Author:
Peter Berry
Date Of Creation:
18 February 2021
Update Date:
1 May 2024
Content
The verbs in English are the words that are used to indicate actions, existence, possession or spirit.
In English, infinitives are built with the word to:
- To walk
- To stay
- To play
The conjugation of regular verbs in English It is simpler than in Spanish:
Present simple: (Present simple)
- I / you / we / they: play
- He / she / it: plays
In other words, except for the third person singular, verbs in the present are equal to the infinitive.
In the third person singular, a s in the end. If the verb ends in Y not preceded by a vowel, it is replaced by ie before adding the ending s.
Present continuous (present continuous)
The construction of this verb is as follows:
Verb + verb to be conjugated + main verb ending in ing
- I am playing.
- He is playing
- We are playing.
See also: Examples of Present Continous
Simple past
In regular verbs, the ending is added ed to form the past. This rule also applies to the third person singular.
If the verb ends in Y not preceded by a vowel, it is replaced by i before adding the ending ed.
- I played.
- Ella Juegaed.
- They played.
There are also irregular verbs that are conjugated differently. These verbs must be memorized as there is no rule.
In the list below, the conjugations of the irregular verbs is:
Present verb for I - you - we - they / present verb for he - she - it, past tense, participle verb: meaning of the infinitive verb in Spanish.
It can serve you: Simple Past Examples
Examples of verbs in English
- Abide: tolerate
- Achieve: achieve
- Add: add, add
- Administrate: manage
- Admire: admire
- Advise: advise
- Agree: agree
- Am / are / is, was / were, been: to be / to be
- Answer: answer
- Arise / arises, arose, arisen: arise.
- Arrive: arrive
- Ask: ask
- Attend: attend
- Attract: attract
- Awake / awakes, awoke, awoken: wake up.
- Bear / bears, bore, borne: carry, hold
- Beat / beats, beat, beaten: hit
- Become / becomes, became, become: become
- Beg: beg
- Begin / begins, began, begun: begin
- Believe: believe
- Belong: belong
- Bend / bends, bent, bent: bend / bend
- Bet / bets, bet, bet: bet
- Bid / bids, bade, bidden: offer
- Bind / binds, bound, bound: join / join
- Bite / bites, bit, bitten: bite
- Bleed / bleed, bled, bled: bleed
- Blow / blows, blew, blown: blow
- Board: board
- Boil: boil
- Bore: bore
- Break / breaks, broke, broken: break / break
- Breed / breeds, bred, bred: breed
- Bring / Brings, brought, brought: bring / carry with you
- Build / builds, built, built: construer
- Burn / burns, burnt, burnt: burn
- Burst / bursts, burst, burst: burst
- Buy / buys, bought, bought: buy
- Call: call
- Can / can, could, -: power
- Carry: carry
- Cast / casts, cast, cast: cast.
- Catch / catches, caught, caught: catch
- Change: change
- chat
- Choose / chooses, chose, chosen: choose
- Claim: claim
- Clean: clean
- Climb: climb, climb
- Close: close
- Collect: gather, collect, collect
- Come / eat, came, eat: come.
- Compete: compete
- Complete: completer
- Confirm: confirm
- Consider: consider
- Continue: continue
- Cook: cook
- Copy: copy
- Cost / costs, cost, cost: costar.
- Creep / creeps, crept, crept: crawl
- Criticize: criticize
- Cross: cross
- Dance: dance
- Dare / dares, dared, dared: dare
- Deal / deals, dealt, dealt: deal with / face
- Decide: decide
- Declare: declarer
- Decorate: decorate
- Delete: delete
- Demand: demand
- Destroy: destroy
- Dig / digs, dug, dug: dig.
- Disagree: discent
- Discuss: discuss
- Do / does, did, done: do
- Draw / draws, drew, drawn: draw
- Dream, dreams, dreamt, dremt: sound
- Dress: dressing
- Drink / drinks, drank, drunk: drink.
