English Verb Forms Worksheet

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ESLG   5 0  
 
 
 
VERB   F ORMS   I N   E NGLISH  
 
Step   O ne:     W hen   y ou   l earn   n ew   v erbs,   l earn   A LL   t he   f orms   t hey   c an   h ave.    
 
Here’s   t he   s hort   v ersion   o f   t he   f orms   t o   k now   f or   t he   v erb   “ go”:   G O   –   G OES   –   G OING   –   W ENT   –   G ONE    
 
Most   b ooks   g ive   y ou   t hree   f orms:   G O   |   W ENT   |   G ONE,   a nd   t hat’s   f ine,   b ut   y ou’ll   u se   a ll   f ive   r egularly.
 
Here’s   t he   l ong   v ersion   w ith   a n   e xample   v erb:   G O        
go   ß   B ASE   F ORM   ( in   t he   d ictionary)  
 
 
[FUTURE   /   M ODALS]  
[PRESENT   P ROGRESSIVE]  
will   g o,   w on’t   g o  
 
 
 
am   g oing,   a m   n ot   g oing          
 
 
am/are/is   g oing   t o   g o  
are   g oing,   a ren’t   g oing  
am   n ot/aren’t/isn’t   g oing   t o   g o  
is   g oing,   i sn’t   g oing  
should/must/can   g o,   e tc.  
 
isn’t   a ble   t o   g o,   i s   s upposed   t o   g o,   e tc.  
[PAST   P ROGRESSIVE]  
 
was   g oing,   w asn’t   g oing  
 
 
[PRESENT   S IMPLE]  
were   g oing,   w eren’t   g oing  
go,   g oes,        
 
 
 
 
 
 
do   { I/you/we/they}   g o,   d oes   { he/she/it}   g o      
[PRESENT   P ERFECT]  
don’t   g o,   d oesn’t   g o  
     
have   g one,   h as   g one  
 
 
 
 
haven’t   g one,   h asn’t   g one  
 
[PAST   S IMPLE]  
 
went              
 
 
 
 
[PAST   P ERFECT]  
did   g o,   d idn’t   g o  
had   g one,   h adn’t   g one  
 
 
 
 
 
 
have   b een   g oing,   h as   b een   g oing,    
 
 
                ß   [ PRESENT   P ERFECT   +   P ROGRESSIVE]  
haven’t   b een   g oing,   h asn’t   b een   g oing  
 
 
had   b een   g oing,   h adn’t   b een   g oing  
 
 
                ß [PAST   P ERFECT   +   P ROGRESSIVE]  
 
will   b e   g oing,   w on’t   b e   g oing    
 
 
                ß   [ FUTURE   P ROGRESSIVE]  
will   h ave   g one,   w on’t   h ave   g one  
 
 
                ß   [ FUTURE   P ERFECT]  
will   h ave   b een   g oing,   w on’t   h ave   b een   g oing                  
                ß   [ FUTURE   P ERFECT   +   P ROGRESSIVE]  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Step   T wo:     M emorize   a nd   u se   t he   f ive   V erb   F orm   R ules  
 
Although   t hat   s eems   l ike   a   l ot   t o   r emember,   t here   a re   a   f ew   1 00%   r ules   t hat   w ill   h elp   y ou   g et   t he   f orms  
correct   e very   t ime.     T hen   y ou   c an   f ocus   o n   t he   b ig   j ob   -­‐   c hoosing   t he   v erb   t ense   y ou   w ant.  
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rule   1 :   M ODAL   +   B ASE   F ORM   ( for   a ll   m odals)  
Rule   2 :   D O   +   B ASE   F ORM   ( for   a ll   q uestions   a nd   n egatives   i n   s imple   p resent/past)  
Rule   3 :   B E   +   V -­‐ing     ( for   a ll   p rogressive   f orms)  
Rule   4 :   H AVE   +   3
  F ORM   ( for   a ll   p erfect   f orms)    
RD
Rule   5 :   B E   +   3
  F ORM   ( for   a ll   p assive   f orms   o nly)      
RD
(For   e very   f orm   l isted,   t here   i s   a   p assive   f orm   t oo   –   m ore   a bout   t hat   l ater   t his   s emester   a nd   n ext   s emester.)  
 

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