verbs

1. In the context of verbs, we use the term inflection to talk about the
process of changing a verb form to show tense, mood, number (i.e. singular or
plural), and person (i.e. first person, second person, or third person). This
section deals with inflecting verbs to show tenses and participles, and is divided
into two main sections:
1. Regular verbs.
2. Irregular verbs.
Regular verbs
Many English verbs are regular, which means that they form their different
tenses according to an established pattern. Such verbs work like this:
Verb
3rd person
singular
present tense
3rd person
singular
past tense
past
participle
present
participle
laugh he/she laughs he/she laughed laughed laughing
love he/she loves he/she loved loved loving
boo he/she boos he/she booed booed booing
Past tense formation
Forming the past simple tense of regular verbs is mostly straightforward,
and you use the same form for the first, second, and third persons, singular and
plural:
If the basic form of the verb ends in a consonant or a vowel other than e,
add the letters –ed to the end (e.g. seem/seemed, laugh/laughed, look/looked).

2. For verbs that end in-e, add-d (e.g. love/loved, recede/receded,
hope/hoped).
If the verb ends in a consonant plus -y, change the y to an I before
adding –ed (e.g. hurry/hurried, clarify/clarified). But if the verb ends in a vowel
plus -y, just add –ed (e.g. play/played, enjoy/enjoyed).
Irregular verbs
There are many irregular verbs that don’t follow the normal rules. Here are the
forms of some of the most common irregular verbs:
Verb
3rd person
singular
present tense
3rd person
singular
past tense
past
participle
present
participle
be is was been being
begin begins began begun beginning
bite bites bit bitten biting
break breaks broke broken breaking
buy buys bought bought buying
choose chooses chose chosen choosing
come comes came come coming
dig digs dug dug digging
do does did done doing
drink drinks drank drunk drinking
eat eats ate eaten eating
fall falls fell fallen falling
feel feels felt felt feeling
find finds found found finding
get gets got got getting
go goes went gone going
grow grows grew grown growing
have has had had having
hide hides hid hidden hiding
keep keeps kept kept keeping
know knows knew known knowing

3. lay lays laid laid laying
lead leads led led leading
leave leaves left left leaving
lie lies lay lain lying
lose loses lost lost losing
make makes made made making
meet meets met met meeting
put puts put put putting
read
/ri:d/
reads read /red/ read /red/ reading
ride rides rode ridden riding
ring rings rang rung ringing
rise rises rose risen rising
run runs ran run running
say says said said saying
see sees saw seen seeing
sell sells sold sold selling
set sets set set setting
sing sings sang sung singing
sit sits sat sat sitting
stand stands stood stood standing
stick sticks stuck stuck sticking
take takes took taken taking
teach teaches taught taught teaching
think thinks thought thought thinking
wake wakes woke woken waking

4. Un verbo modal o auxiliar es un tipo de verbo que se utiliza para indicar
modalidad, es decir posibilidad, habilidad, permiso u obligación. Los principales
verbos modales son: CAN, MUST, MAY, SHOULD, y WOULD. Tienen
características propias de conjugación y de uso. Veamos ambas:
Conjugación de verbos modales
Acompañan a otro verbo en Infinitivo
Ejemplos:
I can go to your party / Puedo ir a tu fiesta (Can y Go)
You must follow the instructions / Debes seguir las instrucciones (Must y
Follow)
No llevan “to” salvo “have to”, “ought to” y “be able to”
Ejemplos:
You should call him / Deberías llamarlo. No es correcto decir “You should (to)
call him”
He should be able to find the address. / El debería ser capaz de encontrar la
dirección. No es correcto decir “He should be able find the address”
No se conjugan, salvo “have to” y “be able to”
Es decir, la “s” que se coloca en la tercera persona cuando se conjuga un verbo
no auxiliar, como en “He runs very fast” / “El corre muy rápido”, no se coloca
en un verbo modal o auxiliar. En consecuencia no es correcto decir “he cans go
there”. La forma correcta es “he can go there”.
Uso de verbos modales
Can: Indica posibilidad, permiso y saber. Se usa en oraciones en presente

5. Ejemplos
Posibilidad
I can go to your party. / I can’t go to your party. Puedo ir a tu fiesta/ No puedo ir
a tu fiesta
Permiso
Can I use your pen? ¿Puedo usar tu boligrafo?
Saber
He can drive very well. / El sabe manejar muy bien
Must: se usa para significar obligación, deber
You must study. / Debes estudiar
May: significa posibilidad
It may rain
También permiso con extremo respeto
May I come in? / ¿Puedo pasar?
Should: se usa para dar consejo
You should study/Debes estudiar