Verb Conjugation

Regular Verb Conjugation

Simple present

Singular Plural He plays football every Tuesday.

I learn She needs help right now.

You learn You learn
He always forgets his keys.
He learns We learn We eat out every Friday night.
She learns They learn
It learns The meeting starts at 10 a.m.
 Regular Verb Conjugation
Simple past
He played football every
Tuesday.
Singular Plural
I lived in Oklahoma for just 6
I learned months.
You learned You learned
They traveled to Miami last
summer.
He learned We learned
She learned They learned I studied German in school.
It learned Study y-ied

He smoked all the time when he

was younger.
 Regular Verb Conjugation – Simple future
Singular Plural

I will learn
You will learn You will learn

He will learn We will learn

She will learn They will learn
It will learn

He will play football.

He will help them move this weekend.

They will not make dinner later, they will eat out instead.
 To be verb

Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future

Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural

I am I was I will be
You are You are You were You were You will be You will be

He is We are He was We were He will be We will be

She is They are She was They were She will be They will be
It is It was It will be

La manzana es verde. I am going to be

La manzana está verde. You are going to be
The apple is green. He is going to be
Exists. Shows identity.
There are three rabbits inside. She is Alexis and this is Bob.

There is nothing in the fridge. He is a singer.

Fridge (refrigerator)
There will be a problem... I am not a singer.

There was a difference. They are Canadian.

Happens. Shows a quality.

The party will be tonight. She is beautiful.

The meeting was yesterday. It will be a great concert.

Come, the event is upstairs. That was dangerous.

Upstairs 2nd level, downstairs 1st floor

Located.
She was at school.

She will be home soon.

The food is on the table.

 To have

Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future

Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural

I have I had I will have

You have You have You had You had You will have You will have

He has We have He had We had He will have We will have

She has They have She had They had She will have They will have
It has It had It will have

I am going to have
You are going to have
He is going to have
She has a black cat.
They had a white cat.
We have a small dog.
It has a long nose.
We have red and white wine.
I had a busy day today.
We will have eggs and toast for breakfast.
They have an expensive, blue car.
They will have a fruit salad for lunch.
He had an old tv.
I have a new tv(television).
I will have a coffee with cream, no sugar.
She has a yellow house.
You had an apple earlier.
He has a full stomach after eating so much.
He will have a black coffee.
 To do verb

Simple Present Simple Past Simple Future

Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural

I do I did I will do
You do You do You did You did You will do You will do

He does We do He did We did He will do We will do

She does They do She did They did She will do They will do
It does It did It will do
 Irregular Verbs
Base Form Past Tense Form Past Participle Present tense

say said said say(s)

make made made
go went gone go(es)
take took taken
come came come
see saw seen
know knew known
get got got/gotten
give gave given
find found found I went to the store yesterday.
think thought thought I had gone to the store already.
tell told told
become became become He got milk at the store yesterday.
He has got the milk.
show showed shown He has gotten the milk.
Leave left left
Feel felt felt
Put put put
Base Form Past Tense Form Past Participle

Bring brought brought

Begin began begun
Keep kept kept
Hold held held
Write wrote written
Stand stood stood
Hear heard heard
Let let let
Mean meant meant
Set set set
Meet met met
Run ran run
Pay paid paid
Sit sat sat
Speak spoke spoken
Lie lay lain
Lead led led
Read read read
Base Form Past Tense Form Past Participle

