Conjugation is Fun!
Past, Present and Future, Etc.
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Auxiliaries Help Us
Those Crazy Irregulars
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This is the term that describes taking a verb and changing its form to reflect the tense, person, and number it is supposed to represent.
What is conjugation?
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This verb tense lets the reader or listener know that the action is currently happening. For example, "They walk down the street."
What is present tense?
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This is the first person ("I") of the verb "to be."
What is "am" or "I am?"
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These verbs are known as "helping" verbs. They help the main verb better express its meaning by giving the reader or listener extra information. For example, "I will go to the store" lets the reader or listener know that you "will go" to the store sometime in the future.
What are auxiliary or "helping" verbs?
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Past tense of "to break."
What is "broke?"
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These are the PRESENT tense conjugations of the regular verb "to run." This is how a reader or listener would know who is running.
What are "I run," "you run," "she runs," "we run," "they run?"
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This tense lets the reader or listener know that the action isn't happening in the present, but happened sometime before. For example, "They walked down the street."
What is past tense?
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This is the third person singular ("he, she or it") of the verb "to have."
What is "has" or "he has?"
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These are conjugations of the most common auxiliary verb in English: is, are, been, being.
What is "to be?"
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Past tense of "to catch."
What is "caught?"
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These are the PRESENT tense conjugations of the irregular verb "to have."
What are "I have," "you have," "he has," "we have," "they have?"
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This tense lets the reader or listener know that the action will happen at some point. For example, "They will walk down the street."
What is future tense?
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This is the first person plural ("we") conjugation of the verb "to be?"
What is "were" or "we were?"
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This auxiliary verb comes before a main verb to let the reader or listener know that the action takes place in the future. The contraction of this verb is: 'll.

What is "will?"

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Past tense of "to go."
What is "went?"
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These are the conjugated PAST tense forms of the verb "to be."
What are "I was," "you were," "he was," "we were," "they were?"
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Darune does not stop talking in class.

What is present tense?

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This is the second person ("you") conjugation of the verb "to be."
What is "are" or "you are?"
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These auxiliary verbs help form questions when used at the beginning of a sentence.
What are "do, does, did?"
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Future tense of "to go"
What is "will go?"
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These are the conjugated PRESENT tense forms of the verb "to go."
What are "I go," "you go," "she goes," "we go," "they go?"
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Richard stood next to the wall.

What is past tense?

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This is the first person ("I") past tense conjugation of the verb "to be."
What is "was" or "I was?"
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These are the auxiliary verbs from the following sentence: "I should have been walking down the hall instead of running."
What are "should," "have," and "been?"
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Past perfect form of "to go"
What is "had gone?"
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