Forms of The Verb
Verbs can have different forms depending on the tense, aspect, mood, and voice. Here are the main forms of verbs:
Simple Present:
This form is used to describe actions that are happening in the present or habitual actions. For example: I walk, he eats, they play.
Simple Past:
This form is used to describe completed actions that happened in the past. For regular verbs, the simple past form is usually formed by adding “-ed” to the base form. For example: I walked, he ate, they played.
Simple Future:
This form is used to express actions that will happen in the future. For regular verbs, the simple future form is created by adding “will” before the base form of the verb. For example: I will walk, he will eat, they will play.
Present Continuous:
This form is used to describe actions that are happening at the present moment or ongoing actions. It is formed by using a conjugated form of the verb “to be” (am, is, are) followed by the present participle (-ing form) of the main verb. For example: I am walking, he is eating, they are playing.
Past Continuous:
This form is used to describe actions that were in progress in the past. It is formed by using a conjugated form of the verb “to be” (was, were) followed by the present participle (-ing form) of the main verb. For example: I was walking, he was eating, they were playing.
I do my exercises every day. I am doing my exercises now. Yesterday, I did my exercises. I have done my exercises already. I shall do my exercises tomorrow.
Look at the sentences. Which words tell us about actions? These words are called verbs.
“Do” , “doing“, “done” , “did” are verbs. They are different forms of the same verb. Verbs are words that show action. The four forms of the verb show the different types of action.
Every day I (present)
add
beat
bend
bite
blow
break
bring
buy
carry
catch
change
close
come
cry
dance
dig
divide
do
draw
drink
drop
eat
fall
fight
find
fly
get
give
go
grow
hang
hide
hit
hold
hurry
join
jump
laugh
leave
live
lock
lose
make
meet
open
pay
put
read
reply
ride
ring
rise
row
run
say
see
sell
send
shake
shine
shoot
show
shut
sing
sit
skip
sleep
speak
stand
steal
stop
take
talk
teach
tear
tell
think
tie
throw
use
wait
wake
walk
Now I am (continuous)
adding
beating
bending
biting
blowing
breaking
bringing
buying
carrying
catching
changing
closing
coming
crying
cutting
dancing
digging
dividing
doing
drawing
drinking
dropping
eating
falling
fighting
finding
flying
getting
giving
going
growing
hanging
hiding
hitting
holding
hurrying
joining
jumping
laughing
leaving
living
locking
losing
making
meeting
opening
paying
putting
reading
replying
riding
ringing
rising
rowing
running
saying
seeing
selling
sending
shaking
shining
shooting
showing
shutting
singing
sitting
skipping
sleeping
speaking
standing
stealing
stopping
taking
teaching
tearing
telling
thinking
tying
throwing
using
waiting
waking
walking
Yesterday I (past)
added
beat
bent
bit
blew
broke
brought
bought
carried
caught
changed
closed
came
cried
cut
danced
dug
divided
did
drew
drank
dropped
ate
fell
fought
found
flew
got
gave
went
grew
went
grew
hung
hid
hit
held
hurried
joined
jumped
laughed
left
lived
locked
lost
made
met
opened
paid
put
read
replied
rode
rang
rose
rowed
ran
said
saw
sold
sent
shook
shone
shot
showed
shut
sang
sat
skipped
slept
spoke
stood
stole
stopped
took
talked
taught
tore
told
thought
tied
threw
used
waited
woke
walked
I have already (perfect)
added
beaten
bent
bitten
blown
broken
brought
bought
carried
caught
changed
closed
come
cried
cut
danced
dug
divided
done
drawn
drunk
dropped
eaten
fallen
fought
found
flown
got
given
gone
grown
hung
hidden
hit
held
hurried
joined
jumped
laughed
left
lived
locked
lost
made
met
opened
paid
put
read
replied
ridden
rung
risen
rowed
run
said
seen
sold
sent
shaken
shone
shot
shown
shut
sung
sat
skipped
slept
spoken
stood
stolen
stopped
taken
talked
taught
torn
told
thought
tied
thrown
used
waited
waken
walked
Tomorrow I shall (future)
add
beat
bend
bite
blow
break
bring
buy
carry
catch
change
close
come
cry
cut
dance
dig
divide
do
draw
drink
drop
eat
fall
fight
find
fly
get
give
go
grow
hang
hide
hit
hold
hurry
join
jump
laugh
leave
live
lock
lose
make
meet
open
pay
put
read
reply
ride
ring
rise
row
run
saying
see
sell
send
shake
shine
shoot
show
shut
sing
sit
skip
sleep
speak
stand
steal
stop
take
talk
teach
tear
tell
think
tie
throw
use
wait
wake
walk
