Some very important ‘Verb Forms’
Present (1st)Past (2nd) Past Participle (3rd) Present Participle (4tH)
Do did done doing
Leave left left leaving
Live lived lived living
Write wrote written writing
Begin began begun beginning
Creep crept crept creeping
Be was been being
Eat ate eaten eating
Beat beat beaten beating
Come came come coming
Blow blew blown blowing
Fly flew flown flying
Beg begged begged begging
Go went gone going
Bring brought brought bringing
Hold held held holding
Buy bought bought buying
Make made made making
Build built built building
Meet met met meeting
Ride rode ridden riding
Rise rose risen rising
Say said said saying
Take took taken taking
Teach taught taught teaching
Important rules to apply verb forms
First Verb (Present form)
If daily, everyday, always, often, generally in sentence
To describe habitual actions.
General and universal truth
Second Verb (Past form)
If yesterday, last, ago, in 2001 (any date) in sentence
Has/Have been +1st+ing
If since/for and time period in sentence
Is/Am/Are + 1st+ing
If now, at moment, in sentence
Rules if ‘If’ in any sentence
1st – will 1st
2nd – would 1st
Had 3rd – would have 3rd