Forms of Verbs

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FORMS OF THE VERBS  The four forms of a verb are:Simple Present Tense I do my homework everyday. 1. Simple Past Tense I did me homework yesterday. 2. Present Participle I am doing my homework now. 3. Past Participle I have already done my homework. 4. Study the words in this table. Present Tense Present Participle awake awaking be being bear bearing become becoming begin beginning bend bending bind binding bite biting bleed bleeding blow blowing break breaking bring bringing build building bu y buying catch catching choose choosing come coming creep creeping deal dealing dig digging do doing draw drawing drink drinking drive driving eat eating fall falling feed feeding feel feeling fight fighting find finding flee fleeing fly flying forbid forbidding forget forgetting forgive forgiving forsake forsaking freeze freezing get getting

Past ast Tens Tense e awoke was/were bore became began bent bound bit bled blew broke brought built bought caught chose came crept dealt du g did drew drank drove ate fell fed felt fought found fled flew forbade forgot forgave forsook froze got

Past ast Parti artici cipl ple e awakened been borne become begun bent bound bitten bled blown broken brought built bought caught chosen come crept dealt dug done drawn drank driven eaten fed fed felt fought found fled flown forbidden forgotten forgiven forsaken frozen got

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give go grind grow hang (an article) hang (a person) have hear hide hold hurt keep kneel know lay lead leave lend light lie lose make mean meet mow pay ride ring rise run saw say see seek sell send set sew shake shine shoot show shrink sing sink sit slay

giving going grinding growing hanging hanging having hearing hiding holding hurting keeping kneeling knowing laying leading leaving lending lighting lying losing making meaning meeting mowing paying riding ringing rising running sawing saying seeing seeking selling sending setting sewing shaking shining shooting showing shrinking singing sinking sitting slaying

gave went ground grew hung hanged had heard hid held hurt kept knelt knew laid led left lent lit lay lost made meant met mowed paid rode rang rose ran sawed said saw sought sold sent set sewed shook shone shot showed shrank sang sank sat slew

given gone ground grown hung hanged had heard hidden held hurt kept knelt known laid led left lent lit; lighted lain lost made meant met mown paid ridden rung risen run sawn said seen sought sold sent set sewn/sewed shaken shone shot shown shrunk sung sunk sat slain Kelas Tuisyen Dewan Haji Ali bin Adam

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sleep slide sow speak spend spin spit spring stand steal stick sting stink strike swear sweep swell swim swing take teach tear tell think throw tread understand wake wear weep weave win wind wring write

sleeping sliding sowing speaking spending spinning spitting springing standing stealing sticking stinging stinking striking swearing sweeping swelling swimming swinging taking teaching tearing telling thinking throwing treading understanding waking wearing weeping weaving winning winding wringing writing

slept slid sowed spoke spent spun spat sprang stood stole stuck stung stank struck swore swept swelled swam swung took taught tore told thought threw trod understood woke wore wept wove won wound wrung wrote

slept slid sown spoken spent spun spat sprung stood stolen stuck stung stunk struck sworn swept swollen swum swung taken taught torn told thought thrown trodden understood woken worn wept woven won wound wrung written

 The Past Tense and the Past Participle Participle of the verbs in this table end in ‘ed’. 1. The simple past tense is usually made by adding ‘-ed’ to the verb.  

She opened the window to get some air. The plane landed five minutes ago.

2. If a verb ends in ‘e’, just add d to make the simple past tense.  

Who closed all the windows? We lived in that house when I was a baby. Kelas Tuisyen Dewan Haji Ali bin Adam

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3. For certain short verbs that end in a consonant, you must double the consonant before adding ‘-ed’.  

I climbed over the fence and ripped my shirt. The stranger grabbed my arm.

4. If a verb ends in ‘y’, change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ before adding ‘-ed’.  

I carried my mom’s shopping bag. My brother cried when he fell off his bike.

Present Tense ad d advise agree allow appear arrange arrive behave breathe care carry cause change close compare complete continue copy cry dance die divide drop escape fit grab hand hope hurry  join  jump laugh live marry pin reply

Present Participle adding advising agreeing allowing appearing arranging arriving behaving breathing caring carrying causing changing closing comparing completing continuing copying crying dancing dying dividing dropping escaping fitting grabbing handing hoping hurrying joining jumping laughing living marrying pinning replying

Past ast Tens Tense e added advised agreed allowed appeared arranged arrived behaved breathed cared carried caused changed closed compared completed continued copied cried danced died divided dropped escaped fitted grabbed handed hoped hurried joined jumped laughed lived married pinned replied

Past ast Parti artici cipl ple e added advised agreed allowed appeared arranged arrived behaved breathed cared carried caused changed closed compared completed continued copied cried danced died divided dropped escaped fitted grabbed handed hoped hurried joined jumped laughed lived married pinned replied

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rip roam slam show stop study talk tie try use wag wait

ripping roaming slamming showing stopping studying talking tying trying using wagging waiting

ripped roamed slammed showed stopped studied talked tied tried used wagged waited

ripped roamed slammed showed stopped studied talked tied tried used wagged waited

 The Past Tense and Past participle of the verbs verbs in this table remain the same. Present Tense beat bet broadcast burst cast cost cut hit hurt let pu t read rid set shed shut slit split spread

Present Participle beating betting broadcasting bursting casting costing cutting hitting hurting letting putting reading ridding setting shedding shutting slitting splitting spreading

Past ast Tens Tense e beat bet broadcast burst cast cost cut hit hurt let pu t read rid set shed shut slit split spread

Past ast Parti artici cipl ple e beaten bet broadcast burst cast cost c ut hit hurt let put read rid set shed shut slit split spread

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