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CORRECT FORM AND USE OF VERBS

A verbs is word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement.
All verbs help to make statements about their subjects.

The English language has mainly three different sources of origin: Latin/French, German/
Scandinavian and old indigenous English. The regular verbs are usually the ones coming from
Latin/French (admire- admired). The irregular verbs come from both sources German/Old English
(know- knew; see saw).
THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF A VERB
Every verb has four basic forms called principal part: the infinitive, the present participle, past, and
past participle. All other forms are derived from these principal parts.

Infinitive Present Participle Past Past Participle

(to) work (is) working worked (have) worked

The words IS and HAVE are given with the present participle and past participle forms and past
participle forms to remind you that these forms are used with the helping verb: AM, IS, ARE, WAS
WERE: HAS BEEN, WILL BE, HAVE, HAS, HAD, etc.

In this list we will detail the regular verbs and they will be classified according to their ending sound
(d), (t), or (id).

REGULAR VERBS
A regular verb is one that forms its past and past participle by adding “d” or “ed” to the infinitive
form.
The following verbs have (d) at the ending sound.

It sounds like “d” when the verbs finish in: b, g, l, m, n, r, v, w, y, z, and/or their equivalent sounds
Example: love loved (d)
fill filled (d)

INFINITIVE PAST PAST PRESENT TRANSLATION

PARTICIPLE PARTICIPLE
achieve achieved achieved achieving lograr
admire admired admired admiring admirar
answer answered answered answering responder
arrive arrived arrived arriving llegar/arribar
believe believed believed believing creer
bereave bereaved bereaved bereaving perder a alguien por muerte
carry carried carried carrying llevar transmitir
cry cried cried crying llorar
damage damaged damaged damaging dañar
deliver delivered delivered delivering entregar/repartir
engrave engraved engraved engraving tallar, gravar
enjoy enjoyed enjoyed enjoying disfrutar
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explain explained explained explaining explicar

fulfill fulfilled fulfilled fulfilling cumplir
happen happened happened happening acontecer,suceder
hurry hurried hurried hurrying apresurar
lie lied lied lying mentir
listen listened listened listening escuchar
live lived lived living vivir
learn learned learned learning aprender
memorize memorized memorized memorizing memorizar
open opened opened opening abrir
plan planned planned planning planificar
play played played playing jugar
prefer preferred preferred preferring preferir
receive received received receiving recibir
prepare prepared prepared preparing preparar
remember remembered remembered remembering recordar
recognize recognized recognized recognizing reconocer, admitir
repair repaired repaired repairing reparar
return returned returned returning regresar/volver
require required required requiring requerir/necesitar
save saved saved saving guardar/ahorrar/salvar
share shared shared sharing compartir/repartir
saw sawed sawed sawing (a)serrar
seethe seethed seethed seething hervir de cólera
sew sewed sewed sewing coser
shear sheared sheared shearing trasquilar
show showed showed showing mostrar
sow sowed sowed sowing sembrar
strew strewed strewed strewing esparcir/desparramar
swell swelled swelled swelling hinchar
seem seemed seemed seeming parecer
sign signed signed signing firmar
smile smiled smiled smiling sonreír
study studied studied studying estudiar
survive survived survived surviving sobrevivir
suffer suffered suffered suffering sufrir
stay stayed stayed staying permanecer
travel traveled traveled traveling viajar
try tried tried trying tratar/intentar
improve improved improved improving Mejorar/perfeccionar
The following verbs have (t) at the ending sound
It sounds like “t” when the verbs finish in: s, sh, ch, x, k, f, p and/or their equivalent sounds.
Example: talk talked (t)
wash washed (t)
ask asked asked asking preguntar
dress dress dressed dressing vestir
dip ed dipped dipping Sumergir, mojar
drop dropped
dippe dropped dropping Hacer o dejar caer
finish finished
d finished finishing dejar
Acabar,concluir
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fix fixed fixed fixing reparar

guess guessed guessed guessing adivinar
laugh laughed laughed laughing reir
leap leaped leaped leaping brincar
like liked liked liking gustar,agradar
look at looked at looked at looking at parecer
miss missed missed missing extrañar/perder
notice noticed noticed noticing darse cuenta/fijarse
pass passed passed passing pasar/aprobar
polish polished polished polishing lustrar/encerar
practice practiced practiced practicing practicar
pronounce pronounced pronounced pronouncing pronunciar dar
shape shaped shaped shaping forma
stop stopped stopped stopping detenerse,parar
talk talked talked talking hablar
toss tossed tossed tossing tirar/lanzar
type typed typed typing tipear
walk walked walked walking caminar
watch watched watched watching mirar
wash washed washed washing lavar
wax waxed waxed waxing encerar
wish wished wished wishing desear
work worked worked working trabajar

The following verbs (Id) as ending sound.

It sounds like “Id” when the verbs finish in: d, t.

