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List of English Irregular Verbs
A list of 212 common English irregular verbs, including their base form, past simple, past participle, 3rd person singular, and the present participle / gerund.

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle	3rd Person Singular	Present Participle / Gerund

Abide	Abode/Abided	Abode/Abided/Abidden	Abides	Abiding
Alight	Alit/Alighted	Alit/Alighted	Alights	Alighting
Arise	Arose	Arisen	Arises	Arising
Awake	Awoke	Awoken	Awakes	Awaking
Be	Was/Were	Been	Is	Being
Bear	Bore	Born/Borne	Bears	Bearing
Beat	Beat	Beaten	Beats	Beating
Become	Became	Become	Becomes	Becoming
Begin	Began	Begun	Begins	Beginning
Behold	Beheld	Beheld	Beholds	Beholding
Bend	Bent	Bent	Bends	Bending
Bet	Bet	Bet	Bets	Betting
Bid	Bade	Bidden	Bids	Bidding
Bid	Bid	Bid	Bids	Bidding
Bind	Bound	Bound	Binds	Binding
Bite	Bit	Bitten	Bites	Biting
Bleed	Bled	Bled	Bleeds	Bleeding
Blow	Blew	Blown	Blows	Blowing
Break	Broke	Broken	Breaks	Breaking
Breed	Bred	Bred	Breeds	Breeding
Bring	Brought	Brought	Brings	Bringing
Broadcast	Broadcast/Broadcasted	Broadcast/Broadcasted	Broadcasts	Broadcasting
Build	Built	Built	Builds	Building
Burn	Burnt/Burned	Burnt/Burned	Burns	Burning
Burst	Burst	Burst	Bursts	Bursting
Bust	Bust	Bust	Busts	Busting
Buy	Bought	Bought	Buys	Buying
Cast	Cast	Cast	Casts	Casting
Catch	Caught	Caught	Catches	Catching
Choose	Chose	Chosen	Chooses	Choosing
Clap	Clapped/Clapt	Clapped/Clapt	Claps	Clapping
Cling	Clung	Clung	Clings	Clinging
Clothe	Clad/Clothed	Clad/Clothed	Clothes	Clothing
Come	Came	Come	Comes	Coming
Cost	Cost	Cost	Costs	Costing
Creep	Crept	Crept	Creeps	Creeping
Cut	Cut	Cut	Cuts	Cutting
Dare	Dared/Durst	Dared	Dares	Daring
Deal	Dealt	Dealt	Deals	Dealing
Dig	Dug	Dug	Digs	Digging
Dive	Dived/Dove	Dived	Dives	Diving
Do	Did	Done	Does	Doing
Draw	Drew	Drawn	Draws	Drawing
Dream	Dreamt/Dreamed	Dreamt/Dreamed	Dreams	Dreaming
Drink	Drank	Drunk	Drinks	Drinking
Drive	Drove	Driven	Drives	Driving
Dwell	Dwelt	Dwelt	Dwells	Dwelling
Eat	Ate	Eaten	Eats	Eating
Fall	Fell	Fallen	Falls	Falling
Feed	Fed	Fed	Feeds	Feeding
Feel	Felt	Felt	Feels	Feeling
Fight	Fought	Fought	Fights	Fighting
Find	Found	Found	Finds	Finding
Fit	Fit/Fitted	Fit/Fitted	Fits	Fitting
Flee	Fled	Fled	Flees	Fleeing
Fling	Flung	Flung	Flings	Flinging
Fly	Flew	Flown	Flies	Flying
Forbid	Forbade/Forbad	Forbidden	Forbids	Forbidding
Forecast	Forecast/Forecasted	Forecast/Forecasted	Forecasts	Forecasting
Foresee	Foresaw	Foreseen	Foresees	Foreseeing
Foretell	Foretold	Foretold	Foretells	Foretelling
Forget	Forgot	Forgotten	Forgets	Foregetting
Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven	Forgives	Forgiving
Forsake	Forsook	Forsaken	Forsakes	Forsaking
Freeze	Froze	Frozen	Freezes	Freezing
