Is Verb A Conjugation:5 Facts You Should Know

A meaningful sentence is all about the subject-verb agreement in all grammatical aspects with the help of the conjugation of verbs. Let us look at ways to conjugate verbs.

A verb must change its form to go hand in hand with its respective subjects in terms of all types of grammatical aspects. Herein lies the need for the conjugation of verbs.

Now, we will learn important facts about the conjugation of verbs along with various ways to conjugate verbs.

What is a verb conjugation?

There are various grammatical aspects that a verb must follow to match itself with its subject. Let us check the concept of conjugation of verbs for proper subject-verb agreement.

“Verb Conjugation” is the process of changing the form of a verb to match the subject in terms of some specific grammatical aspects.

A list of those aspects has been given below.

Aspects of a verb that must be conjugated in relation to its subject	Example	Explanation
1. A verb must be conjugated according to the “person” of the respective subjective.	Pijush never gives up his effort while facing any hurdle in life.	The person of the sentence is “Pijush” and he is the third person singular number. Thus, we have added “-s” to the verb “give.” This addition of “s” to the basic form of the verb “give” can be termed as “conjugation of the verb”.
2. A verb must be conjugated according to the “number” of the respective subject.	They are going to the market to buy some raw and fresh vegetables.	The number of the subject “They” is a third-person plural number. Thus, we have changed the verb “am” to “are” to match the subject of the sentence, and this process is called “conjugation of verb.”
3. A verb must be conjugated according to the “tense” of the respective subject.	I have been boiling the potato since last one hour but still it not cooked.	We have added “ing” to the verb “boil” because the sentence is in the present perfect continuous tense and this process is called “conjugation of verb”.
4. A verb must be conjugated according to the “mood” of the respective subject.	I wish I were the head of the elephant herd.	We have added the verb “were” instead of “is” or “was” after the speaker “I” because the sentence is in the “subjunctive mood”.

How to conjugate a verb?

We can not apply the same rules to conjugate both regular and irregular verbs. Let us check the different rules of the conjugation of verbs.

Conjugation of “Regular Verb” –

There are some specific suffixes to be added to the base form of the regular verb form to make it conjugated into different tenses, moods, persons, and genders.

Tense Form	Addition of suffix	Verb Form
1. Simple Present Tense	Base Form / “-s” to the third person singular number	Achieve / Achieves
2. Present Continuous Tense	“-ing”	am/ is/ are achieving
3. Present Perfect Tense	“-ed”	Have achieved
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense	“-ing”	have been achieving
5. Simple Past Tense	“-ed”	achieved
6. Past Continuous Tense	“-ing”	was achieving
7. Past Perfect Tense	“-ed”	had achieved
8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense	“-ing”	had been achieving
9. Simple Future Tense	“-ed”	had achieved
10. Future Continuous Tense	“-ing”	will be achieving
11. Future Perfect Tense	“-ed”	had achieved
12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense	“-ing”	will have been achieving

Conjugation of “Irregular Verb” –

It can not be specified with any rule, structure, pattern, or tendency to conjugate irregular verbs. There is only a common rule that we need to add the suffix “-s” to the basic form of both regular and irregular verbs in “simple present tense form”.

Let us check conjugation of two irregular verb forms.

Tense FormIrregular Verb “give”Irregular Verb “buy”1. Simple Present Tense	gives	buys
2. Present Continuous Tense	am/ is/ are giving	am/ is/ are buying
3. Present Perfect Tense	Have gave	Have bought
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense	have been giving	have been buying
5. Simple Past Tense	gave	bought
6. Past Continuous Tense	was giving	was buying
7. Past Perfect Tense	had gave	had bought
8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense	had been giving	had been buying
9. Simple Future Tense	had gave	had bought
10. Future Continuous Tense	will be giving	will be buying
11. Future Perfect Tense	had gave	had bought
12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense	will have been giving	will have been buying

What is a regular verb conjugation?

Both “regular” and “irregular” verbs can be conjugated by following their own set of rules. Let us see the concept of regular verb conjugation in action.

The “regular” verb conjugation is the easiest way to conjugate verbs because we can conjugate a regular verb by adding some specific suffixes. There are four types of suffixes that can be used to conjugate the most common verbs in English, and those are regular verbs.

Those four suffixes are as follows.

1. “-d”
2. “-ed”
3. “-ing”
4. “-s”

Example –

Let us see how the regular verb “join” is conjugated according to various tense forms. Here, we have taken “I” as the subject.

