Verb Forms for Regular Verbs and Common Irregular Verbs

To Be, To Do, To Go, To Have

by Sally Jennings

Instructions for forms are given for the regular verb to walk and notes added for making the forms for the irregular verbs to be, to do, to go, and to have.

1. Simple Present (walk)
[present formed from verb stem inflected for person and number walk/walks]

	To Be	To Do	To Go	To Have	Regular Verbs
Infinitive	to be	to do	to go	to have	to walk
Bare Stem	be	do	go	have	walk
Past Participle	been	done	gone	had	walked
Simple Present Tense
1st person singular	I am	I do	I go	I have	I walk
2nd person singular	you are	you do	you go	you have	you walk
3rd person singular	he/she/it is	he/she/it does	he/she/it goes	he/she/it has	he/she/it walks
1st person plural	we are	we do	we go	we have	we walk
2nd person plural	you are	you do	you go	you have	you walk
3rd person plural	they are	they do	they go	they have	they walk

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2. Present Progressive (= Present Continuous) (am walking) (are walking) (is walking)
[Regular verbs: present form of "to be" inflected for person and number am/are/is
+ progressive formed from verb stem plus -ing walking]

to be - forms must take another word to complete: I am being clear, you are being clear, he is being clear
do, go and have - same as for walk: doing, going, having

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3. Simple Past (walked)
[Regular verbs: past form of the verb, the same form as the past participle walked]

	To Be	To Do	To Go	To Have	Regular Verbs
Simple Past Tense
1st person singular	I was	I did	I went	I had	I walked
2nd person singular	you were	you did	you went	you had	you walked
3rd person singular	he/she/it was	he/she/it did	he/she/it went	he/she/it had	he/she/it walked
1st person plural	we were	we did	we went	we had	we walked
2nd person plural	you were	you did	you went	you had	you walked
3rd person plural	they were	they did	they went	they had	they walked

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4. Past Progressive(= Past Continuous) (was walking) (were walking)
[past form of "to be" inflected for person and number was/were
+ progressive formed from verb stem plus -ing walking]

being, doing, going, and having, same as for walking

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5. Simple Future (will walk)
[modal auxiliary verb, will
+ bare infinitive walk]

be, do, go and have same as for walk

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6. Future Progressive(= Future Continuous) (will be walking)
[modal auxiliary verb will
+ bare infinitive of verb "to be" be
+ progressive formed from verb stem plus -ing, walking]

to be - no forms
doing, going and having same as for walking

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7. Present Perfect (has walked) (have walked)
[auxiliary verb "to have" present form, inflected for person and number has/have
+ past participle, walked]

been, done, gone and had same as for walked

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8. Present Perfect Progressive(= Present Perfect Continuous) (has been walking) (have been walking)
[auxiliary verb, inflected for person and number has/have
+ past participle of the verb "to be" been
progressive formed from verb stem plus -ing walking]

to be - no forms
doing, going and having same as for walking

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9. Past Perfect (had walked)
[past form of the verb "to have" had
+ past participle, walked]

been, done, gone and had same as for walked

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10. Past Perfect Progressive (= Past Perfect Continuous) (had been walking)
[past form of the verb "to have" had
+ past participle of the verb "to be"been
+ progressive formed from verb stem plus -ing walking]

to be - no forms
doing, going and having same as for walking

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11. Future Perfect (will have walked)
[modal auxiliary verb will
+ auxiliary bare stem have
+ past participle walked]

been, done, gone and had same as for walked

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12. Future Perfect Progressive (= Future Perfect Continuous) (will have been walking)
[modal auxiliary verb will
+ auxiliary bare stem have
+ past participle of the verb "to be" been
+ progressive formed from verb stem plus -ing walking]

to be - no forms
doing, going and having same as for walking

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