Frostbite	Frostbit	Frostbitten	Frostbites	Frostbiting
Get	Got	Got/Gotten	Gets	Getting
Give	Gave	Given	Gives	Giving
Go	Went	Gone/Been	Goes	Going
Grind	Ground	Ground	Grinds	Grinding
Grow	Grew	Grown	Grows	Growing
Handwrite	Handwrote	Handwritten	Handwrites	Handwriting
Hang	Hung/Hanged	Hung/Hanged	Hangs	Hanging
Have	Had	Had	Has	Having
Hear	Heard	Heard	Hears	Hearing
Hide	Hid	Hidden	Hides	Hiding
Hit	Hit	Hit	Hits	Hitting
Hold	Held	Held	Holds	Holding
Hurt	Hurt	Hurt	Hurts	Hurting
Inlay	Inlaid	Inlaid	Inlays	Inlaying
Input	Input/Inputted	Input/Inputted	Inputs	Inputting
Interlay	Interlaid	Interlaid	Interlays	Interlaying
Keep	Kept	Kept	Keeps	Keeping
Kneel	Knelt/Kneeled	Knelt/Kneeled	Kneels	Kneeling
Knit	Knit/Knitted	Knit/Knitted	Knits	Knitting
Know	Knew	Known	Knows	Knowing
Lay	Laid	Laid	Lays	laying
Lead	Led	Led	Leads	Leading
Lean	Leant/Leaned	Leant/Leaned	Leans	Leaning
Leap	Leapt/Leaped	Leapt/Leaped	Leaps	Leaping
Learn	Learnt/Learned	Learnt/Learned	Learns	Learning
Leave	Left	Left	Leaves	Leaving
Lend	Lent	Lent	Lends	Lending
Let	Let	Let	Lets	Letting
Lie	Lay	Lain	Lies	Lying
Light	Lit	Lit	Lights	Lighting
Lose	Lost	Lost	Loses	Losing
Make	Made	Made	Makes	Making
Mean	Meant	Meant	Means	Meaning
Meet	Met	Met	Meets	Meeting
Melt	Melted	Molten/Melted	Melts	Melting
Mislead	Misled	Misled	Misleads	Misleading
Mistake	Mistook	Mistaken	Mistakes	Mistaking
Misunderstand	Misunderstood	Misunderstood	Misunderstands	Misunderstanding
Miswed	Miswed/Miswedded	Miswed/Miswedded	Misweds	Miswedding
Mow	Mowed	Mown	Mows	Mowing
Overdraw	Overdrew	Overdrawn	Overdraws	Overdrawing
Overhear	Overheard	Overheard	Overhears	Overhearing
Overtake	Overtook	Overtaken	Overtakes	Overtaking
Pay	Paid	Paid	Pays	Paying
Preset	Preset	Preset	Presets	Presetting
Prove	Proved	Proven/Proved	Proves	Proving
Put	Put	Put	Puts	Putting
Quit	Quit	Quit	Quits	Quitting
Re-prove	Re-proved	Re-proven/Re-proved	Re-proves	Re-proving
Read	Read	Read	Reads	Reading
Rid	Rid/Ridded	Rid/Ridded	Rids	Ridding
Ride	Rode	Ridden	Rides	Riding
Ring	Rang	Rung	Rings	Ringing
Rise	Rose	Risen	Rises	Rising
Rive	Rived	Riven/Rived	Rives	Riving
Run	Ran	Run	Runs	Running
Saw	Sawed	Sawn/Sawed	Saws	Sawing
Say	Said	Said	Says	Saying
See	Saw	Seen	Sees	Seeing
Seek	Sought	Sought	Seeks	Seeking
Sell	Sold	Sold	Sells	Selling
Send	Sent	Sent	Sends	Sending
Set	Set	Set	Sets	Setting
Sew	Sewed	Sewn/Sewed	Sews	Sewing
Shake	Shook	Shaken	Shakes	Shaking
Shave	Shaved	Shaven/Shaved	Shaves	Shaving
Shear	Shore/Sheared	Shorn/Sheared	Shears	Shearing
Shed	Shed	Shed	Sheds	Shedding
Shine	Shone	Shone	Shines	Shining
Shoe	Shod	Shod	Shoes	Shoeing
Shoot	Shot	Shot	Shoots	Shooting
Show	Showed	Shown	Shows	Showing
Shrink	Shrank	Shrunk	Shrinks	Shrinking
Shut	Shut	Shut	Shuts	Shutting
Sing	Sang	Sung	Sings	Singing
Sink	Sank	Sunk	Sinks	Sinking
Sit	Sat	Sat	Sits	Sitting
