English Verb Conjugator
Use the following information to help you conjugate English verbs in the 12 tenses.
S
I
You
He
She
It
We
They
Simple
Continuous
Perfect Continuous
Perfect
Present Int. Do/Does S 1 ?Am/Are/Is S 3 ?Have/Has S been 3 ?Have/Has S 5 ?
Present Neg. S do/does not 1 .S am/are/is not 3 .S have/has not been 3 .S have/has not 5 .
Present Aff. S 1 /2 S am/are/is 3 .S have/has been 3 .S have/has 5 .
Past Int. Did S 1 ?
Was/Were S 3 ?Had S been 3 ?
Had S 5 ?
Past Neg. S did not 1 .S was/were not 3 .S had not been 3 .S had not 5 .
Past Aff. S 4 .S was/were 3 .S had been 3 .S had 5 .
Future Int. Will S 1 ?
Will S be 3 ?
Will S have been 3 ?
Will S have 5 ?
Future Neg. S will not 1 .S will not be 3 .S will not have been 3 .S will not have 5 .
Future Aff. S will 1 .S will be 3 .S will have been 3 .S will have 5 .
The numbers 1-5 above correspond to the following verb forms.
Simple Form
Present Simple
Continuous Form
Past Simple
Past Participle
1 2 3 4 5
arise
arises
arising
arose
arisen
awake
awakes
awaking
awoke
awoken
bear
bears
bearing
bore
borne
beat
beats
beating
beat
beat, beaten
become
becomes
becoming
became
become
begin
begins
beginning
began
begun
bend
bends
bending
bent
bent
bet
bets
betting
bet
bet
bind
binds
binding
bound
bound
bite
bites
biting
bit
bitten
bleed
bleeds
bleeding
bled
bled
blow
blows
blowing
blew
blown
break
breaks
breaking
broke
broken
breed
breeds
breeding
bred
bred
bring
brings
bringing
brought
brought
build
builds
building
built
built
burn
burns
burning
burnt, burned
burnt, burned
burst
bursts
bursting
burst
burst
buy
buys
buying
bought
bought
call
calls
calling
called
called
cast
casts
casting
cast
cast
catch
catches
catching
caught
caught
choose
chooses
choosing
chose
chosen
cling
clings
clinging
clung
clung
come
comes
coming
came
come
cost
costs
costing
cost
cost
creep
creeps
creeping
crept
crept
deal
deals
dealing
delt
delt
dig
digs
digging
dug
dug
do
does
doing
did
done
draw
draws
drawing
drew
drawn
dream
dreams
dreaming
dreamt, dreamed
dreamt, dreamed
drink
drinks
drinking
drank
drunk
drive
drives
driving
drove
driven
dwell
dwells
dwelling
dwelt, dwelled
dwelt, dwelled
eat
eats
eating
ate
eaten
fall
falls
falling
fell
fallen
feed
feeds
feeding
fed
fed
feel
feels
feeling
felt
felt
fight
fights
fighting
fought
fought
fill
fills
filling
filled
filled
find
finds
finding
found
found
flee
flees
fleeing
fled
fled
fling
flings
flinging
flung
flung
fly
flies
flying
flew
flown
forbid
forbids
forbidding
forbade
forbidden
forecast
forecasts
forecasting
forecast
forecast
forget
forgets
forgetting
forgot
forgotten
forgive
forgives
forgiving
forgave
forgiven
freeze
freezes
freezing
froze
frozen
get
gets
getting
got
got, gottten
give
gives
giving
gave
given
go
goes
going
went
gone
grind
grinds
grinding
ground
ground
grow
grows
growing
grew
grown
hang
hangs
hanging
hung, hanged
hung, hanged
have
has
having
had
had
hear
hears
hearing
heard
heard
hide
hides
hiding
hid
hidden
hit
hits
hitting
hit
hit
hold
holds
holding
held
held
hurt
hurts
hurting
hurt
hurt
keep
keeps
keeping
kept
kept
kneel
kneels
kneeling
knelt, kneeled
knelt, kneeled
know
knows
knowing
knew
known
lay
lays
laying
laid
laid
lead
leads
leading
led
led
lean
leans
leaning
leant, leaned
leant, leaned
leap
leaps
leaping
leapt, leaped
leapt, leaped
learn
learns
learning
learnt, learned
learnt, learned
leave
leaves
leaving
left
left
lend
lends
lending
lent
lent
let
lets
letting
let
let
lie
lies
lying
lay
lain
light
lights
lighting
lit, lighted
lit, lighted
live
lives
living
lived
lived
lose
loses
losing
lost
lost
make
makes
making
made
made
mean
means
meaning
meant
meant
meet
meets
meeting
met
met
mistake
mistakes
mistaking
mistook
mistaken
mow
mows
mowing
mowed
mown, mowed
pay
pays
paying
paid
paid
play
plays
playing
played
played
put
puts
putting
put
put
quit
quits
quitting
quit, quitted
quit, quitted
raise
raises
raising
raised
raised
read
reads
reading
read
read
rid
rids
ridding
rid
rid
ride
rides
riding
rode
ridden
ring
rings
ringing
rang
rung
rise
rises
rising
rose
risen
run
runs
running
ran
run
saw
saws
sawing
sawed
sawn
say
says
saying
said
said
see
sees
seeing
