahkan -ed
Verbs |
Add -ed |
Abandon
|
Abandoned
|
Add
|
Added
|
Miss
|
Missed
|
Watch
|
Watched
|
Play
|
Played
|
Flow
|
Flowed
|
Want
|
Wanted
|
Cukup menambahkan -d
Verbs |
Add- d |
Ache
|
Ached
|
Agree
|
Agreed
|
Die
|
Died
|
Lie
|
Lied
|
Tie
|
Tied
|
Love
|
Loved
|
Save
|
Saved
|
Move
|
Moved
|
Ubah Y menjadi i lalu tambahkan -d
Verbs |
Change the Y
into i and then add -d
|
Cry
|
Cried
|
Fry
|
Fried
|
Deny
|
Denied
|
Hurry
|
Hurried
|
Try
|
Tried
|
Worry
|
Worried
|
Huruf konsonan di dobel baru kemudian ditambah -ed
Verbs ending in
single vowel + single consonant
(Kata kerja
berakhiran satu huruf vocal dan satu konsonan)
|
Double the
consonant and add –ed
|
Admit
|
Admitted
|
Bar
|
Barred
|
Omit
|
Omitted
|
Rub
|
Rubbed
|
Slip
|
Slipped
|
Transmit
|
Transmitted
|
Task 1
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Fly
|
|||
Feel
|
|||
Be
|
|||
Begin
|
|||
Take
|
|||
Know
|
|||
Wear
|
|||
Sing
|
|||
Write
|
|||
Speak
|
|||
Do
|
|||
Draw
|
|||
Break
|
|||
Drive
|
|||
Ring
|
Task 2
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Hold
|
|||
Fall
|
|||
Eat
|
|||
Blow
|
|||
Leave
|
|||
Drink
|
|||
Wake
|
|||
Get
|
|||
Sleep
|
|||
See
|
|||
Sing
|
|||
Throw
|
|||
Think
|
|||
Write
|
|||
Read
|
Task 3
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Sweep
|
|||
Go
|
|||
Sit
|
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Hurt
|
|||
Make
|
|||
Come
|
|||
Run
|
|||
Buy
|
|||
Bring
|
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Catch
|
|||
Dig
|
|||
Feed
|
|||
Teach
|
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Grow
|
|||
Stand
|
Task 4
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Cut
|
|||
Ride
|
|||
Rewind
|
|||
Show
|
|||
Choose
|
|||
Swear
|
|||
Forget
|
|||
Strike
|
|||
Swing
|
|||
Tell
|
|||
Say
|
|||
Read
|
|||
Understand
|
|||
Strive
|
|||
Blow
|
Task 5
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Keep
|
|||
Lead
|
|||
Tear
|
|||
Sew
|
|||
Hide
|
|||
Mow
|
|||
Bleed
|
|||
Burn
|
|||
Swim
|
|||
Put
|
|||
Weep
|
|||
Hit
|
|||
Shoot
|
|||
Lose
|
|||
Light
|
Task 6
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Find
|
|||
Let
|
|||
Become
|
|||
Build
|
|||
Dream
|
|||
Flee
|
|||
Shake
|
|||
Withdraw
|
|||
Hide
|
|||
Wake
|
|||
Learn
|
|||
Creep
|
|||
Freeze
|
|||
Forbid
|
|||
Weave
|
Task 7
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Grind
|
|||
Hear
|
|||
Run
|
|||
Tear
|
|||
Undo
|
|||
Shine
|
|||
Smell
|
|||
Spend
|
|||
Bet
|
|||
Shut
|
|||
Dwell
|
|||
Have
|
|||
Lay
|
|||
Mean
|
|||
Set
|
Task 8
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Win
|
|||
Quit
|
|||
Let
|
|||
Spell
|
|||
Slide
|
|||
Wind
|
|||
Bend
|
|||
Deal
|
|||
Sink
|
|||
Spring
|
|||
Lean
|
|||
Kneel
|
|||
Seek
|
|||
Rise
|
|||
Spin
|
Task 9
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Shrink
|
|||
Shear
|
|||
Berlari
|
|||
Tore
|
|||
Wed
|
|||
Smelt
|
|||
Found
|
|||
Laid
|
|||
Lent
|
|||
Woke
|
|||
Arose
|
|||
Eaten
|
|||
Drunk
|
|||
left
|
|||
Spun
|
REGULAR VERBS
Verb 1
|
Verb 2
|
Verb 3
|
Meaning
|
Absorb
|
Menyerab
|
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Abuse
|
Menyiksa
|
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Accelerate
|
Meningkatkan
|
||
Accept
|
Menerima
|
||
Access
|
Mendekati/memasuki
|
||
Acclaim
|
Mendeklarasikan, menyatakan
|
||
Accommodate
|
Mengakomodasi
|
||
Accompany
|
Menemani
|
||
Accomplish
|
Menyelesaikan
|
||
Accumulate
|
Mengakumulasikan
|
||
Accuse
|
Menuduh /mendakwa
|
||
Ache
|
Menderita sakit
|
||
Achieve
|
Mencapai
|
||
Acquaint
|
Mengenal
|
||
Acquire
|
Mempelajari
|
||
Act
|
Beraksi
|
||
Activate
|
Mengaktifkan
|
||
Adapt
|
Beradaptasi
|
||
Add
|
Menambahkan
|
||
Addle
|
Membingungkan
|
||
Adjust
|
Mengatur
|
||
Admire
|
Mengagumi
|
||
Admit
|
Mengakui
|
||
Adopt
|
Mengadopsi
|
||
Adore
|
Mengagumi
|
||
Adorn
|
Menghias, mempercantik
|
||
Advance
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Mempercepat, memajukan
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Advertize
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Mengiklankan
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Arrive
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Arrived
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arrived
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Tiba, sampai
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Ask
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Backdate
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Memundurkan tanggal
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Bake
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Membakar
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Balance
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Menperhitungkan
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Bamboozle
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Memperdayakan
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Bandage
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Membalut, memperban
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Bang
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Memukulkan, membantingkan
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Banish
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Membuang
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Bank
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Menyimpan uang , menumpuk
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Bankrupt
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Membangkrutkan
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Baptize
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Mempermandikan
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Baptize
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Mempermandikan
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Beautify
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Memperindah, mepercantik
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Becalm
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Menenangkan
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Beckon
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Mengisyaratkan
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Bedazzled
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Menyilaukan
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Bedevil
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Menggoda, mengganggu
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Befit
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Cocok, pantas
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Boil
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Mendidih
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Dry
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Mengeringkan
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