Slay	Slew	Slain	Slays	Slaying
Sleep	Slept	Slept	Sleeps	Sleeping
Slide	Slid	Slid/Slidden	Slides	Sliding
Sling	Slung	Slung	Slings	Slinging
Slink	Slunk	Slunk	Slinks	Slinking
Slit	Slit	Slit	Slits	Slitting
Smell	Smelt/Smelled	Smelt/Smelled	Smells	Smelling
Sneak	Sneaked/Snuck	Sneaked/Snuck	Sneaks	Sneaking
Soothsay	Soothsaid	Soothsaid	Soothsays	Soothsaying
Sow	Sowed	Sown	Sows	Sowing
Speak	Spoke	Spoken	Speaks	Speaking
Speed	Sped/Speeded	Sped/Speeded	Speeds	Speeding
Spell	Spelt/Spelled	Spelt/Spelled	Spells	Spelling
Spend	Spent	Spent	Spends	Spending
Spill	Spilt/Spilled	Spilt/Spilled	Spills	Spilling
Spin	Span/Spun	Spun	Spins	Spinning
Spit	Spat/Spit	Spat/Spit	Spits	Spitting
Split	Split	Split	Splits	Splitting
Spoil	Spoilt/Spoiled	Spoilt/Spoiled	Spoils	Spoiling
Spread	Spread	Spread	Spreads	Spreading
Spring	Sprang	Sprung	Springs	Springing
Stand	Stood	Stood	Stands	Standing
Steal	Stole	Stolen	Steals	Stealing
Stick	Stuck	Stuck	Sticks	Sticking
Sting	Stung	Stung	Stings	Stinging
Stink	Stank	Stunk	Stinks	Stinking
Stride	Strode/Strided	Stridden	Strides	Striding
Strike	Struck	Struck/Stricken	Strikes	Striking
String	Strung	Strung	Strings	Stringing
Strip	Stript/Stripped	Stript/Stripped	Strips	Stripping
Strive	Strove	Striven	Strives	Striving
Sublet	Sublet	Sublet	Sublets	Subletting
Sunburn	Sunburned/Sunburnt	Sunburned/Sunburnt	Sunburns	Sunburning
Swear	Swore	Sworn	Swears	Swearing
Sweat	Sweat/Sweated	Sweat/Sweated	Sweats	Sweating
Sweep	Swept/Sweeped	Swept/Sweeped	Sweeps	Sweeping
Swell	Swelled	Swollen	Swells	Swelling
Swim	Swam	Swum	Swims	Swimming
Swing	Swung	Swung	Swings	Swinging
Take	Took	Taken	Takes	Taking
Teach	Taught	Taught	Teaches	Teaching
Tear	Tore	Torn	Tears	Tearing
Tell	Told	Told	Tells	Telling
Think	Thought	Thought	Thinks	Thinking
Thrive	Throve/Thrived	Thriven/Thrived	Thrives	Thriving
Throw	Threw	Thrown	Throws	Throwing
Thrust	Thrust	Thrust	Thrusts	Thrusting
Tread	Trod	Trodden	Treads	Treading
Undergo	Underwent	Undergone	Undergoes	Undergoing
Understand	Understood	Understood	Understands	Understanding
Undertake	Undertook	Undertaken	Undertakes	Undertaking
Upsell	Upsold	Upsold	Upsells	Upselling
Upset	Upset	Upset	Upsets	Upsetting
Vex	Vext/Vexed	Vext/Vexed	Vexes	Vexing
Wake	Woke	Woken	Wakes	Waking
Wear	Wore	Worn	Wears	Wearing
Weave	Wove	Woven	Weaves	Weaving
Wed	Wed/Wedded	Wed/Wedded	Weds	Wedding
Weep	Wept	Wept	Weeps	Weeping
Wend	Wended/Went	Wended/Went	Wends	Wending
Wet	Wet/Wetted	Wet/Wetted	Wets	Wetting
Win	Won	Won	Wins	Winning
Wind	Wound	Wound	Winds	Winding
Withdraw	Withdrew	Withdrawn	Withdraws	Withdrawing
Withhold	Withheld	Withheld	Withholds	Withholding
Withstand	Withstood	Withstood	Withstands	Withstanding
Wring	Wrung	Wrung	Wrings	Wringing
Write	Wrote	Written	Writes	Writing
Zinc	Zinced/Zincked	Zinced/Zincked	Zincs/Zincks	Zincking

