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Verbs

Verbs in English are a part of speech which describes an action, an event, or a state. The conjugation rules are quite straightforward.

 

For third person singular pronouns

Add -s for most verbs.

work works
buy buys
ride rides
return returns

 


Add -es for words that end in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, or -z.

watch watches
pass passes
rush rushes
relax relaxes
buzz buzzes

 

Change the y to i and add -es when the base form ends in a consonant y.

study studies
hurry hurries
dry dries

 

Do not change the y when the base form ends in a vowel y. Add -s.

play plays
enjoy enjoys

 

A few verbs have irregular forms.

be is
do does
go goes


 

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