- Drive / drives, drove, driven: drive
- Dry: dry
- Ear: win
- Eat / eats, ate, eaten: eat
- Educate yourself: educate
- Elaborate: elaborate
- Elect: choose
- Eliminate: delete
- Employ: use, employ
- Enjoy: enjoy
- Enter: enter
- Entertain: entertain
- Exchange: exchange
- Excuse: excuse me
- Expect: wait
- Fall / falls, fell, fallen: fall
- Feed / feeds, fed, fed: feed / feed
- Feel / feels, felt, felt: feel
- Fight / fights, fought, fought: fight
- File: archive
- Fill: fill
- Find / finds, found, found: find
- Finish: finish
- Flee / flees, fled, fled: flee
- Flow: to flow
- Fly / flies, flew, flown: fly
- Forbid / forbids, forbade, forbidden: prohibit
- Forget / forgets, forgot, forgotten: forget
- Forgive / forgives, forgave, forgiven: forgive
- Form: form
- Forsake / forsakes, forsook, forsaken: abandon
- Freeze / freezes, froze, frozen: freeze, freeze
- Get / gets, got, got / gotten: get
- Gild / gilds, gilded, gilded / gilt: gild
- Give / gives, gave, given: give
- Graduate: graduate
- Greet: say hello
- Grind / grinds, ground, ground: moles
- Grow / grows, grew, grown: grow / cultivate
- Guess: guess
- Guide: guide
- Hate: hate
- Have / has, had, had: have / have
- Hear / hears, heard, heard: hear
- Help: help
- Hide / hides, hid, hidden: hide / hide
- Hit / hits, hit, hit: hit
- Hold / holds, held, held: hold
- Hope: wish
- Hug: hug
- Hurry: hurry up
- Hurt / hurts, hurt, hurt: hurt / hurt
- Ignore: ignorer
- Import: import
- Impress: impress
- Inform: inform
- Injure: to hurt
- Enter: present
- Invent: inventor
- Invite: invite
- Jump: jump
- Keep / keeps, kept, kept: keep / guarder
- Kick: kick
- Kill: kill
- Knock: knock
- Knot: knot
- Know / knows, knew, known: know / know
- Laugh: laugh
- Lay / lays, laid, laid: extend / place
- Lead / leads, led, led: lead
- Learn / learns, learnt, learnt: learn
- Leave / leaves, left, left: leave / leave / exit
- Lend / lends, lent, lent: lend
- Let / lets, let, let: allow
- Lie / lies, lay, lain: lie down
- Light / lights, lit, lit: turn on
- Like: like
- Live: live
- Lock: lock
- Look: see, look
- Lose / loses, lost, lost: lose
- Love: love
- Mail: send by mail
- Make / makes, made, made: make
- Manufacture: manufacture
- Mean / means, meant, meant: mean
- Meet / meets, met, met: find / meet / meet
- Memorize: memorizer
- Mention: mention
- Miss: miss
- Move: move, move
- Need: need
- Observe: observer
- Obtain: get
- Offer: offer
- Open: open
- Order: order
- Owe / owes, owed, owed: duty
- Pack: pack
- Paint: paint
- Park: park
- Pay / pays, paid, paid: pay
- Perform: perform
- Pick: take, collect
- Play: play
- Prefer: prefer
- Prepare: prepare
- Process: process
- Produces: producer
- Promise: promise
- Prove: test
- Provide: provide
- Pull: pull
- Put / puts, put, put: put
- Quit / quits, quit, quit: abandoner
- Reach: reach
- Read / reads, read, read: read
- Receive: receive
- Recommend: recommend
- Record: record
- Reduce: reduce
- Register: register
- Remember: recorder
- Rent: rent
- Reserve: reserve
- Return: return
- Ride / rides, rode, ridden: ride.
- Ring / rings, rang, rung: ring / ring
- Rise / rises, rose, rise: grow / rise / stand up / rise
- Run / runs, ran, run: run
- Sail: sail
- Save: save, save, save
- Say / says, said, said: say
- Scream: scream
- Seal: seal
- See / sees, saw, seen: see
- Seek / seeks, sought, sought: search
- Sell / sells, sold, sold: sell
- Send / sends, sent, sent: send
- Separate: separate
- Serve: serve
- Set / sets, set, set: place
- Shake / shakes, shook, shaken: shake
- Share: share
- Shave / shaves, shaved, shaven: shave / shave
- Shine / shines, shone, shone: shine
- Shoot / shoots, shot, shot: shoot
- Show / shows, showed, shown: show / exhibit
- Shrink / shrinks, shrank, shrunk: reducer
- Shut / shuts, shut, shut: close
- Sign: sign
- Sing / sings, sang, sung: sing
- Sink / sinks, sank, sunk: sink / sink
- Sit / sits, sat, sat: sit
- Sleep / sleeps, slept, slept: dormer
- Slide / slides, slid, slid: slide
- Smell / smells, smelt, smelt: smell
- Smoke: smoking
- Speak / speaks, spoke, spoken
- Speed / speeds, sped, sped: run / hurry
- Spell / spells, spelt, spelt: spell
- Spend / spends, spent, spent: spend
- Spin / spins, spun, spun: spin
- Spoil / spoils, spoil, spoil: spoil, spoil
- Spread / spreads, spread, spread: spread, spread
- Stand / stands, stood, stood: to stand
- Start: begin
- Steal / steals, stole, stolen: steal
- Stick / sticks, stuck, stuck: stick
- Sting / stings, stung, stung: sting
- Stop: stop
- Strike / strikes, struck, struck: hit
- String / strings, strung, strung: string
- Study: study
- Suggest: suggest
- Suppose: suppose
- Supply: supply
- Surprise: surprise
- Swear / swears, swore, sworn: swear
- Sweep / sweeps, swept, swept: sweep
- Swim / swims, swam, swum: nadir
- Take / takes, took, taken: take
- Talk: talk
- Taste: savor, taste
- Teach / teaches, taught, taught: teach
- Tear / tears, tore, torn: tear
- Tell / tells, told, told: tell
- Tempt: tempt
- Test: test, check
- Thank: thank
- Think / thinks, thought, thought: think
- Throw / throws, threw, thrown: throw
- Trade: trade
- Travel: travel
- Trap: catch
- Try: try, try
- Understand / understands, understood, understood: understand
- Use: use, use
- Visit: visitor
- Vote: vote
- Vow: swear
- Wake / wakes, woke, woken: wake up
- Wait: wait
- Walk: walk
- Want: want
- Wash: wash
- Watch: observe
- Wear / wear, wore, worn: wear a garment / spend
- Weave / weaves, wove, worn: knit
- Wed / weds, wed, wed: get married
- Weep / weeps, wept, wept: cry
- Wet / wets, wet, wet: wet
- Whisper: whisper
- Win / wins, won, won: win
- Wind / winds, wound, wound: enroller
- Wish: wish
- Work: work
- Wring / wrings, wrung, wrung: drain
- Write / writes, wrote, written: to write
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