Here is a list of commonly used regular verbs with their base form, simple past form and the past participle.

BASE FORM	SIMPLE PAST	PAST PARTICIPLE
Accept	Accepted	Accepted
Achieve	Achieved	Achieved
Add	Added	Added
Admire	Admired	Admirer
Admit	Admitted	Admitted
Adopt	Adopted	Adopted
Advise	Advised	Advised
Agree	Agreed	Agreed
Allow	Allowed	Allowed
Announce	Announced	Announced
Appreciate	Appreciated	Appreciated
Approve	Approved	Approved
Argue	Argued	Argued
Arrive	Arrived	Arrived
Ask	Asked	Asked
Assist	Assisted	Assisted
Attack	Attacked	Attacked
Bake	Baked	Baked
Beg	Begged	Begged
Behave	Behaved	Behaved
Boil	Boiled	Boiled
Borrow	Borrowed	Borrowed
Brush	Brushed	Brushed
Bury	Buried	Buried
Call	Called	Called
Challenge	Challenged	Challenged
Change	Changed	Changed
Chase	Chased	Chased
Cheat	Cheated	Cheated
Cheer	Cheered	Cheered
Chew	Chewed	Chewed
Clap	Clapped	Clapped
Clean	Cleaned	Cleaned
Collect	Collected	Collected
Compare	Compared	Compared
Complain	Complained	Complained
Confess	Confessed	Confessed
Construct	Constructed	Constructed
Control	Controlled	Controlled
Copy	Copied	Copied
Count	Counted	Counted
Create	Created	Created
Cry	Cried	Cried
Cycle	Cycled	Cycled
Damage	Damaged	Damaged
Dance	Danced	Danced
Deliver	Delivered	Delivered
Destroy	Destroyed	Destroyed
Divide	Divided	Divided
Drag	Dragged	Dragged
Earn	Earned	Earned
Employ	Employed	Employed
Encourage	Encouraged	Encouraged
Enjoy	Enjoyed	Enjoyed
Establish	Established	Established
Estimate	Estimated	Estimated
Exercise	Exercised	Exercised
Expand	Expanded	Expanded
Explain	Explained	Explained
Fry	Fried	Fried
Gather	Gathered	Gathered
Greet	Greeted	Greeted
Guess	Guessed	Guessed
Harass	Harassed	Harassed
Hate	Hated	Hated
Help	Helped	Helped
Hope	Hoped	Hoped
Identify	Identified	Identified
Interrupt	Interrupted	Interrupted
Introduce	Introduced	Introduced
Irritate	Irritated	Irritated
Joke	Joked	Joked
Jump	Jumped	Jumped
Kick	Kicked	Kicked
Kill	Killed	Killed
Kiss	Kissed	Kissed
Laugh	Laughed	Laughed
Lie	Lied	Lied
Like	Liked	Liked
Listen	Listened	Listened
Love	Loved	Loved
Marry	Married	Married
Measure	Measured	Measured
Move	Moved	Moved
Murder	Murdered	Murdered
Need	Needed	Needed
Obey	Obeyed	Obeyed
Offend	Offended	Offended
Offer	Offered	Offered
Open	Opened	Opened
Paint	Painted	Painted
Park	Parked	Parked
Phone	Phoned	Phoned
Pick	Picked	Picked
Play	Played	Played
Pray	Prayed	Prayed
Print	Printed	Printed
Pull	Pulled	Puled
Punch	Punched	Punched
Punish	Punished	Punished
Purchase	Purchased	Purchased
Push	Pushed	Pushed
Question	Questioned	Questioned
Race	Raced	Raced
Relax	Relaxed	Relaxed
Remember	Remembered	Remembered
Reply	Replied	Replied
Retire	Retired	Retired
Return	Returned	Returned
Rub	Rubbed	Rubbed
Scold	Scolded	Scolded
Select	Selected	Selected
Smoke	Smoked	Smoked
Snore	Snored	Snored
Stare	Stared	Stared
Start	Started	Started
Study	Studied	Studied
Talk	Talked	Talked
Thank	Thanked	Thanked
Travel	Travelled	Travelled
Trouble	Troubled	Troubled
Type	Typed	Typed
Use	Used	Used
Visit	Visited	Visited
Wait	Waited	Waited
Walk	Walked	Walked
Want	Wanted	Wanted
Warn	Warned	Warned
Wink	Winked	Winked
Worry	Worried	Worried
Yell	Yelled	Yelled

What is verb conjugation?
Conjugation is the creation of derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection (regular alteration according to rules of grammar).
Conjugation may be affected by person, number, gender, tense, aspect, mood, voice, or other grammatical categories.
Conjugated forms of a verb are called finite forms. In many languages there are also one or more forms that remain unchanged with all or most grammatical categories: the non-finite forms, such as the infinitive or the gerund. A table giving all the conjugated variants of a verb in a given language is called a conjugation table or a verb paradigm.

