Tout au long de ma carrière de professeur d’anglais, j’ai entendu mes étudiants dire que leur plus grand défi était de bien conjuguer les verbes, d’utiliser les bons temps. Pourtant, c’est ce qu’il y a de plus facile!
Le secret consiste à bien comprendre quel temps de verbe vous souhaitez exprimer, dans votre propre langue, et d’utiliser le temps équivalent en anglais. Le temps d’une phrase ou encore l’idée que vous voulez exprimer ne changent pas. Si l’action se situe dans le passé, c’est ce temps que vous utiliserez en anglais. Même chose s’il s’agit du futur ainsi que pour tous les autres temps. Que l’idée que vous voulez exprimer soit positive ou négative, dans votre langue maternelle, il en sera de même en anglais. Vous devez savoir ce que vous souhaitez exprimer et quel temps vous désirez utiliser avant de vous lancer. Le temps du verbe ne change pas.
Dès que vous aurez clairement intégré cette notion, vous constaterez que tous les verbes et tous les temps, en anglais (et dans toutes les langues) suivent une logique et sont répétitifs. Avec un peu de temps et de pratique, vous arriverez facilement et rapidement à comparer et à transposer le temps des verbes de votre langue vers l’anglais.
Ces cours sont conçus spécialement pour vous aider à surmonter vos problèmes et à développer votre confiance pour l’utilisation appropriée du temps des verbes et de la grammaire de base.
Cependant, avant de débuter, vous devez acquérir un certain nombre de notions de base à propos des verbes. Vous devez également comprendre la différence entre les temps des verbes afin de les utiliser adéquatement.
The present tense is used to express habits, routines or facts.
He rides his bike to school every morning.
I like ice cream.
The past tense is used to express a completed action in the past.
I borrowed the money from my friend.
She sent the letter this morning.
The present progressive tense is used to express an action that is presently occurring or as a future tense if the planned action is a definite fact.
We are watching a movie.
They are leaving tomorrow night.
The past progressive tense is used to express an action that happened in the past over a period of time.
He was sleeping on the bus.
You were snoring while you were sleeping.
The future tense with will is used to express an action that will happen in the future.
I will call you tomorrow.
They will regret their decision.
The future tense with be going to is also used to express an action that will happen in the future.
It is going to rain tonight.
We are going to visit you next summer.
You can use either will or be going to to express the future tense in English. Sentences with will and be going to have basically the same meaning.
The present perfect tense is used to express a past action that has no specific time.
She has broken the law many times.
They have lived overseas.
It is also used to express an action that began in the past and is continuing in the present.
She has worked at the bank for seven years.
They have been roommates since August.
The past perfect tense is used to express two past actions. For example, one past action occurred on a Thursday afternoon and the previous past action occurred on the same Thursday but in the morning.
I had finished my book (in the morning), so I went for a walk (in the afternoon).
She had torn her blue dress (4 weeks ago), so I sewed it for her (3 weeks ago).
The future perfect tense is used to express an action that is expected to happen in the future before another action takes place.
The snow will have melted by May.
The lakes will have frozen by December.
The following verbs are not normally used in the progressive form.
to cost |
to hear |
to fear |
to belong |
to believe |
to mean |
to owe |
to like |
to contain |
to agree |
to suppose |
to love |
to own |
to know |
to want |
to prefer |
to hate |
to need |
to see |
to seem |
This means that we don't say: |
We say: |
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I am owning this house. |
I own this house. |
He was wanting to see you. |
He wanted to see you. |
Il existe deux types de verbes : réguliers et irréguliers. Tous les verbes auxquels on ajoute « ed » à la fin pour indiquer le passé sont réguliers. Ceux n’utilisent pas « ed » à la fin pour former le passé sont irréguliers. Même si les verbes réguliers et irréguliers sont différents lorsque conjugués au passé (simple past) et au participe passé (past participle), leur forme respective ne change pas quelque soit le temps utilisé.
All regular verbs have the same form for the simple past and the past participle (they end with ed).
REGULAR VERBS TABLE
|
SIMPLE FORM
| SIMPLE PAST
| PAST PARTICIPLE
|
jump
|
jumped
|
jumped
|
talk
|
talked
|
talked
|
listen
|
listened
|
listened
|
call
|
called
|
called
|
remove
|
removed
|
removed
|
learn
|
learned
|
learned
|
La forme « past participle » d’un verbe est utilisée pour tous les verbes composés « perfect tenses » (sauf en mode progressif) qu’ils soient réguliers ou irréguliers. La capacité d’utiliser correctement le bon temps de verbe en anglais repose en grande partie sur la connaissance de tous les verbes irréguliers dans leurs trois formes (simple, simple past, past participale) et de savoir quelle forme de verbe doit être utilisée pour chaque temps.
Il arrive qu’un verbe se terminant par « ed » soit utilisé au passé ou au participe passé. Il est très important de comprendre cette notion et d’être en mesure de faire la différence. Voici quelques exemples :
Simple Past Tense : I talked to John yesterday. (simple past form)
Present Perfect Tense : I have talked to John many times. (past participle form)
Lorsque vous comprenez et maîtrisez ces règles de base vous êtes alors en mesure d’utiliser adéquatement le bon temps de verbe en anglais.
Après quelques exercices et un peu de pratique, vous réaliserez rapidement combien il peut être facile de maîtriser le temps des verbes en anglais ainsi que les notions de grammaire de base.
Study and learn the simple, simple past, and past participle forms of the following irregular verbs.