saw
seen
seek
seeks
seeking
sought
sought
sell
sells
selling
sold
sold
send
sends
sending
sent
sent
set
sets
setting
set
set
shake
shakes
shaking
shook
shaken
shed
sheds
shedding
shed
shed
shine
shines
shining
shone, shined
shone, shined
shoot
shoots
shooting
shot
shot
show
shows
showing
showed
shown
shrink
shrinks
shrinking
shrank
shrunk
shut
shuts
shutting
shut
shut
sing
sings
singing
sang
sung
sink
sinks
sinking
sank
sunk
sit
sits
sitting
sat
sat
slay
slays
slaying
slew
slain
sleep
sleeps
sleeping
slept
slept
slide
slides
sliding
slid
slid
sling
slings
slinging
slung
slung
slink
slinks
slinking
slunk
slunk
slit
slits
slitting
slit
slit
smell
smells
smelling
smelt, smelled
smelt, smelled
sow
sows
sowing
sowed
sown, sowed
speak
speaks
speaking
spoke
spoken
speed
speeds
speeding
sped, speeded
sped, speeded
spell
spells
spelling
spelt, spelled
spelt, spelled
spend
spends
spending
spent
spent
spill
spills
spilling
spilt, spilled
spilt, spilled
spin
spins
spinning
spun
spun
spit
spits
spitting
spat
spat
split
splits
spliting
split
split
spoil
spoils
spoiling
spoilt, spoiled
spoilt, spoiled
spread
spreads
spreading
spread
spread
spring
springs
springing
sprang
sprung
stand
stands
standing
stood
stood
steal
steals
stealing
stole
stolen
stick
sticks
sticking
stuck
stuck
sting
stings
stinging
stung
stung
stink
stinks
stinking
stank
stunk
strike
strikes
striking
struck
struck
strive
strives
striving
strove
striven
swear
swears
swearing
swore
sworn
sweep
sweeps
sweeping
swept
swept
swell
swells
swelling
swelled
swollen, swelled
swim
swims
swimming
swam
swum
swing
swings
swinging
swung
swung
take
takes
taking
took
taken
teach
teaches
teaching
taught
taught
tear
tears
tearing
tore
torn
tell
tells
telling
told
told
think
thinks
thinking
thought
thought
throw
throws
throwing
threw
thrown
thrust
thrusts
thrusting
thrust
thrust
tread
treads
treading
trod
trodden
upset
upsets
upsetting
upset
upset
wake
wakes
waking
woke
woken
wear
wears
wearing
wore
worn
weave
weaves
weaving
wove, weaved
woven, weaved
weep
weeps
weeping
wept
wept
wet
wets
wetting
wet, wetted
wet, wetted
win
wins
winning
won
won
wind
winds
winding
wound
wound
withdraw
withdraws
withdrawing
withdrew
withdrawn
withhold
withholds
withholding
withheld
withheld
withstand
withstands
withstanding
withstood
withstood
wring
wrings
wringing
wrung
wrung
write
writes
writing
wrote
written
work
works
working
worked
worked
Auxiliary Verb Venn Diagram
I am You We They are
He She It does do was did
As you can see in the diagram above, each group of subjects: I , You/We/They , and He/She/It , has 7 auxiliary verbs for all the 12 tenses.
I - am , was , do , have , did , had , will .
'am ' is only used with I;
'do ' and 'have ' are shared with You/We/They; 'was ' is shared with He/She/It.
You/We/They - are , were , do , have , did , had , will .
Remember that 'are ' and 'were ' both end with '-re '.
He/She/It - is , was , does , has , did , had , will .
Remember that 'is ', 'was ', 'has ', and 'does ' all end with '-s '.
All the subject pronouns: I/You/We/They/He/She/It use 'did ', 'had ', and 'will '.
Which auxiliary verbs do I need for each tense?
Let's start with the easy ones to remember:
Perfect - the verb 'to have':
'have ' and 'has ' in present ;
'had ' in past ;
'will have ' in future .
Continuous - the verb 'to be':
'am ', 'are ', and 'is ' in present ;
'was ', 'were ' in past ;
'will be ' in future .
Perfect Continuous - this is a combination of 'to have' and the past participle of 'to be' - 'been':
'have been ' and 'has been ' in present ;
'had been ' in past ;
'will have been ' in future .
Lastly, the most difficult tense for students, Simple , is actually a bit complex:
'do ' and 'does ' in present , but only in interrogative (int.) and negative (neg.);
'did ' in past , but again, only in interrogative (int.) and negative (neg.);
'will ' in future in all three: interrogative (int.), negative (neg.), and affirmative (aff.).
Remember that there are only two cases in which we do not need an auxiliary verb:
Present Simple affirmative and Past Simple affirmative
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