English verb conjugation rules

There are 3 categories of verbs:

�Regular verbs
�Irregular verbs
�Modal verbs
The Basic rules for regular and irregular verbs are:
Present Simple:

Affirmative: I, you, we, they + verb (Infinitive without �to�)
He/she/it + verb (Infinitive without �to�) + �-s�
Negative: I, you, we, they + do + not + verb (Infinitive without �to�
He/she/it + does + not + verb (Infinitive without �to�)
Interrogative: Do + I, you, we, they + verb (Infinitive without �to�
Does + he/she/it + verb (Infinitive without �to�)?

Past Simple:

Affirmative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + verb (Past Participle)
Negative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + did + not + verb (Infinitive without �to�)
Interrogative: Did + I, you, he/she/it, we, they + verb (Infinitive without �to)?

Present continuous:

Affirmative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + be (Present Simple) + verb (Present Participle (verb+�-ing�))
Negative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + be (Present Simple) + not + verb (Present Participle)
Interrogative: Be (Present Simple) + I, you, we, they + verb (Present Participle)?

Past continuous:

Affirmative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + be (Past Simple) + verb (Present Participle)
Negative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + be (Past Simple) + not + verb (Present Participle)
Interrogative: Be (Past Simple) + I, you, we, they + verb (Present Participle)?

Present perfect:

Affirmative: I, you, we, they + have + verb (Past Participle)
He/she/it + has + verb (Past Participle)

Negative: I, you, we, they + have + not + verb (Past Participle)
He/she/it + has + not + verb (Past Participle)

Interrogative: Have + I, you, we, they + verb (Past Participle)?
Has+ he/she/it + verb (Past Participle)?

Past perfect:

Affirmative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + had + verb (Past Participle)
Negative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + had + not + verb (Past Participle)
Interrogative: Had + I, you, he/she/it, we, they + verb (Past Participle)?

Present perfect continuous:

Affirmative: I, you, we, they + have + been + verb (Present Participle)
He/she/it + has + been + verb (Present Participle)

Negative: I, you, we, they + have + not + been + verb (Present Participle)
He/she/it + has + not + been + verb (Present Participle)

Interrogative: Have + I, you, we, they + been + verb (Present Participle)?
Has+ he/she/it + been + verb (Present Participle)?

Past perfect continuous:

Affirmative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + had + been + verb (Present Participle)
Negative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + had+ not + been + verb (Present Participle)
Interrogative: Had + I, you, he/she/it, we, they + been + verb (Present Participle)?

Future:

Affirmative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + will + verb (Infinitive without �to�)
Negative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + will + not + verb (Infinitive without �to�)
Interrogative: Will + I, you, he/she/it, we, they + verb (Infinitive without �to�)?

Future Perfect:

Affirmative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they +will + have + verb (Past Participle)
Negative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they +will + not + have + verb (Past Participle)
Interrogative: Will + I, you, he/she/it, we, they + have + verb (Past Participle)?

Future continuous:

Affirmative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + will + be + verb (Present Participle)
Negative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + will + not + be + verb (Present Participle)
Interrogative: Will + I, you, he/she/it, we, they + be + verb (Present Participle)?

Future perfect continuous:

Affirmative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + will + have + been + verb (Present Participle)
Negative: I, you, he/she/it, we, they + will + not + have + been + verb (Present Participle)
Interrogative: Will + I, you, he/she/it, we, they + have + been + verb (Present Participle)?

Among the irregular verbs are the modal verbs. Modals are special verbs which behave very irregularly in English. For example they do not add "-s" in the third person in Present Simple tense.

New irregular verbs are no longer being created in English so the list of irregular verbs to be learned is not getting any larger.

What are verbs?
What Is the Infinitive Form of a Verb?
What Are Finite Verbs?
What are non-finite verbs?
What are adjectives?
What is the subject of a sentence?
What is verb tense?
What are verbals?
What are gerunds?
What are participles?

