Forms of verbs

Verb Tenses & Forms

Verb Tenses In Active Voice

TENSE		VERB FORM
present (action happening now)		laughs does
present progressive (action ongoing in the present)		is laughing is doing
present perfect (past action completed thus far)		has laughed has done
past (completed action)		laughed did
past progressive (action that was ongoing in a previous time)		was laughing was doing
past perfect (action completed before another past time)		had laughed had done
past perfect progressive (ongoing action completed before another past time)		had been laughing had been doing
future (action to occur later)		will laugh will do
future progressive (ongoing action to occur later)		will be laughing will be doing
future perfect (action regarded as completed at a later time)		will have laughed will have done
future perfect progressive ( ongoing action regarded as having begun before a later time)		will have been laughing will have been doing

Here are all the active-voice forms - first, second, and third person, singular and plural- for a verb, walk, in eight commonly used tenses.

ACTIVE VOICE
Present:
I	he, she, it	we, you (singular/plural), they
walk	walks	walk

Pronouns that act	Pronouns that receive action	Pronouns that own
I	me	my, mine
you	you	your, yours
he, she, it	him, her	hi, her, hers, its
we	us	our, ours
they	them	their, theirs
who	whom	whose

Long and short forms, negatives and questions

Present simple of be

I am	I'm	I am not	I'm not	am I?
you are	you're	you are not	you aren't	are you?
he is	he's	he is not	he isn't	is he?
she is	she's	she is not	she isn't	is she?
it is	it's	it is not	it isn't	is it?
we are	we're	we are not	we aren't	are we?
you are	you're	you are not	we aren't	are you?
they are	they're	they are not	they aren't	are they?

Present simple of ordinary verbs

I work	I do not work	I don't work	do I work?
you work	you do not work	you don't work	do you work?
he works	he does not work	he doesn't work	does he work?
she works	she does not work	she doesn't work	does she work?
it works	it does not work	it doesn't work	does it work?
we work	we do not work	we don't work	do we work?
you work	you do not work	you don't work	do you work?
they work	they do not work	they don't work	do they work?

Irregular verbs

Infinitive	Past Simple	Past Participle		Infinitive	Past Simple	Past Participle
be	was	been		give	gave	given
beat	beat	beaten		go	went	gone
become	became	become		grow	grew	grown
begin	began	begun		hang	hung	hung
bend	bent	bent		have	had	had
bite	bit	bitten		hear	heard	heard
blow	blew	blown		hide	hid	hidden
break	broke	broken		hit	hit	hit
bring	brought	brought		hold	held	held
build	built	built		hurt	hurt	hurt
burn	burnt	burnt		keep	kept	kept
buy	bought	bought		know	knew	known
catch	caught	caught		lay	laid	laid
choose	chose	chosen		lead	led	led
come	came	come		learn	learnt	learnt
cost	cost	cost		leave	left	left
cut	cut	cut		lend	lent	lent
dig	dug	dug		let	let	let
do	did	done		lie	lay	lain
draw	drew	drawn		light	lighted	lighted
dream	dreamt	dreamt		lose	lost	lost
drink	drank	drunk		make	made	made
drive	drove	driven		mean	meant	meant
eat	ate	eaten		meet	met	met
fall	fell	fallen		pay	paid	paid
feed	fed	fed		put	put	put
feel	felt	felt		read	read	read
fight	fought	fought		ride	rode	ridden
find	found	found		rign	rang	rung
fly	flew	flown		rise	rose	risen
forget	forgot	forgotten		run	ran	run
forgive	forgave	forgiven		say	said	said
freeze	froze	frozen		see	saw	seen
get	got	got		sell	sold	sold

Infinitive	Past Simple	Past Participle
send	sent	sent
set	set	set
shake	shook	shaken
shine	shone	shone
shoot	shot	shot
show	showed	shown
shut	shut	shut
sing	sang	sung
sink	sank	sunk
sit	sat	sat
sleep	slept	slept
smell	smelt	smelt
speak	spoke	spoken
spell	spelt	spelt
spend	spent	spent
spoil	spoilt	spoilt
spread	spread	spread
stand	stood	stood
steal	stole	stolen
stick	stuck	stuck
sweep	swept	swept
swim	swam	swum
take	took	taken
teach	taught	taught
tear	tore	torn
tell	told	told
think	thought	thought
throw	threw	thrown
understand	understood	understood
wake	woke	woken
wear	wore	worn
win	won	won
write	wrote	written

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