Regular Verbs

Verbs
Verbs are words that express action or state of being. There are three types of verbs: action
verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbs.
Regular Verbs
Infinitive Present Past Past Participle

To add add added added
To ask ask asked asked
To boil boil boiled boiled
To count count counted counted
To dance dance danced danced
To earn earn earned earned
To finish finish finished finished
To help help helped helped
To jump jump jumped jumped
To paint paint painted Painted
To play play played played
To talk talk talked talked
To walk walk walked walked
Irregular verbs

To beat beat beat beaten
To become become became become
To begin begin began begun
To bend bend bent bent
To bet bet bet bet
To bite bite bit bitten
To bleed bleed bled bled
To blow blow blew blown
To break break broke broken
To bring bring brought brought
To build build built built
To buy buy bought bought
To catch catch caught caught
To choose choose chose chosen
To come come came come
To cost cost cost cost
To cut cut cut cut
To dig dig dug dug
To do do did done
To draw draw drew drawn
To drink drink drank drunk
To drive drive drove driven
To eat eat ate eaten
To fall fall fell fallen
To feed feed fed fed
To feel feel felt felt
To fight fight fought fought
To find find found found
To fly fly flew flown
To forget forget forgot forgotten
To forgive forgive forgave forgiven
To freeze freeze froze frozen
To get get got gotten
To give give gave given
To go go went gone
To hang(up) hang hung hung
To hang(put to death) hang hanged hanged
To have have had had
To hear hear heard heard
To hide hide hid hidden
To hit hit hit hit
To hold hold held held
To hurt hurt hurt hurt
To keep keep kept kept
To know know knew known
To lay(to place) lay laid laid
To lead lead led led
To leave leave left left
To lend lend lent lent
To let let let let
To lie (down) lie lay lain
To light light lit lit
To lose lose lost lost
To make make made made
To mean mean meant meant
To meet meet met met
To pay pay paid paid
To put put put put
To quit quit quit quit
To read read read read
To ride ride rode ridden
To ring ring rang rung
To rise rise rose risen
To run run ran run
To say say said said
To see see saw seen
To sell sell sold sold
To send send sent sent
To set set set set
To shake shake shook shaken
To shine shine shone shone
To shoot shoot shot shot
To shrink shrink shrank shrunk
To shut shut shut shut
To sing sing sang sung
To sit sit sat sat
To sleep sleep slept slept
To slide slide slid slid
To speak speak spoke spoken
To spend spend spent spent
To spin spin spun spun
To stand stand stood stood
To steal steal stole stolen
To stick stick stuck stuck
To sting sting stung stung
To swear swear swore sworn
To sweep sweep swept swept
To swim swim swam swum
To take take took taken
To teach teach taught taught
To tear tear tore torn
To tell tell told told
To think think thought thought
To throw throw threw thrown
To understand understand understood understood
To wake wake woke woken
To wear wear wore worn
To win win won won
To wind wind wound wound
To write write wrote written
A. Simple Present Tense
The Simple Present is used to express :
(i) A habitual action
(ii) A general truth
(iii) What is happening (in exclamatory sentences only)
(iv) An order or request.
(i) A habitual action :

I go for a walk daily.
He comes to school at 8 O’clock.
(ii) General truth :

The sun rises in the east.
Two and two make four.
(iii) What is happening :

Here comes the chief guest!
(iv) An order or request :

Obey your teachers.
Auxiliary Verbs
An auxiliary verb (or a helping verb as it's also called) is used with a main verb
to help express the main verb's tense, mood, or voice.
The main auxiliary verbs are to be, to have, and to do. They appear in the
following forms:
 To Be: am, is, are, was, were, being, been, will be
 To Have: has, have, had, having, will have
 To Do: does, do, did, will do
There is another kind of auxiliary verb called a modal auxiliary verb (or modal
verb). The modal auxiliary verb are can, could, may, might, must, ought
to, shall, should, will, and would. The modal auxiliary verbs never change their
forms.
1. Last September, my parents______to enrol my brother in the Technical

Institute.
(A) decide
(B) decides
(C) decided
(D) deciding
2. The journey to Lethem _______ about seven hours.
(A) take
(B) takes
(C) taken
(D) taking
In questions 13 to 15, identify the sentence that has an incorrect verb.
13. (A) Jack always finishes practice before dinner.

(B) The concert start earlier than I thought.
(C) The old man walks slowly because of pain.
(D) Jack and Mary attend the same school.
14. (A) One of the batsmen was bowled.

(B) Neither of the cats sleeps silently.
(C) Everybody takes a picnic basket.
(D) Each of the girls have five minutes for her presentation.
15. (A) The teams play in the sun and rain.

(B) The pair of scissors is on the table.
(C) Everyday I go to school early.
(D) Both John and Toni likes to play cricket.
In questions 14 to 16, choose the correct verb for each subject.
14. The children

(A) was (B) are
(C) has (D) is
15. John and his two cousins

(A) practise (B) goes
(C) is (D) plays
16. The onion

(A) have (B) tastes
(C) were (D) smell
For items 24 to 28, choose the correct verb form to complete each sentence.
24. The principal _______ the class on its excellent performance at the concert.
A. do compliment B. are complimented
C. has complimented D. is compliment
25. _____ you ____ the bell?

A. Did….. rang B. Have ….. rung
C. Will ….. rang D. Will ….. rung
26. My uncle _______ for five hours without stopping once.

A. drove B. drive
C. driving D. driven
27. They ________ a picnic.
A. been planning B. is planning
C. are planning D. was planning
28. The sun _________ everyday.

A. risen B. rise
C. rises D. rising
30. Suzette _____________ the bouquet at Chatal’s wedding last Saturday.
A. catch B. caught
C. catches D. catching
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Infinitive Present Past Past Participle

Infinitive Present Past Past Participle

(i) A habitual action :

(ii) General truth :

(iii) What is happening :

(iv) An order or request :

1. Last September, my parents______to enrol my brother in the Technical

2. The journey to Lethem _______ about seven hours.

13. (A) Jack always finishes practice before dinner.

14. (A) One of the batsmen was bowled.

15. (A) The teams play in the sun and rain.

In questions 14 to 16, choose the correct verb for each subject.

14. The children

15. John and his two cousins

16. The onion

25. _____ you ____ the bell?

26. My uncle _______ for five hours without stopping once.

28. The sun _________ everyday.

30. Suzette _____________ the bouquet at Chatal’s wedding last Saturday.

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