What are verbs?

Definition of Verb (with Examples)

Verbs are often described as doing words. A verb usually tells us what action is being performed. For example:

He ate the cake.
She read the book.

Verbs can express a physical actions, mental actions, or states of being. For example:

Verbs Expressing Physical Actions

Verbs that express physical actions are the ones that spring to mind when most people think about verbs. Such verbs are easy to spot because the action can be easily envisaged. Here are some examples of verbs expressing physical actions:

to swim
to write
to climb

Verbs Expressing Mental Actions

Not all actions are physical. Some are mental. Here are some examples of verbs expressing mental actions:

to think
to wonder
to guess

Verbs Expressing a State of Being

The very act of being (i.e., just existing) is also an action. Below are some examples of verbs that express a state of being. The most common one (in fact, the most common verb of all) is the verb to be.

to be
to exist
to appear

What Is the Infinitive Form of a Verb? (with Examples)

The infinitive form of a verb is the verb in its basic form. It is the version of the verb which will appear in the dictionary.

The infinitive form of a verb is usually preceded by to (e.g., to run, to dance, to think). The infinitive form is not always preceded by to. Look at these examples:

I need to run every day.

full infinitive

to-infinitive

I must run every day.

I run every day.

finite verb

Note: The word to is not a preposition. It is often called the sign of the infinitive.

An infinitive is a non-finite verb. In other words, it cannot be the main verb in a sentence.

An infinitive can be used as a noun, an adjective or an adverb.

Examples of Infinitives as Nouns

Here are some examples of infinitive verbs as nouns:

To dance was her passion.

was

Compare it to this:

Dancing was her passion.

to dance

Here is another example:

He likes to hunt.

likes

Compare it to this:

He likes hunting.

to hunt

Examples of Infinitives as Adjectives

An adjective modifies a noun to tell us something about the noun (e.g., its colour, type, or number). You have to bear this in mind when working out how infinitives function as adjectives. Here are some examples of infinitive verbs as adjectives:

Give him an ornament to polish.

ornament

Compare it to this:

Give him an ornament that he can polish.

that he must polish

adjective clause

to polish

Here is another example:

I need a volunteer to take the minutes.

volunteer

Compare it to this:

I need a volunteer who is prepared to take the minutes.

who is prepared to take the minutes

to take

the minutes

infinitive phrase

An infinitive that acts as an adjective usually appears immediately after the noun it is modifying.

Examples of Infinitives as Adverbs

An adverb usually modifies a verb to tell us when, where, how, in what manner, or to what extent an action is performed. You have to bear this in mind when working out how infinitives function as adverbs. Here are some examples of infinitive verbs as adverbs:

The officer returned to help.

returned

Compare it to this:

The officer returned so he could help.

so he could help

adverbial clause

to help

Here is another example:

He will complete the mission to set an example.

will complete

Compare it to this:

He will complete the mission so he can set an example.

so he can set an example

to set an example

to set

an example

infinitive phrase

Bare Infinitives (When Not Preceded by To)

Most infinitives are preceded by to, but after certain verbs, the to is dropped. The most obvious example is when an infinitive follows can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, or would (i.e., a modal verb). For example:

More examples (bare infinitives shaded):

He should go home.

bare infinitive

They might finish by Wednesday.

Bare infinitives also follow other verbs. The main ones are: feel, hear, help, let, make, see, and watch. This time, there is a direct object involved. For example:

More examples (bare infinitives shaded):

Mark helped his friend finish.

helped

his friend

I watched them bake the bread.

watched

them

Use the Infinitive Form As a Name for a Verb

When discussing grammar, the infinitive form is used as the name for a verb. For example:

The verb to play has the participles playing and played.
In the present tense, the verb to be has the forms am, is, and, are.

A finite verb is a verb which has a subject and shows tense. In short, it is a verb being a verb (i.e., a doing word) as opposed to a verbal (which is another part of speech formed from a verb).

Examples of Finite Verbs

Every sentence needs a finite verb. Look at these examples (with the finite verbs shaded):

He painted the fence.

painted

He varnished the painted fence.

painted

to paint

adjective

Here are some more examples:

You promised me the last ticket.
I am excited about going to the amusement park.
I went for a walk around the park.
Everyone wanted to go to the amusement park, but we only had four tickets.
On that dark day, the spirits rose from their graves to feast upon the living.
In that moment, it all became clear that the amusement park was a trap.