Forms of Verb

• Verbs are words that represent an action. Verbs illustrate what the subject in the sentence is doing or feeling.

  • The students study for the exam.

  • students studied for the exam.

  • The students are studying for the exam.
• Third Person Singular Present

  ● Used for singular subjects; simply add an -s to the end of the root form of the verb

  ○ For verbsthat end in a consonant and -y, remove the y and add -s (marries, buries, hurries)

  ○ For verbs that end in a vowel and -y, simply add -s (stays, plays)

  ○ For verbs that end in -ch, -sh, -x, -z, or -s, add -es to the end instead of just -s (watches, misses, clashes)
• Simple Past

  ● Past tense refers to an action that already happened

  ○ To change the root form of the verb to past tense, simply add -ed (watched, forwarded

  ○ If the root form already ends in an e, simply add -d (created, faked, baked)
• Present Participle

  ● Shows ongoing or current action

  ○ Most verbs can be changed to their present participle form by adding -ing (playing, watching, drinking)

  ○ For verbs that end in -e, remove the e first before adding -ing (creating, baking, making)
• Past Participle


  Used for perfect tense or an action that is completed and finished, or perfected
• Past Participle

  Adding an auxiliary verb depending on its form
• Past Perfect Tense


  • A verb form used to refer to a past action that happened before another past action
  • Auxiliary verb: had
• Past Perfect Tense


  • After he had finished his assignment, he went to dinner.
  • She didn't say anything until she had stopped crying.
• Present Perfect Tense

  • A verb form that occurred in the past but continued to the present or actions in the past of indefinite time
  • Auxiliary verb: has/have
• Present Perfect Tense


  • I have visited this park several times.
  • She has lived in this city since the revolution.
• Future Perfect Tense


  • A verb form that expresses actions that will be completed in the future (the action in the sentence should have a deadline)
  • Auxiliary verb: will have
• Future Perfect Tense


  • By the time his wife arrives, he will have gone to bed.
  • She will have finished answering the test before the time runs out.
• Irregular Verbs (Simple Past and Past Participle)

  ● Action words that do not follow the normal conventions of the English language for their simple past and past participle forms

  drink drank drunk

  swim swam swum

  sleep slept slept

  keep kept kept

  grow grew grown

  throw threw thrown
• Simple Future Tense

  ● Indicates events or actions that have not happened yet

  o Add will in front of the root form of the verb

  • will eat

  • will repeat
• Progressive Tenses


  Categories of verb forms that indicate an ongoing action (uses the present participle form of the verb)
• Past Present Progressive

  1. was/were + present participle

  2. Refers to an ongoing action at a time in the past
• Past Present Progressive


  • I was doing my homework.
  • He was listening to a podcast while waiting for the bus.
• Present Progressive

  1. am/is/are + present participle

  2. Ongoing action in the present or refers to an incomplete action that is still in progress at the moment
• Present Progressive


  • I am eating dinner.
  • Filipinos are always complaining about the traffic.
• Future Progressive


  1. will be + present participle

  2. Actions that will be occurring in the future over a period of time
• Future Progressive


  • I will be studying tonight.
  • My colleagues will be attending a conference next month.