Forms of verbs in English

Regular verbs Irregular forms

Simple Simple Past Present Simple Simple Past Present
forms past participle participle forms past participle participle
Hope Hoped hoped hoping Break Broke broken breaking
Stop stopped stopped stopping Come Came come coming
Listen listened listened listening Find Found found finding
Study studied studied studying Hit Hit hit hitting
start started started starting Swim Swam swum swimming

Spelling of –ing and –ed forms Rob robbing robbed One vowel,
Beg begging begged two consonants
1. verbs that end in –e
Rain raining rained
hope hoped hoping Fool fooling fooled Two
date dated dating Dream dreaming dreamt vowels, one
injure injured injuring consonant
- Two syllable verbs
-ing form, drop the –e and add ing.
First syllable
-ed form, just add –d. Listen listening listened
stressed, one
Offer offering offered
consonant
2. verbs that end in a vowel and a consonant. Open opening opened

- One syllable verbs Begin beginning began Second syllable

prefer preferring preferred stressed, two
Stop stopping stopped control controlling controlled consonants

Verbs that end in two consonants just add the ending –ed or –ing.
Start started starting
Fold folded folding
Demand demanding demanded

verbs that end in -y.

Enjoy enjoying enjoyed
Pray praying prayed If –y is preceded by a vowel keep the -y
Buy buying bought

Study studying studied If –y is preceded by a consonant keep the

Try trying tried –y and add –ing and change y to –I and
Reply replying replied add –ed.

Verbs that end in –ie

Die dying died
Change –i to –y and add ing and add -e
Lie lying lied
Tie tying tied

Special cases ending in –e

See seeing
Agree agreeing
Free freeing
Prepared by: m. aguiar ch.