Tense Form	Example of “Conjugation of Regular verb”	Explanation
1. Simple Present Tense	I walk along the seaside to get some nice sea shells.	We have kept the regular verb “walk” in its root form to make it appropriate for the “Simple Present Tense” form.
2. Present Continuous Tense	I am walking along the seaside to get some nice sea shells.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the regular verb “walk” to make it appropriate for the “Present Continuous Tense” form.
3. Present Perfect Tense	I have walked along the seaside for the last hour to get some nice seashells.	The suffix “-ed” has been added to the regular verb “walk” to make it appropriate for the “Present Perfect Tense” form.
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense	I have been walking along the seaside to get some nice seashells.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the regular verb “walk” to make it appropriate for the “Present Perfect Continuous Tense” form.
5. Simple Past Tense	I walked along the seaside to get some nice sea shells.	The suffix “-ed” has been added to the regular verb “walk” to make it appropriate for the “Simple Past Tense ” form.
6. Past Continuous Tense	I was walking along the seaside to get some nice sea shells.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the regular verb “walk” to make it appropriate for the “Past Continuous Tense” form.
7. Past Perfect Tense	I had walked along the seaside before sundown to collect some nice sea shells.	The suffix “-ed” has been added to the regular verb “walk” to make it appropriate for the “Past Perfect Tense” form.
8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense	I had been walking along the seaside to get some nice sea shells.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the regular verb “walk” to make it appropriate for the “Past Perfect Continuous Tense” form.
9. Simple Future Tense	I will walk along the seaside to get some nice seashells.	We have kept the regular verb “walk” in its root form to make it appropriate for the “Simple Future Tense ” form.
10. Future Continuous Tense	I will be walking along the seaside to get some nice seashells.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the regular verb “walk” to make it appropriate for the “Future Continuous Tense ” form.
11. Future Perfect Tense	I will have walked along the seaside to get some nice seashells.	The suffix “-ed” has been added to the regular verb “walk” to make it appropriate for the “Future Perfect Tense ” form.
12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense	I will have been walking along the seaside to get some nice seashells.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the regular verb “walk” to make it appropriate for the “Future Perfect Continuous Tense” form.

Conjugation of verb examples –

Now we will go through the conjugation of both regular and irregular verb forms to have a clear idea of the same.

“Regular Verb” Conjugation –

Now we will see how the regular verb “smile” is conjugated according to various tense forms. Here, we have taken “Ronit” as the subject. We must make a note that the subject “Ronit” is a third person singular number.

Tense Form	Example of “Conjugation of Regular verb”	Explanation
1. Simple Present Tense	Ronit smiles at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The suffix “-s” has been added to the regular verb “smile” because the subject “Ronit” is third person singular female.
2. Present Continuous Tense	Ronit is smiling at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the root form of the verb “smile”.
3. Present Perfect Tense	Ronit has smiled for last five minutes at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The suffix “-ed” has been added to the root form of the verb “smile”.
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense	Ronit has been smiling at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the root form of the verb “smile”.
5. Simple Past Tense	Ronit smiled at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The suffix “-ed” has been added to the root form of the verb “smile”.
6. Past Continuous Tense	Ronit was smiling at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the root form of the verb “smile”.
7. Past Perfect Tense	Ronit had smiled for five minutes at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The suffix “-ed” has been added to the root form of the verb “smile”.
8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense	Ronit had been smiling at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the root form of the verb “smile”.
9. Simple Future Tense	Ronit will smile at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The regular verb “smile” is in its root form.
10. Future Continuous Tense	Ronit will be smiling at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the root form of the verb “smile”.
11. Future Perfect Tense	Ronit would have smiled at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The suffix “-ed” has been added to the root form of the verb “smile”.
12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense	Ronit would have been smiling at the adorable girl to make her happy.	The suffix “-ing” has been added to the root form of the verb “smile”.

“Irregular Verb” Conjugation –

How the irregular verb “bring” is conjugated here according to various tense forms we will explore. Here, we have taken “Mina” as the subject. We must make a note that the subject “Mina” is a third person singular number.

Tense Form	Example of “Conjugation of Regular verb”	Explanation
1. Simple Present Tense	Mina brings some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The suffix “-s” has been added to the irregular verb “bring” because the subject “Mina” is a third-person singular female.
2. Present Continuous Tense	Mina is bringing some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The irregular verb “bring” has been conjugated to “bringing” because the sentence is in the present continuous tense.
3. Present Perfect Tense	Mina has brought some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The irregular verb “bring” has been conjugated to “brought” because the sentence is in the Present Perfect Tense.
4. Present Perfect Continuous Tense	Mina has been bringing some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The irregular verb “bring” has been conjugated to “bringing” because the sentence is in the Present Perfect Continuous Tense.
5. Simple Past Tense	Mina brought some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The irregular verb “bring” has been conjugated to “brought” because the sentence is in the Simple Past Tense.
6. Past Continuous Tense	Mina was bringing some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The irregular verb “bring” has been conjugated to “bringing” because the sentence is in the Past Continuous Tense.
7. Past Perfect Tense	Mina had brought some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The irregular verb “bring” has been conjugated to “brought” because the sentence is in the Past Perfect Tense.
8. Past Perfect Continuous Tense	Mina had been bringing some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The irregular verb “bring” has been conjugated to “bringing” because the sentence is in the Past Perfect Continuous Tense.
9. Simple Future Tense	Mina will bring some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The irregular verb “bring” is in its root form because the sentence is in simple future tense.
10. Future Continuous Tense	Mina will be bringing some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The irregular verb “bring” has been conjugated to “bringing” because the sentence is in the Future Continuous Tense.
11. Future Perfect Tense	Mina will have brought some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The irregular verb “bring” has been conjugated to “brought” because the sentence is in the Future Perfect Tense.
12. Future Perfect Continuous Tense	Mina will have been bringing some black chocolate for those orphan children.	The irregular verb “bring” has been conjugated to “bringing” because the sentence is in the Future Perfect Continuous Tense.

Conclusion –

We must make a note that both “regular verbs” and “irregular verbs” need to be conjugated according to their respective subjects, although the rules of regular verb conjugation and irregular verb conjugation are different.