Conjugation of verbs

​The grammatical person substitute the name of the person, the thing or the things we are talking about in a sentence.

Every verb conjugate differently depending on the grammatical person that precedes it.

here is an example:

conjugation of the verb "to jump" in present tense

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I jump

You jump

He jumps

She jumps

It jumps

We jump

You jump

They jump

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When you see it, there is letter "s" added to the third persons..he jumps, she jumps, it jumps.

So the conjugation of English verbs in present tense is very easy, since we just have to add an "s" at the end of the verb in the third person.

 

Spelling Tip

In the present simple 3rd person singular (he, she, it), add s, es, or ies to the base form of the verb.

• To regular verbs just add an s – Ex: travel >travels, give > gives, play >plays

• To verbs that end in s, ss, sh, ch, x, and o, add an es – Ex: wash > washes, mix > mixes, go >goes

• To verbs end in y after a consonant (any letter that isn’t a vowel), change the y to i and add es. Ex: study > studies, fly > flies

 

This conjugation simple rule in present tense does not apply to the auxiliary verbs. So we may see those next.

TO DO, TO HAVE, TO BE AND TO CAN

Auxiliary verbs conjugate differently in present tense then the rest of the verbs. I invite you to review them again.

TO BE: I am, You are, He is, She is, It is, We are, You are, They are.

TO DO: I do, You do, He does, She does, It does, We do, You do, They do.

TO HAVE: I have, You have, He has, She has, It has, We have, You have, They have.

TO CAN: I can, You can, He can, She can, It can, We can, You can, They can.

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Now try with any verb you like and conjugate it in all the grammatical persons in present tense.

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Conjugate verbs in symple past tense

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The simple past or past simple, sometimes called the preterite, is the basic form of the past tense in Modern English. 

 

Regular English verbs form the simple past in "ed"

infinitive + "ed"

examples:

to play = played

 

I learned, You rowed, He called, She molde, It barked, We mouned,

You joyned, They jumped.

 

Exceptions in Spelling when Adding ‘ed’

 

1) consonant after short, stressed vowel at the end of the word

 

• Double the consonant.

stop – stopped
swap - swapped

 

• If the consonant is not stressed, we do not double it:

benefit - benefited (Here we stress the first 'e', not the 'i'.)

 

In British English we double the last l even though the last vowel is not stressed. Here are some examples:

• travel - travelled

• cancel - cancelled

• level - levelled

• marvel - marvelled

 

2) silent -e at the end of the word

Add only -d.
love – loved
save – saved

close-closed

 

3) verbs ending in -y

 

verbs ending in 'y' preceded by a vowel (a, e, i, o, u): Add -ed.

 

Example: 
I play - he played

 

verbs ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant: Change 'y' to 'i' Then add -ed.

 

Example: 
I hurry - he hurried

 

 

 

• However there are a few hundred irregular verbs with different forms.

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