Verb Tense | Regular Verb Set: work
The Unit for Academic Language (ASK)
Verb Tense
tense aspect (aux)
simple (do)
present
do/does
+ BASE VERB
past simple (do)
did
+ BASE VERB
present continuous (be)
am/is/are
+ PRESENT PARTICIPLE
(-ING FORM)
past continuous (be)
was/were
+ PRESENT PARTICIPLE
(-ING FORM)
present perfect (have)
has/have
+ PAST PARTICIPLE
past perfect (have)
had
+ PAST PARTICIPLE
PERSON
ST
1
NUMBER
SINGULAR
RD
SINGULAR
PLURAL
SING/PL
PLURAL
SINGULAR
SINGULAR
PLURAL
SING/PL
PLURAL
SINGULAR
SINGULAR
PLURAL
SING/PL
PLURAL
SINGULAR
SINGULAR
PLURAL
SING/PL
PLURAL
SINGULAR
SINGULAR
PLURAL
SING/PL
PLURAL
SINGULAR
SINGULAR
PLURAL
SING/PL
PLURAL
3
ST
1
ND
2
RD
3
ST
1
RD
3
ST
1
ND
2
RD
3
ST
1
RD
3
ST
1
ND
2
RD
3
ST
1
RD
3
ST
1
ND
2
RD
3
ST
1
RD
3
ST
1
ND
2
RD
3
ST
1
RD
3
ST
1
ND
2
RD
3
A | affirmative
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I do work.*
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He does work.*
We do work. *
You do work. *
They do work. *
I did work. *
She did work. *
We did work. *
You did work. *
They did work. *
I am working.
It is working
We are working.
You are working.
They are working.
I was working.
He was working.
We were working.
You were working.
They were working.
I have worked.
She has worked.
We have worked.
You have worked.
They have worked.
I had worked.
It had worked.
We had worked.
You had worked.
They had worked.
B | negative**
C | question
I do not work.
He does not work.
We do not work.
You do not work.
They do not work.
I did not work.
She did not work.
We did not work.
You did not work.
They did not work.
I am not working.
It is not working.
We are not working.
You are not working.
They are not working.
I was not working.
He was not working.
We were not working.
You were not working.
They were not working.
I have not worked.
She has not worked.
We have not worked.
You have not worked.
They have not worked.
I had not worked.
It had not worked.
We had not worked.
You had not worked.
They had not worked.
Do I work?
Does he work?
Do we work?
Do you work?
Do they work?
Did I work?
Did she work?
Did we work?
Did you work?
Did they work?
Am I working?
Is it working?
Are we working?
Are you working?
Are they working?
Was I working?
Was he working?
Were we working?
Were you working?
Were they working?
Have I worked?
Has she worked?
Have we worked?
Have you worked?
Have they worked?
Had I worked?
Had it worked?
Had we worked?
Had you worked?
Had they worked?
note
- s form
irregular
-s form
irregular past
irregular past
-s form
* Common forms of both present and past simple affirmative omit the use of the auxiliary verb (do/does|did). | ** Contractions not included.
Verb Tense | Regular Verb Set: work