Example: accept accepted (Id)
add added (Id)
accept accepted accepted accepting aceptar
add added added adding añadir/agregar
attend attended attended attending asistir
avoid avoided avoided avoiding evitar,prevenir
dictate dictated dictated dictating dictar
enter entered entered entering entrar,incluir
elect elected elected electing escoger
graduate graduated graduated graduating graduarse
gild gilded gilded gilding dorar
gird girded girded girding ceñir
intend intended intended intending tener la intencion
invent invented invented inventing inventar
knit knitted knitted knitting tejer
land landed landed landing aterrizar
load loaded loaded loading cargar
Light lighted lighted lighting encender/alumbrar/iluminar
Light(set fire to) lighted lighted lighting hacer fuego
need needed needed needing necesitar
paint painted painted painting pintar
provide provided provided providing suministrar,proveer
repeat repeated repeated repeating repetir
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recommend recommended recommender recommending recomendar

start started started starting iniciar
visit visited visited visiting visitar
wait for waited for waited for Waiting for esperar
want wanted wanted wanting desear

IRREGULAR VERBS
The third person singular present is regularly formed by adding “s” to the simple form, except “be”
and “have”.
Example: keep-keeps
breathe – breathes

However there are a number of English verbs that show one or more irregularities in the formation
of the past tense and past participle. The list that follows present the variations in form that speakers
and writers of English today will to recognize.
INFINITIVE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE PRESENT TRANSLATION
PARTICIPLE
abide abode/abided abode/abided abiding tolerar/soportar
arise arose arisen arising levantarse/ascender
awake awoke awaken awaking desperta
be Was/were been being ser/estar
become became become becoming llegar a ser/convertirse en
begin began begun beginning comenzar/iniciar
behold beheld beheld beholding contemplar
bet betted/bet Betted/bet betting apostar
bite bit bitten(I) biting morder/ picar
blend blend/blended blend/blended blending mezclar
blow blew blown blowing soplar
break broke broken breaking romper
bring brought brought bringing traer
build built built building construir
burn burned/burnt burned/burnt burning quemar
burst burst burst bursting reventar
buy bought bought buying comprar
can could been able being able poder
catch caught caught catching coger
choose chose chosen choosing escoger
come came come coming venir
cost cost cost costing costar
cut cut cut cutting cortar
dare dared/durst dared/durst --------------- atreverse
do did done doing hacer
draw drew drawn drawing dibujar
dream dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt dreaming soñar
drink drank drunk drinking beber
drive drove driven driving manejar
eat ate eaten eating comer
fall fell fallen falling caer
feed fed fed feeding alimentar
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feel felt felt feeling sentir

fight fought fought fighting pelear
find found found finding encontrar
fly flew flown flying volar
forbid forbade forbidden ------------- prohibir
forget forgot forgotten forgetting olvidar
forgive forgave forgiven forgiving perdonar
freeze froze frozen freezing congelar
get got gotten getting conseguir
give gave given giving dar
go went gone going ir
grow grew grown growing crecer
have had had having tener
hear heard heard hearing oir
hide hid hidden hiding esconder
hit hit hit hitting golpear
hold held held holding sostener
hurt hurt hurt hurting herir
keep kept kept keeping mantener/guardar
know knew known knowing saber/conocer/comprender
lay laid laid laying Poner huevos/colocar
lead led led leading guiar/conducir
learn learned/learnt learned/learnt learning aprender
leave left left leaving salir/dejar
lend lent lent lending prestar
let let let letting permitir
lie lay lain lying acostarse
light Light/lit lighted/lit lighting encender/alumbrar
lose lost lost losing perder
make made made making hacer
may might ----------------- ---------------- poder
mean meant meant meaning querer decir/referise a
meet met met meeting encontrarse con/conocer
must had to ----------------- ---------------- deber/tener que (due)
obey obeyed obeyed obeying obedecer
ought ---------------- ----------------- --------------- deberia
pay paid paid paving pagar
put put put putting poner
read(rid) read (red) read (red) reading leer
ride rode ridden (l) riding (al) montar
ring rang rung ringing sonar/timbrar
rise rose risen (i) rising (al) levantarse/elevarse
run ran run running correr
say said said saying decir
see saw seen --------------- ver
seek sought sought seeking buscar
shine shone shone shining brillar
shoot shot shot shooting disparar
sing sang sung singing cantar
sink sank sunk sinking hundirse
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sell sold sold selling vender

send sent sent sending enviar
shake shook shaken shaking sacudir/agitar
shall should ---------------- ----------------- deber
show showed showed/showed showing mostrar
sit sat sat sitting sentarse/empollar
sleep slept slept sleeping dormir
smell smelled/spelt smelled/spelt ----------------- oler
speak spoke spoken speaking hablar
spell spelled/spelt spelled/spelt spelling deletrear
spend spent spent spending gastar/pasar/dedicar
spill spilled/spilt spilled/spilt spilling derramar/verter
split split split splitting dividir
spread spread spread spreading extender
stand stood stood standing estar de pie
stink stank stunk stinking apestar/heder
swear swore sworn swearing jurar
swim swam swum swimming nadar
sweep swept swept sweeping barrer
swing swung swung swinging columpiarse/oscilar
take took taken taking tomar
teach taught taught teaching enseñar
tell told told telling contar
think thought thought thinking pensar
throw threw thrown throwing tirar/arrojar
understand understood understood ---------------- entender
wake waked/woke waked/woke ---------------- despertarse
wear wore worn wearing vestir/llevar puesto
wet wetted/wet wetted/wet wetting mojar
will would ----------------- ----------------- querer
win won won winning ganar
write wrote written writing escribir