- Here are a few more examples of regular verbs in the present, in the past and with the past participle:
- I hope, I hoped, I have hoped. He lives, he lived, he has lived. We finish, we finished, we have finished.
- They talk, they talked, they have talked. She changes, she changed, she has changed. You play, you played, you have played.
- Let's practise the past of "do":
- Does he smoke? Did he smoke? We don't ask questions; we didn't ask questions.
- What do you do? What did you do?
- Does he wait? Did he wait? She doesn't answer. She didn't answer.
- "Can" and "will" are irregular and become "could" and "would" in the past. They have no past participle.
- I can begin now. I couldn't begin yesterday.
- He wouldn't work this morning, but he will now.
- I have (I've), I had.
- I am (I'm), we are (we're), I was, we were, I have been.