Basic English Verb Conjugation Present and Past Tense
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we are going to talk about basic verb
conjugation in English this is going to
be a very good lesson for beginners I’m
going to talk about how we make simple
present tense and simple past tense so
today’s lesson is going to be about
rules for making the verbs I’m going to
cover just simple statement patterns and
then I’m going to talk about positives
or I’m sorry I’m going to talk about
negative forms and question forms at the
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today I am going to talk about basic
verb conjugation I’m going to start
speaking more slowly now to today I’m
going to talk about basic verb
conjugation so conjugation means how we
change verbs how we how we make the
different forms of verbs so I’m going to
talk today about simple present tense
and simple past tense we’re going to
practice making these verb forms and
some very simple sentences with these
verbs
so this is a very good lesson for
beginners I’m going to talk about one
how we make positive sentences to how we
make what positive sentences with
present tense and then we’ll talk about
past tense and then at the end of
today’s lesson I’m going to cover
negative forms and question forms so
these are the three parts for today’s
lesson oh okay let’s get into it
first we are going to talk about simple
present tense simple present tense I
will get a little closer so that
everybody can see I heard last week I
heard it’s a little small so I will do
my best to share
okay so first a little grammar review
what is simple present tense simple
present tense bullet point number one
this is when we should use simple
present tense I’ll go over here so when
should we use simple present tense we
use simple present tense to share facts
so a fact here a fact is information
that is always true so some examples I
speak English you speak English I could
see you in the chat or she sings well so
these are simple facts like the
information is always true it’s just
general information that does not change
point two we use simple present tense to
describe regular schedules so for
example something that happens every
week or every month or every year or at
a specific time every day so for example
class starts at 11:00 or he always
arrives
sorry small he always arrives at 2:00 so
these are examples of regular schedules
things that are just like everyday they
happen at the same time for every week
so these are the two
times that we use this grammar point
simple present tense so let’s talk about
this point here how to make a simple
present tense what are the rules for
changing our verbs for conjugating the
verbs we need to think about the subject
so the subject of a sentence is for
example in these sentences the person
doing something the person acting so for
example in I speak English the subject
is I or and she sings well the subject
is she so what’s important it’s really
important to change this verb to
conjugate this verb is this subject of
the sentence so if the subject is I or
you or we or they there is no change to
your verb so you can see here I speak
English speak is the basic form of the
verb like when I say basic form of the
verb I mean the dictionary form of the
verb so this does not change so when you
use one of these I you we are they as
your subject note change for example
some more examples I eat or you talk or
we work or they run so these are all the
basic forms of the verb we don’t have to
change them if however the subject is he
or she or it add s so hard to see this
is an S add s to the end of your verb so
I say add s here because when you’re
speaking when you’re speaking this is
pretty easy yeah like just just to make
an S sound at the end of your verb for
example he eats or she talks or it works
or he runs so this is good to do like we
don’t have to think about of course
spelling when we’re speaking but it is
important to remember some spelling
rules
when you are writing mmm so let’s review
our spelling rules for this point if
your subject is he she or it sue first
for a verb ending in Y the letter Y we
need to spell the S sound with i.e s IE
s for example try becomes tries or copy
becomes copies hmm so in both of these
the sound doesn’t change sometimes I
hear sometimes I hear learners use like
he try ease or true Trier’s or something
like that so the verb the sound try
stays the same and we add an S sound to
it so where does that he just tries or
copies so you don’t need to change the
sound of the base verb just add an S to
that okay so this is for a verb ending
in Y but if if there is a vowel before
the Y you don’t need to worry about this
so what is an example of that let’s see
so like let’s use a verb like play a
verb like play the spelling up right the
same the spelling of play is PL a y PLA
with so if there is a vowel before Y in
this case play there’s a vowel here
before the way we do not follow this
spelling rule we just add s so there’s
nothing there’s nothing special here so
it becomes plays he plays she plays so
this is one spelling rule for this point
do verbs ending in ch SH s s or X I’m
looking at this point right here now
yeah so for a verb ending in v
these endings Orcs we need to add yes
yes so for example watch becomes watches
or push becomes pushes pass becomes
passes relax because relaxes so we need
to add yes I forgot my yes there so we
