Regular and Irregular Verbs
| be | was/were | being |
| buy a newspaper | bought | buying |
| call a taxi | called | calling |
| come here | came | coming |
| cook dinner | cooked | cooking |
| dance the tango | danced | dancing |
| do | did | doing |
| exercise/ housework/ your homework | ||
| draw a picture | drew | drawing |
| drink coffee | drank | drinking |
| drive a VW | drove | driving |
| eat fast food | ate | eating |
| find some money | found | finding |
| finish work | finished | finishing |
| get | got | getting |
| a newspaper/a taxi/an e-mail/dressed | ||
| home (arrive)/to work (arrive)/get up late | ||
| give her a present | gave | giving |
| go | went | going |
| away for a week/by bus/for a walk | ||
| home/out on Friday/shopping | ||
| to bed/to work/to church/to class/to a restaurant | ||
| to the beach/to the cinema/to the gym | ||
| have | had | having |
| a coffee/a sandwich/a drink/a good time | ||
| children/a car/a shower/breakfast/lunch/dinner | ||
| hear a noise | heard | hearing |
| help someone | helped | helping |
| like animals | liked | liking |
| listen to the radio | listened | listening |
| live in a flat | lived | living |
| look for your keys | looked | looking |
| make the dinner | made | making |
| meet a friend | met | meeting |
| paint a picture | painted | painting |
| play | played | playing |
| chess/tennis/the guitar | ||
| read a newspaper | read /red/ | reading |
| ride a bike | rode | riding |
| run a race | ran | running |
| say goodbye | said | saying |
| see a film | saw | seeing |
| sing a song | sang | singing |
| sleep for seven hours | slept | sleeping |
| smoke a cigarette | smoked | smoking |
| speak German | spoke | speaking |
| start work | started | starting |
| study economics | studied | studying |
| swim every day | swam | swimming |
| take | took | taking |
| photos/the dog out for a walk/your umbrella | ||
| talk to a friend | talked | talking |
| tell me a secret | told | telling |
| travel by plane | travelled | travelling |
| turn on the TV | turned | turning |
| use a computer | used | using |
| wait for a bus | waited | waiting |
| wake up early | woke | waking |
| walk home | walked | walking |
| watch television | watched | watching |
| wear glasses | wore | wearing |
| work in an office | worked | working |
| write a sentence | wrote | writing |