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Regular verb building, rules

General

The following tables show the default rules for building English verbs.
The conjugated tenses result from combining the auxiliary verbs with the verb itself, respectively by combining the auxiliary verb with verb’s Past Participle.

Example: Building the Indicative, Present Perfect of the verb "to work":

conjugated tenses:

 Singular I: I + [have] + workbecomes "I have worked
 Singular II: you + [have] + workbecomes "you have worked
 Singular III:he/she+ [have] + workbecomes "he/she has worked
 Plural I: we + [have] + workbecomes "we have worked
 Plural II: they + [have] + workbecomes "they have worked
 Plural III: you + [have] + workbecomes "you have worked

Default rules for building regular verbs

Indicative (Simple Forms)

Present


           I           verb
           you         verb
           he          verb + s
           we          verb
           you         verb
           they        verb
        

Past - valid for weak verbs


           I           verb + ed
           you         verb + ed
           he          verb + ed
           we          verb + ed
           you         verb + ed
           they        verb + ed
        

Past - valid for strong verbs


           I           Past(strong verb)
           you         Past(strong verb)
           he          Past(strong verb)
           we          Past(strong verb)
           you         Past(strong verb)
           they        Past(strong verb)
        

Futur I


           I           will + verb
           you         will + verb
           he          will + verb
           we          will + verb
           you         will + verb
           they        will + verb
        

Present Perfect


           I           have + Past Participle (verb)
           you         have + Past Participle (verb)
           he          has  + Past Participle (verb)
           we          have + Past Participle (verb)
           you         have + Past Participle (verb)
           they        have + Past Participle (verb)
        

Past Perfect


           I           had + Past Participle (verb)
           you         had + Past Participle (verb)
           he          had + Past Participle (verb)
           we          had + Past Participle (verb)
           you         had + Past Participle (verb)
           they        had + Past Participle (verb)
        

Futur II


           I           will have + Past Participle (verb)
           you         will have + Past Participle (verb)
           he          will have + Past Participle (verb)
           we          will have + Past Participle (verb)
           you         will have + Past Participle (verb)
           they        will have + Past Participle (verb)
        

Indicative (Continuous Forms)

Present Continuous


           I am        Present Participle (verb)
           you are     Present Participle (verb)
           he is       Present Participle (verb)
           we are      Present Participle (verb)
           you are     Present Participle (verb)
           they are    Present Participle (verb)
        

Past Continuous


           I was       Present Participle (verb)
           you were    Present Participle (verb)
           he was      Present Participle (verb)
           we were     Present Participle (verb)
           you were    Present Participle (verb)
           they were   Present Participle (verb)
        

Futur I Continuous


           I           will be + Present Participle (verb)
           you         will be + Present Participle (verb)
           he          will be + Present Participle (verb)
           we          will be + Present Participle (verb)
           you         will be + Present Participle (verb)
           they        will be + Present Participle (verb)
        

Present Perfect Continuous


           I           have been + Present Participle (verb)
           you         have been + Present Participle (verb)
           he          has been  + Present Participle (verb)
           we          have been + Present Participle (verb)
           you         have been + Present Participle (verb)
           they        have been + Present Participle (verb)
        

Past Perfect Continuous


           I           had been + Present Participle (verb)
           you         had been + Present Participle (verb)
           he          had been + Present Participle (verb)
           we          had been + Present Participle (verb)
           you         had been + Present Participle (verb)
           they        had been + Present Participle (verb)
        

Futur II Continuous


           I           will have been + Present Participle (verb)
           you         will have been + Present Participle (verb)
           he          will have been + Present Participle (verb)
           we          will have been + Present Participle (verb)
           you         will have been + Present Participle (verb)
           they        will have been + Present Participle (verb)
        
        

Other tenses

Conditional I


           I           would + verb
           you         would + verb
           he          would + verb
           we          would + verb
           you         would + verb
           they        would + verb
        

Conditional II


           I           would have + Past Participle (verb)
           you         would have + Past Participle (verb)
           he          would have + Past Participle (verb)
           we          would have + Past Participle (verb)
           you         would have + Past Participle (verb)
           they        would have + Past Participle (verb)
        

Conditional I Continuous


           I           would be + Present Participle (verb)
           you         would be + Present Participle (verb)
           he          would be + Present Participle (verb)
           we          would be + Present Participle (verb)
           you         would be + Present Participle (verb)
           they        would be + Present Participle (verb)
        

Conditional II Continuous


           I           would have been + Present Participle (verb)
           you         would have been + Present Participle (verb)
           he          would have been + Present Participle (verb)
           we          would have been + Present Participle (verb)
           you         would have been + Present Participle (verb)
           they        would have been + Present Participle (verb)
        

Imperative


           I           -
           you         verb
           he          verb
           we          verb
           you         verb
           they        verb
        

Gerund (Present Participle)

valid for all verbs: verb + "ing"


Participle

 Present Participle:Verb + ing
 Past Participle (weak verbs):Verb primitive + ed
 Past Participle (strong verbs):Past Participle (strong verb)


also see:
English verb table, overview
Reflexive verb building, rules
Passive verb building, rules



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