need to add es oh that’s an ugly sorry
es for verbs that’s even uglier E so we
need to add an es hard to write on this
we need to add es for verbs with this
ending so please keep these spelling
rules in mind again we do not pronounce
this e watch watch ease I don’t know we
do not pronounce this e here it’s just
it’s sound watches okay so these are our
rules I will put it here so maybe you
could take a screen shot if you want
okay so these are our rules for making
simple present tense verbs how to make
simple present tense verbs so again
these are for positive sentences for
statements I’m going to talk about
negative statements and question
statements later
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the y - IES change like candy becomes
candies yes so that the y spelling rule
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Henry Carillo says what about lie so we
can use the same the same rule here yeah
the verb lie here I’ll put we have one
more of our lie L I e here yeah but um
this one follows just the basic rule
just add s to the end of it he my red
marker is not doing good today sorry
he lies li es la es lies she lies all
right great good okay it sounds like we
have present tense good please make a
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part 2 today part 2 is about one of them
simple past tense simple past tense so
again let’s review what when we use
simple past tense so here’s my simple
tense sorry guys simple past tense when
should we use simple past tense right
here use simple past tense for actions
that started and ended in the past hmm
actions have started and ended in the
past so for example I spoke English or
she sang well or class started at 11:00
or he arrived at - so these are all
simple past tense statements something
started for example with this sentence I
spoke English it’s like in my
conversation yesterday I spoke English
or I spoke trying to use or whatever or
she sang well so at some past
performance or class started at 11:00 so
again a past situation he arrived at
2:00 again past a situation so these are
examples of actions that started and
ended in the past I see someone is
putting lots and lots of things bra FD
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questions about today’s topic so how do
we make simple past tense this one is a
little tricky so simple present tense we
had some pretty solid rules to follow
yeah so to make simple past tense we
have two groups of verbs to consider
regular verbs if the verb is a regular
verb add edy to the ending of the verb
for example talk he comes
work becomes worked watch becomes
watched and push becomes pushed so
you’ll notice - I’m not talking about
the pronunciations of these points there
is a video on the English class 101
YouTube channel about the pronunciation
there are three different pronunciations
for these today I’m not going to talk
about that but if you want to practice
this please check the video on the
channel simple past tense verb
pronunciation so like talked and worked
and pushed they habit or a death and
exam okay so this is group 1 add IDI and
a small point here is just add D if the
verb ends in E so if the verb finished
it like if the verb is like for example
you don’t need to write like edy like e
please just write liked lik okay then
parts to have a little smiley face here
to encourage you this irregular verbs so
irregular irregular this is a prefix
your irregular means not regular so the
opposite of regular verbs yeah an
irregular verb for irregular verbs we
have to study there is no easy spelling
rule for irregular verbs unfortunately
this is one thing we just have to
practice in English but because we get
lots of practice with reading and with
listening and so on we can remember
these of course through study and just
through using the language so some very
common examples that I think you know
about are 8 which becomes 8 or ran which
becomes our site run which becomes ran
try becomes tried copy becomes copied so
you’ll notice here
yes I have an IDI ending but we have to
think about this why spelling again so
please keep this in mind again - hmm
same thing here with this try so please
keep this in mind okay
so please remember that yes we do add
these IDI endings for you so I put this
here just like for like a spelling note
someone’s saying like that’s not
irregular so I put this here just like
as a spelling note and so please keep in
mind there are different spellings that
we need to consider okay
so we’re going to practice some more
down here so past tense verbs I’ve put
this note here because I noticed that
there are some people that kind of
mix-up present tense and past tense so
past tense verbs do not change with the
subject so for example like when I talk
when I talked about simple present tense
I mentioned the subject is important to
the verb conjugation in this case though
we don’t need to change the verb like to
match the subject so for example here
like my on my first one I had he runs as
a simple present tense expression but he
ran in past tense so sometimes I see
learners put like here and which is not
correct so there’s no s sound here if
your subject is he or she or it so he
runs becomes he ran or she speaks
becomes she spoke so again no s sound
here she spokes is incorrect so no
change to the verb just make it simple
past it works so again a present tense
sentence it worked
no s sound there and finally he tries
