Verbs Sheet 1: Irregular Verbs

Verb (infinitive) Past simple form Past participle

arise arose arisen

awake awoke awoken

bear bore borne

beat beat beaten

become became become

begin began begun

bend bent bent

beset beset beset

bet bet/betted bet

bid bid bid

bind bound bound

bite bit bitten

bleed bled bled

blow blew blown

break broke broken

breed bred bred

bring brought brought

broadcast broadcast broadcast

build built built

burn burnt/burned burnt/burned

burst burst burst

 buy bought bought

cast cast cast

catch caught caught

choose chose chosen

cling clung clung

come came come

cost cost cost

creep crept crept

cut cut cut

hang hung hung

hang hanged hanged

have had had

hear heard heard

hide hid hidden

hit hit hit

hold held held

hurt hurt hurt

keep kept kept

kneel knelt knelt

know knew known

lay laid laid

lead led led

 lean leant/leaned leant/leaned

leap leapt/leaped leapt/leaped

learn learnt/learned learnt/learned

leave left left

lend lent lent

let let let

lie lay lain

light lit/lighted lit/lighted

lose lost lost

make made made

mean meant meant

meet met met

misspell misspelt/misspelled misspelt/misspelled

mistake mistook mistaken

mow mowed mowed/mown

overcome overcame overcome

overdo overdid overdone

overtake overtook overtaken

overthrow overthrew overthrown

pay paid paid

plead pleaded/plead pleaded/plead

prove proved proved/proven

put put put

 Q

quit quit quit

read read read

rid rid rid

ride rode ridden

ring rang rung

rise rose risen

run ran run

saw sawed sawn/sawed

say said said

see saw seen

seek sought sought

sell sold sold

send sent sent

set set set

sew sewed sewn/sewed

shake shook shaken

shear sheared sheared/shorn

shed shed shed

shine shone shone

shoot shot shot

show showed shown

shrink shrank shrunk

shut shut shut

 sing sang sung

sink sank sunk

sit sat sat

sleep slept slept

slay slew slayed/slain

slide slid slid

sling slung slung

slit slit slit

smell smelt/smelled smelt/smelled

smite smote smitten

sow sowed sown/sowed

speak spoke spoken

speed sped/speeded sped/speeded

spell spelt/spelled spelt/spelled

spend spent spent

spill spilt/spilled spilt/spilled

spin spun spun

spit spat spat

split split split

spoil spoilt/spoiled spoilt/spoiled

spread spread spread

spring sprang sprung

stand stood stood

steal stole stolen

stick stuck stuck

sting stung stung

 stink stank stunk

stride strode stridden

strike struck struck

strive strove striven

swear swore sworn

sweep swept swept

swell swelled swelled/swollen

swim swam swum

swing swung swung

take took taken

teach taught taught

tear tore torn

tell told told

think thought thought

thrive thrived/throve thrived

throw threw thrown

thrust thrust thrust

tread trod trodden

understand understood understood

uphold upheld upheld

upset upset upset

wake woke/waked woken/waked

wear wore worn

 weave wove/weaved woven/weaved

wed wedded/wed wedded/wed

weep wept wept

win won won

wind wound wound

withdraw withdrew withdrawn

withhold withheld withheld

withstand withstood withstood

wring wrung wrung

write wrote written

Practice:

1. Yesterday evening I ________________ (go) to the cinema with a friend.

2. From 1995 to 1998 I ________________ (work) in Tokyo.
3. Last night the concert ________________ (finish) at midnight.
4. I ________________ (arrive) at the office this morning before my colleagues.
5. When he was young, Tom ________________ (ride) a bicycle to school.
6. The train was at 8 p.m. so I ________________ (leave) home at 7 p.m.
7. Last Sunday was my mother's birthday, so I ________________ (make) a cake.
8. I ________________ (start) to play golf five years ago.
9. The great composer Mozart ________________ (die) at the age of 35.
10. Marie ________________ (do) a lot of English exercises last week.

Answer Key
1. went
2. worked
3. finished
4. arrived
5. rode
6. left
7. made
8. started
9. died
10. did
Verbs Sheet 2: Tenses & Forms

Learn all forms of English verbs, including all common tenses, conditionals and the
gerund. Browse this website for more information.

