To jump – jump – jumped – jumped – jumping – jumps!
The English language is vast! Think of all the things there is to say, without verbs, we wouldn’t be able to show any action or tell others what we’re doing, done or are about to do! For one verb such as jump, we see that there are 4 forms for the one base word of “jump”. For some words like sing, there are 5 forms: sing, sang, sung, singing and sings. In comparison to other languages, we’ve got it pretty easy. Other languages in the world have more than 20,m sometimes 30 forms for a single word!
English verbs typically have 4, 5 or 6 different forms. The exceptional word “be” has 9 forms. Be aware that verb forms and verb tenses are not the same thing. We use the forms of verbs to make tenses, which we will cover later on.
| Infinitive | Base | Past Simple | Past Participle | Present Participle | Present Simple |
| (to) go | go | went | gone | going | goes |
| (to) sing | sing | sang | sung | singing | sings |
| (to) do | do | did | done | doing | does |
| (to) have | have | had | had | having | has |
| (to) live | live | lived | lived | living | lives |
| (to) work | work | worked | worked | working | works |
| Infinitive | Base | Past Simple | Past Participle | Present Participle | Present Simple |
| (to) be | be | was, were | been | being | am, are, is |
InfinitiveBase – Imperative
Base – Present Simple (except 3rd person singular)
Past simple
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You can use these verbs and forms of the verbs to come up with endless sentences. Verbs add action and life to sentences, stories and essays. Knowing how to use them in the correct form will make sure that your audience knows what you’re talking about.
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