just he tried
he tried so again we do not need to add
s2 verbs in simple past tense so please
be aware of that sometimes yeah
sometimes I see people put s at the end
of a simple past tense verb but we do
not do that that’s incorrect for simple
past tense expressions
please use s for simple present alrighty
Sam says what about cut yes cut is
another is another example of an
irregular verb the verb cut in past
tense is cut so the same thing with
which I think someone in the chat wrote
put earlier put is the same in present
tense and in past tense so I know the
question is often like how do we know
how do we know is it simple past tense
is it is the present tense we have to
check the context the situation we know
from the situation so for example for
example to use the verb cut like I cut
myself does is that a present tense
sentence like we have to think about
that present tense remember we use
present tense for review review present
tense is used for facts and for parts
for schedule like regular schedules
things we do every week so like a
present tense sentence that is I cut
myself means like that’s something I do
regularly like it maybe I’m in the
kitchen I don’t know that’s a very
strange situation probably not true for
most people I don’t know but if I’m if
I’m so I’m probably telling a story like
oh I was in the kitchen last night and I
cut myself
oh no we understand from the context
from the conversation if it’s present
tense or past tense could you show again
the table of past tense yes sure sure
sure I will put this up sorry yeah I
forgot to let you guys take a look at
this but again this some of you recently
requested a list of regular and
irregular verbs
just google this you can google these
and study so again this part the
irregular verbs part I’ve got a couple
here that changed completely and then a
cup too I’ve included for the spelling
and the spelling note so these do use
edy
but please note that the spelling does
change okay uh let’s see someone says
what about putted no put it the past
tense of foot is put it is the same word
the same word so alright in our
university for past perfect chance we
say an action happen if you have a
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learn are both correct a great question
which one is more used so the question
is about the verb learn how men my pens
are kind of dying is about the verb
learn yeah
so the answer the past tense of learn
I’m sorry learn some people say it’s
it’s learned or it’s learnt the
difference here comes from the place
where the speaker is from so to make it
clear for everybody learn is it learn is
it learnt what is it learned we use
learned in American English so I will
always use learned to me that sounds
much more or that looks much more common
and the pronunciation to me sounds like
learned however for British English
speakers and I think for Australian
English speakers also they say learnt
learnt so both are correct but for you
please make sure like it’s best
generally to choose a style of English
and use that the same style alright good
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am I I am I am no let’s go to negative
forms negative forms so this means we’re
going to talk about like are not
sentences so we have simple present to
talk about and simple past tense to talk
about so how do we make these mmm let’s
look at simple present tense first I
again remember in simple present tense
we need to think about this subject of
our sentence yeah so if the subject is I
you we or they we use do not do not or
the contracted form so contracted means
short in this reduced form don’t plus
verb if the subject is
he she or it we use does not or the
reduced form is doesn’t bless harbor so
for example I don’t speak English or he
doesn’t sing well Oh No
or class does not start at 11:00
so we use these patterns to make a
negative in simple present tense now
let’s compare this I’m checking your
comments let’s compare it is just simple
past to make a negative in simple past
we use our subject plus did not or
didn’t and verb so for example I did not
speak English or she did not cook well
so these I want to mention a very common
mistake I see with this grammar point
right here
lots of learners use this part that’s
good and did not or didn’t which is
great but many learners conjugate this
verb they use the past tense form of the
verb right here do not change this verb
so for example the mistake I commonly
hear let’s use the verb speak like when
I was a child I did not speak Chinese so
that’s a correct sentence the mistake
that I often hear is I did not spoke
Chinese that is not correct so when you
are using the negative form of a simple
past yeah yeah a negatives when you’re
making a negative simple past sentence
do not change this verb this should be
the basic dictionary form of the verb
okay
I am checking your comments about this
part right here the negative form
and then we’ll go on to the last point
my mom does not make dinner okay great
okay
I don’t speak Turkish yes good nice
negative sentences on Facebook I didn’t
alfredo says I didn’t know about English
101 last year very nice okay hi hi hello
to everyone saying hello
Oh Sam says I’ve heard some American
saying she don’t I know it’s wrong yes
there are some styles of speaking around
the world where the grammar does change
a little bit so it depends a bit on the
community and the police so like a small
