Examples of verbs (present, past, future)

Verbs are words that indicate an action. They describe what he is doing, what he did, or what the subject will do within the sentence. The 5 most used verbs in Spanish are: ser, tener, hacer, ir, estar.

Within the sentence, verbs can express actions of: movement, condition, achievement, state or existence. For example:

• Juan runs by the park.
  Run is the verb, it indicates the action of running that is happening at this precise moment and that is being carried out by Juan (subject).

The actions are carried out in 3 main times and are:

• Past: Actions that have already happened. What the subject did.
• Present: Actions that are happening. What the subject does.
• Future: Actions that will happen later in time. What the subject will do.

Related: Verb tenses.

10 verbs in

Past

Present

Future

I spoke I will speak I will eat how I eat I will live I will live I will write I will write I will write I will drink I will drink I will read I will run I will run I will study I will study I will study I will work I will love I will love I will love

For his way of conjugating Verbs are classified into two: regular and irregular.

Regular verbs

Regular verbs are those that follow a pattern or rules for their conjugation. They are easy to recognize because the conjugation never modifies its root.

For example, when conjugating the verb walk in any verbal tense, it maintains its root: «cami»: I caminot me camine, me caminaré, I camiturnip, me caminaria, I have camiI swim.

10 examples of regular verbs

VerbPastPresentFutureto speakI spokeI will speakI will eatI will eatI will eatI will liveI will liveI will writeI will writeI will go upI will go upI will receiveI will receiveI willopenI will openI will openI will walkI will walkI will walkI will danceI will danceI will danceI will studyI will studyI will studyI will study

More about: regular verbs.

Irregular verbs

Irregular verbs are those that undergo some modification in their conjugation in their lexeme, their gramme, or both.

For example the verb be It is conjugated as follows: I am, I was, I will be.

All about: Irregular verbs.

10 examples of irregular verbs

VerbPastPresentFuturetobeIwentandIwillbeIhaveIhaveIwillbedoIhaveIwillhaveIhaveIwillIwillIwillIwillIwillIwillIwillIwillIwillIwillIwillwillIwillwillwillwillwillwillwillwillwillwillwillwillwillwantwillwill

+ 100 examples of verbs

30 simple verbs

1. love
2. learn
3. sweep
4. search
5. change
6. walk
7. chat
8. cook
9. coordinate
10. coloring
11. drive
12. have breakfast
13. discover
14. write
15. win
16. hit
17. have
18. talk
19. do
20. read
21. call
22. surf
23. lose
24. paint
25. Prepare
26. ask
27. scratch
28. breathe
29. answer
30. stomp

5 linking verbs

1. Be
2. be
3. seem
4. lie down
5. Stay

More in: Linking Verbs.

10 verbs in the indicative

1. I love
2. You will run
3. You run
4. We talk
5. I will talk
6. I have loved
7. He talked
8. We went out
9. They go out
10. You ran

More in: Verbs in Indicative.

30 verbs in present

1. I say
2. I run
3. I run away
4. I investigate
5. I justify
6. Clean
7. Belittle
8. hindrance
9. Star
10. Study
11. I manufacture
12. I win
13. I hit
14. I keep
15. I need
16. I get
17. I forgive
18. I want
19. Robbery
20. I feel
21. Bribery
22. I go up
23. I use
24. I have
25. Arrangement
26. Bass
27. I jump
28. I seek
29. Path
30. How

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20 verbs in infinitive

1. Eat
2. Share
3. get
4. Consent
5. Correct
6. Express
7. miss
8. Fortify
9. Cheer up
10. Annihilate
11. go down
12. Longing
13. Drink
14. Kiss
15. Sing
16. Jump
17. Walking
18. Search
19. Decide
20. Destroy

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30 past tense verbs

1. I opened
2. approached
3. I grabbed
4. grabbed
5. assaulted
6. sharpened
7. flapped
8. They loved
9. I loved
10. Threatened
11. loved
12. Clapped
13. dragged
14. mugged
15. mugged
16. I scared
17. stuck
18. He danced
19. We go down
20. I swept
21. I kissed
22. kissed
23. I jumped
24. We seek
25. Slandered
26. I changed
27. I walked
28. I closed
29. They checked
30. nailed

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