Present Tenses in
Examples
English

Present Simple Tense He smokes cigars

Present Continuous Tense He is smoking a cigar right now

Past Tenses in English

Past Simple Tense I visited London in 2005.

Past Continuous Tense I was reading a magazine when he arrived.

Perfect Tenses in English

Present Perfect Tense She has lived here since 2001.

Present Perfect Continuous He has been coming to this club for decades.

Past Perfect We had met this couple a few times before they decided to get marri

She had been watching him for some time when they realized that th
Past Perfect Continuous
knew each other.

Future Perfect They will have crosses the border by the time you get this message

Future Perfect Continuous By the end of this year, you will have been living here for a decade

Future Tenses in English

Simple Future Tense We will go to Barcelona next month.

Future Continuous Tense I will be visiting Berlin next week.

Conditional Forms in
English

Zero conditional If temperature rises, ice melts

Type 1 conditional If we're late, she will be very upset.

Type 2 conditional If she was in Japan she would be sleeping now.

 Type 3 conditional She would have visited me if she had had time.

Mixed conditional I would be playing tennis if I hadn't broken my arm.

The -ing forms in English

Gerund I enjoy traveling.

Present participle She goes swimming every day

Practice:

1. When Stephen ________________ (arrive) home, Jennifer ________________

(watch) television.
2. I ________________ (prepare) dinner when the telephone ________________
(ring).
3. What ________________ (you do) when the postman
________________(arrive)?
4. Kimberly ________________ (learn) to drive when she ________________
(work) in London.
5. Where ________________ (you sit) when the show ________________
(begin)?
6. I ________________ (visit) Athens while I ________________ (tour) Greece.
7. It was when he ________________ (cross) the street that John
________________ (fall).
8. What ________________ (you see) while you ________________ (wait) for the
bus?
9. Where ________________ (you go) when your car ________________ (break)
down?
10. Annie ________________ (meet) Josh when she ________________ (walk) in
the park.

Answer Key
1. arrived - was watching
2. was preparing - rang
3. were you doing - arrived
4. learnt/learned - was working
5. were you sitting - began
6. visited - was touring
7. was crossing - fell
8. did you see - you were waiting
9. were you going - broke down
10. met - was walking
erbs Sheet 3: Most Used English Verbs

This list provides top 100 most used English verbs

1. be 35. keep 68. lead

2. have 36. let 69. understand
3. do 37. begin 70. watch
4. say 38. seem 71. follow
5. go 39. help 72. stop
6. can 40. talk 73. create
7. get 41. turn 74. speak
8. would 42. start 75. read
9. make 43. might 76. allow
10. know 44. show 77. add
11. will 45. hear 78. spend
12. think 46. play 79. grow
13. take 47. run 80. open
14. see 48. move 81. walk
15. come 49. like 82. win
16. could 50. live 83. offer
17. want 51. believe 84. remember
18. look 52. hold 85. love
19. use 53. bring 86. consider
20. find 54. happen 87. appear
21. give 55. must 88. buy
22. tell 56. write 89. wait
23. work 57. provide 90. serve
24. may 58. sit 91. die
25. should 59. stand 92. send
26. call 60. lose 93. expect
27. try 61. pay 94. build
28. ask 62. meet 95. stay
29. need 63. include 96. fall
30. feel 64. continue 97. cut
31. become 65. set 98. reach
32. leave 66. learn 99. kill
33. put 67. change 100. remain
34. mean

Practice:
Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of the verb in brackets:
- the future simple (e.g.: I will dance)
- the future continuous (e.g.: I will be dancing)

1. I promise I ________________ (call) you as soon as I have any news.

2. This time tomorrow Tom ________________ (fly) over the Atlantic on his way to
Boston.
3. Those bags look heavy. I ________________ (carry) one of them for you.
4. They are getting married on Saturday. All the guests ________________ (wear)
white.
5. The following week they ________________ (enjoy) the sun in the West Indies.
6. The sky is a bit cloudy. ________________ (rain) do you think?
7. If you look at this map you ________________ (see) where the islands are.
8. You should have no problem finding him. He ________________ (carry) a guitar.

Answer Key
1. will call
2. will be flying
3. will carry
4. will be wearing
5. will be enjoying
6. will it
7. will see
8. will be carrying