place in America might speak a bit
differently they might use different
words are slightly different grammar
depending on the community so this is at
the standard standard American English
in negative form sometimes people say I
ain’t so I’m asking what does it mean is
it an abbreviation oh I ain’t yes this
is a very casual one I’ll put this here
why I memorized I ain’t so ain’t I ain’t
what is this I ain’t I ain’t is a very
casual way a very rough way in some
groups of people to say I’m I’m not or
it can also yeah it can be it can be
used to mean a couple different things
depending on the situation but I ain’t
means I am not something generally
mm-hmm I ain’t generally means I am NOT
and of course we can change the subject
so like he ain’t would be he is not I
don’t use ain’t personally this is a
this depend some speakers use this but
that’s what this means I do not use this
personally it’s out it feels strange to
me to use it because this sounds like a
kind of rough word to me okay times go
and quick so let’s continue to question
forms question forms so when I say
question forms I mean how do we use
these to grammar points to make a
question hmm
so simple present tense to make a simple
present tense question again we need to
consider our subject so if the subject
is I
we are they we have this pattern if the
subject is he she or it we have this
pattern so here we’re using our helping
verbs yeah do and does hmm so we can
begin our question with a wh question so
WH Q means those questions that start
with WH for example who what where when
they’ll start with WH and then we can
add do so I put this in parenthesis
because it’s okay to make a question
like this do I do you do we they verb
that’s fine
that’s one pattern or what do subject
verb so this is a very I think easy to
use pattern that you can practice F
maybe for your homework to practice
making simple present tense question mmm
and same thing here we can add a wh
question here and then before our
subject with he or she or it patterns we
use does so what does he do for example
or where does she live and so on again
when you are making a simple present
tense question the verb does not change
so when we made statements we added s to
the verb in these patterns he lives
she sings and so on in the question
pattern no change to the firm some nice
examples are coming in that’s cool what
do you want to do good one why does she
do that good when when do you do it okay
what do you need very interesting
questions coming in on Facebook why do
you laugh good good I left because I’m
having a good time other examples where
does he go
what dish unit maybe where does she live
okay how can I send messages to you in
the chat perfect okay let’s go to the
last point because I am late as usual
a simple past tense how do we make
questions with simple past tense this is
a really good one for you to practice
for conversation skill building this is
a good one because many times students
are like learners they wait for me to
ask the question and you need to
practice asking the question so here’s
some more homework for you
simple past tense question making again
we have a wh question who what where
when why plus did + subject + verb so
this is nice right we don’t have to
think about this part i you we they we
don’t have to think about the subject
with a simple past question so like
where did he go
or who did she see or what did they eat
this one is a very like I think easy to
use pattern and you can just drop in the
different parts of the sentence the key
here is did so in present tense we used
do and it does past tense we’re going to
use did note again no verb changes in
negative or question forms yeah
so again where did he went or something
sometimes I hear like you’re thinking
about simple past which is great a
simple past statement but when you make
a question do not change this verb
where did he went where did he go so
please keep this in mind so this I think
is some nice homework for you this week
there is some good question out here if
you want to take a screenshot okay so
that is the last point for today’s
lesson I will look at the chat Wow look
at all the chat comments on YouTube how
did she do that good question
did you decide to stay at home good why
did you lie that’s really funny to read
your questions it’s like you’re asking
me all of these random questions right
now on Facebook did you know me
Oh interesting question where did she go
good where did you go yesterday good
what did you do yesterday at night ah
yesterday at night make that shorter
that was a floor high floor on Facebook
what did you do last night
what did you do last night okay good
question some gossip when do the
coronavirus are cool
I wonder okay where were you yesterday
very nice very nice
Oh learn with attrition on YouTube says
what is the contracted form of what did
you what did you
so we’re practice of you are practicing
what did you bah-bah-bah there’s no like
official like reduced form like and when
I say official I mean like a spelling we
use so when we’re speaking though it
sounds like what did you what or where
it’s like even even more reduced that
sounds like what Jeff in American
English what’d you do last night
whatcha do for the weekend over the
weekend so whatcha is what it sounds
like in everyday speech what’d you do
last night oh that was a lot that was
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