VERB PATTERNS

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HELLO, I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT VERB PATTERNS. IS THERE ANY LIST OR RULES FOR THAT??THANK YOU

Free_spirit · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Can you be more specific? There are basic rules for many English verbs, however a lot of common verbs are irregular (e.g. go -> went).

The following is the basic structure for regular verbs:

Note: Present P. = Present Participle; Past P.= Past Participle

Example:
Verb: jump (regular verb)

I jump	You jump	He/She/It jumps	We/They jump
Past: jumped	Present P.: jumping	Past P.: jumped

Future tenses generally require auxiliary verbs:

Future tense: I will jump.
Past tense: I have been jumping.

I have to go to work right now, so don't have time to type up the complete patterns for English regular verbs. The following page appears to cover them: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/tenses

Examples of irregular verbs:

Irregular Verb	Correct Past Tense	Incorrect Past Tense
be I have been good today.	been	beed I have beed good today.
have I had a good time.	had	haved I haved a good time.
do You did a good job	did	doed You doed a good job.
write I wrote an essay.	wrote	writed I writed an essay

Here are some irregular verbs with no patterns (unless there are deritivie works, e.g. think and rethink)

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle	3rd Person Singular	Present Participle
be	was/were	been	is	being
have	had	had	has	having
say	said	said	says	saying
make	made	made	makes	making
think	thought	thought	thinks	thinking

You can see more irregular verbs at: Welcome to irregular verbs

EDER · Answer

Thank you, well I need rules to know when I have to write a verb in -ing form, in infinitive, in present simple or with a preposition after another verb e.g. stop to smoke, stop smoking, think of pay, advise me to do my homework....

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