Grow grew grown

Lose lost lost
Fall fell fallen
Send sent sent
Build built built
Understand understood understood
Draw drew drawn
Break broke broken
Spend spent spent
Cut cut cut
Rise rose risen
Drive drove driven
Buy bought bought
Wear wore worn
Choose chose chosen
 Present tense
Hi. My name (be) __is_____ (1) Albert. My friends (call) ___call____ (2) me Al. You
can call me Al if you (like) ___like it____ (3) .
I (want) to tell you about a problem I (have) ___have ____ (4) .
It (be, not) ______isn’t ______ (5) a big problem, but it is not a small problem, either. I
(guess) __guess____ (6) it's somewhere between big and small.
I (have) __have_____ (7) a best friend. His name (be) ___is____ (8) Joe, but everybody
(call) __calls__ (9) him Joey.
Joey and I have been friends for a long time. That's the problem. Joey (like)
__likes_____ (10) to smoke. He (say) ___says____ (11) he (do, not) __don’t__ (12) but
I (know) __know_____ (13) he (do) ___does____ (14) .He (try) __tries_____ (15) to
hide it from me, but I (see) ___see____ (16) him do it sometimes. When I see him do it,
he just (laugh) ___laugh____ (17) and (walk) ___walks____ (18) away.
Now, Joey (smoke) ___smokes____ (19) every day. When he (come) ___comes__ (20)
over to my house, he (always, bring) _____always__ to bring___ (21) his cigarettes
with him. He (keep) ___keeps____ (22) them in his pocket. He (think) ___thinks____
(23) they are cool. He (not, think) ___doesn’t____ __think_ (24) it's a bad idea to
smoke. He (say) ___says____ (25) "(not, worry) _____doesn’t worry_ (26) Al. I'm
okay." He (tell) ___tells____ (27) me that I (not, understand) ___don’t___
understand__(28) ,but I (think) _think_ (29) I (do) _do_ (30) .
I (feel) ____feel___ (31) like it's his right to smoke. He can do what he (want)
_wants______
 Past tense
When Abby (be) ___was____(1) seven years old, she (do, not, like) didn’t like___
_______(2) piano lessons. She (do, not, like) _______didn’t like ______(3) to practice,
and sometimes she even (cry) __cried_____(4) when it (be) ____was___(5) time to
practice. Finally, she (stop) ____stopped___(6) taking lessons.
Some of Abby's friends (do, not, quit) doesn’t quite_(7) their lessons. They (continue)
___continue_(8) to play. After much practice, they (learn) ___learned_(9) to play very
well.
About ten years (pass) __passed___(10) before Abby (become) ___became____(11)
interested in music or the piano again. After she (graduate) __graduated__ (12) from
high school, Abby (decide) ____decided___(13) that she (want) ___wanted____(14) to
study music in college. She (call) __called__(15) the lady who (teach)
__teach_____(16) her when she (be) ___was____(17) a little girl. The lady (say)
___said____(18) she would teach Abby again.
The lady (need) ___needed____(19) someone to help her daughter with homework.
Abby (say) ___said____(20) she would help with homework in exchange for lessons.
Because of this, the piano lessons (cost) ___cost____(21) her nothing!
She (work) ___worked____(22) very hard to catch up. Now she is making good
progress.
 Future tense
1) The house is dirty. I (clean) ___will clean____ it on Monday.
2) (cook) ___Will____ you ____cook____ on Tuesday, please?
3) It looks like the washer is broken. I (ask) ____will ask_a repair man to come
Wednesday.
4) Okay then, our group (meet) _____will__ _meet_______ on Thursday.
5) Helga (hike) ___will____ you __hike_____ with us on Friday?
6) If necessary, we (carry) ____will___ __carry___ the supplies in our car Saturday.
7) John and Wes, (read) ___Will____ you __read_____ to the children on Sunday?

1) I guess I (ride) ___ will ride___ the bus to save gas.

2) The cookies are all gone. (buy) ___Will____ you ___buy____ some, please?
3) Listen, team: we (win) ____will___ win_______ the trophy this year!
4) Everyone is hungry. I (get) ___will____ ___get____ some doughnuts for breakfast.
5) Peter, (fix) ___Will____ you __fix_____ the porch tomorrow?
6) Becky, (go) ____Will___ you ___go____ to Alaska with us this summer?
7) If we take a trip, we (put) ____will___ _____put___ Barkley in a kennel.
 All three simple tenses
My name (be) ____is____(1) John. I (be) ____am____(2) fifteen years old. I live on a
farm. It (be) ____are____(3) in the country. It is quiet in the country. It (be, not)
_doesn’t___ ____(4) loud in the country.
I wake up early. Sometimes, I wake up before the sun rises. Sometimes, it (be)
____is____(5) still dark when I wake up. But I don’t mind. I like waking up that early. I
like the way the country looks in the morning.
The first thing I do after I wake up is milk the cow. After I (be) ________(6) finished
milking the cow, I bring the milk to my mom. I think she uses it to make breakfast. She
makes a delicious breakfast. My mom (be) ____is____(7) a really good cook.
Next, I feed the pigs. One time, I asked my mom how come my little sister doesn’t feed
them. She said it is because my sister (be, not) ___doesn’t_ ____(8) strong enough. But
I still don’t understand. She is almost as strong as me! I guess my mom doesn’t want
my sister to get hurt. After all, the pigs can (be) ________(9) pretty rough, especially
when they (be) __is______(10) hungry.
The last thing I do (be) _____(11) feed the chickens. That (be) ____is____(12) easy. I
just throw some food down on the ground and they run out and eat it. While the
chickens (be) ____are____(13) eating, I go into their house to collect their eggs.
Chicken eggs (be) ________(14) really good to eat. They (be) ____are____(15) easy to
cook too. That is what I do in the mornings. I (be) ___am_____(16) pretty busy.
1) I (be) __am___ tired. Any tense, try different tenses
2) I (be) __have___ hungry.
3) I (be) __am___ late!
4) He (be) __is___ cool.
5) She (be) _is____ pretty.
6) It (be) ___is__ fast.
7) You (be) __are___ nice.
8) We (be) __are___ sleepy.
9) They (be) _are____ funny.
10) John (be) ____ excited.
11) Tiffany and Uma (be) __are___ my friends.
12) Ricardo, John and I (be) __are___ watching a movie.
13) Hadil (be) __is___ kind.
14) Alisa (be) __is___ young.
15) The hammer (be) __is___ new.
16) My mother and father (be) __are___ cooking dinner.
17) Rachel (be) ___is__ driving to school.
18) Nikkos and Billy (be) ___is__ playing at the park.
19) The students (be) ___are__ studying English.
20) The test (be) _is____ hard!
21) My best friend (be) _is____ coming to my house.