English Verb Conjugations and Sentence Structure
Irregular Verbs and Tenses
This document provides a list of irregular English verbs and examples of sentence structures in different tenses.
- Become, became, become (llegar a ser)
- Present Simple: Subject + verb in infinitive (3rd person singular adds -s or -es)
- Negative: Subject + do/does not + verb in infinitive
- Interrogative: Do/does + subject + verb in infinitive
- Begin, began, begun (empezar)
- Present Continuous: Subject + to be + verb-ing
- Negative: Subject + to be + not + verb-ing
- Interrogative: To be + subject + verb-ing
- Break, broke, broken (romper)
- Past Simple: Subject + verb in past (regular verbs add -ed)
- Negative: Subject + did not + verb in infinitive
- Interrogative: Did + subject + verb in infinitive
- Bring, brought, brought (traer, llevar)
- Present Perfect: Subject + have/has + verb in past participle
- Negative: Subject + have/has + not + verb in past participle
- Interrogative: Have/has + subject + verb in past participle
- Choose, chose, chosen (elegir)
- Past Perfect: Subject + had + verb in past participle
- Negative: Subject + had not + verb in past participle
- Interrogative: Had + subject + verb in past participle
- Dream, dreamt, dreamt (soñar)
- Past Continuous: Subject + was/were + verb-ing
- Negative: Subject + was/were + not + verb-ing
- Interrogative: Was/were + subject + verb-ing
- Fall, fell, fallen (caer)
- Feed, fed, fed (alimentar)
- Feel, felt, felt (sentir)
- Fight, fought, fought (luchar)
- Forgive, forgave, forgiven (perdonar)
- Forget, forgot, forgotten (olvidar)
- Freeze, froze, frozen (helar)
- Get, got, got (obtener)
- Give, gave, given (dar)
- Future Simple: Subject + will + verb in infinitive
- Negative: Subject + will not + verb in infinitive
- Interrogative: Will + subject + verb in infinitive
- Hear, heard, heard (oir)
- Future Continuous: Subject + will + be + verb-ing
- Negative: Subject + will not + be + verb-ing
- Interrogative: Will + subject + be + verb-ing
- Hit, hit, hit (golpear)
- Hurt, hurt, hurt (herir)
- Future Perfect: Subject + will + have + verb in past participle
- Negative: Subject + will not + have + verb in past participle
- Interrogative: Will + subject + have + verb in past participle
- Learn, learnt, learnt (aprender)
- Leave, left, left (dejar)
- Future Perfect Continuous: Subject + will + have + been + verb-ing
- Negative: Subject + will not + have + been + verb-ing
- Interrogative: Will + subject + have + been + verb-ing
- Lose, lost, lost (perder)
- Mean, meant, meant (significar)
- Meet, met, met (encontrar)
- Pay, paid, paid (pagar)
- Ring, rang, rung (llamar)
- See, saw, seen (ver)
- Seek, sought, sought (buscar)
- Sell, sold, sold (vender)
- Set, set, set (ponerse)
- Shine, shone, shone (brillar)
- Sit, sat, sat (sentarse)
- Take, took, taken (coger)
- Understand, understood, understood (entender)
- Wake, woke, woken (despertarse)
- Wet, wet, wet (mojar)
- Win, won, won (ganar)
- Write, wrote, written (escribir)
Quantifiers and Determiners
- How many (cuánto/s, contable)
- There is (hay, singular)
- What (qué)
- How (cómo)
- There are (hay, plural)
- Where (dónde)
- How much (cuánto, incontable)
- There was/were (había/n)
- When (cuándo)
- A few (pocos)
- Some (alguno/s, en afirmativas)
- Who (quién)
- A little (un poco)
- Any (alguno/s, en interrogativas)
- Whose (de quién)
- Much (mucho, singular)
- Any (ninguno/s, en negativas)
- Which (cuál)
- Many (mucho/s, plural)
- A lot of (muchos)
Connectors and Adverbs
- Firstly (primero)
- Then (entonces)
- In general (en general)
- Therefore (por lo tanto)
- In other words (en otras palabras)
- Obviously (obviamente)
- Possibly (posiblemente)
- Next (seguidamente)
- So (entonces)
- Because (porque)
- Finally (finalmente)
- We will conclude that (concluiremos que)
- It is important to consider that (es importante considerar que)