IRREGULAR VERBS TABLE
|
SIMPLE FORM
|
SIMPLE PAST
|
PAST PARTICIPLE
|
awake
|
awoke
|
awoken
|
be
|
was/were
|
been
|
beat
|
beat
|
beaten
|
become
|
became
|
become
|
begin
|
began
|
begun
|
bend
|
bent
|
bent
|
bet
|
bet
|
bet
|
bite
|
bit
|
bitten
|
bleed
|
bled
|
bled
|
blow
|
blew
|
blown
|
break
|
broke
|
broken
|
bring
|
brought
|
brought
|
broadcast
|
broadcast
|
broadcast
|
build
|
built
|
built
|
burn
|
burned/burnt
|
burned/burnt
|
burst
|
burst
|
burst
|
buy
|
bought
|
bought
|
cast
|
cast
|
cast
|
SIMPLE FORM
|
SIMPLE PAST
|
PAST PARTICIPLE
|
forbid
|
forbade
|
forbidden
|
forget
|
forgot
|
forgotten
|
forgive
|
forgave
|
forgiven
|
freeze
|
froze
|
frozen
|
get
|
got
|
got/gotten
|
give
|
gave
|
given
|
go
|
went
|
gone
|
grind
|
ground
|
ground
|
grow
|
grew
|
grown
|
hang
|
hung
|
hung
|
have
|
had
|
had
|
hear
|
heard
|
heard
|
hide
|
hid
|
hidden
|
hit
|
hit
|
hit
|
hold
|
held
|
held
|
hurt
|
hurt
|
hurt
|
keep
|
kept
|
kept
|
kneel
|
knelt
|
knelt
|
knit
|
knitted/knit
|
knitted/knit
|
know
|
knew
|
known
|
lay (to place, put down)
|
laid
|
laid
|
lead
|
led
|
led
|
SIMPLE FORM
|
SIMPLE PAST
|
PAST PARTICIPLE
|
set
|
set
|
set
|
sew
|
sewed
|
sewed/sewn
|
shake
|
shook
|
shaken
|
shave
|
shaved
|
shaved/shaven
|
shear
|
sheared
|
sheared/shorn
|
shed
|
shed
|
shed
|
shine
|
shined/shone
|
shined/shone
|
shoot
|
shot
|
shot
|
show
|
showed
|
shown
|
shrink
|
shrank
|
shrunk
|
shut
|
shut
|
shut
|
sing
|
sang
|
sung
|
sink
|
sank
|
sunk
|
sit
|
sat
|
sat
|
sleep
|
slept
|
slept
|
slide
|
slid
|
slid
|
speak
|
spoke
|
spoken
|
spend
|
spent
|
spent
|
spill
|
spilled/spilt
|
spilled/spilt
|
spin
|
spun
|
spun
|
spit
|
spit/spat
|
spit/spat
|
split
|
split
|
split
|
spread
|
spread
|
spread
|
spring
|
sprang
|
sprung
|
SIMPLE FORM
|
SIMPLE PAST
|
PAST PARTICIPLE
|
catch
|
caught
|
caught
|
choose
|
chose
|
chosen
|
come
|
came
|
come
|
cost
|
cost
|
cost
|
creep
|
crept
|
crept
|
cut
|
cut
|
cut
|
deal
|
dealt
|
dealt
|
dig
|
dug
|
dug
|
dive
|
dived/dove
|
dived/dove
|
do
|
did
|
done
|
draw
|
drew
|
drawn
|
dream
|
dreamed/dreamt
|
dreamed/dreamt
|
drink
|
drank
|
drunk
|
drive
|
drove
|
driven
|
eat
|
ate
|
eaten
|
fall
|
fell
|
fallen
|
feed
|
fed
|
fed
|
feel
|
felt
|
felt
|
fight
|
fought
|
fought
|
find
|
found
|
found
|
fit
|
fit
|
fit
|
flee
|
fled
|
fled
|
fly
|
flew
|
flown
|
SIMPLE FORM
|
SIMPLE PAST
|
PAST PARTICIPLE
|
leave
|
left
|
left
|
lend
|
lent
|
lent
|
let
|
let
|
let
|
lie (to lie down)
|
lay
|
lain
|
light
|
lit
|
lit
|
lose
|
lost
|
lost
|
make
|
made
|
made
|
mean
|
meant
|
meant
|
meet
|
met
|
met
|
mistake
|
mistook
|
mistaken
|
pay
|
paid
|
paid
|
prove
|
proved
|
proved/proven
|
put
|
put
|
put
|
quit
|
quit
|
quit
|
read
|
read
|
read
|
ride
|
rode
|
ridden
|
ring
|
rang
|
rung
|
rise
|
rose
|
risen
|
run
|
ran
|
run
|
say
|
said
|
said
|
see
|
saw
|
seen
|
seek
|
sought
|
sought
|
sell
|
sold
|
sold
|
send
|
sent
|
sent
|
SIMPLE FORM
|
SIMPLE PAST
|
PAST PARTICIPLE
|
stand
|
stood
|
stood
|
steal
|
stole
|
stolen
|
stick
|
stuck
|
stuck
|
sting
|
stung
|
stung
|
strike
|
struck
|
struck
|
swear
|
swore
|
sworn
|
sweep
|
swept
|
swept
|
swell
|
swelled
|
swelled/swollen
|
swim
|
swam
|
swum
|
swing
|
swung
|
swung
|
take
|
took
|
taken
|
teach
|
taught
|
taught
|
tear
|
tore
|
torn
|
tell
|
told
|
told
|
think
|
thought
|
thought
|
throw
|
threw
|
thrown
|
understand
|
understood
|
understood
|
upset
|
upset
|
upset
|
wake
|
woke
|
woken
|
wear
|
wore
|
worn
|
weep
|
wept
|
wept
|
win
|
won
|
won
|
write
|
wrote
|
written
|
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