regular model: work
verbs ending in -e: like

speak - model verb To form the preterit, change the vowel(s) to -o- and append an -e after the final consonant if the word doesn't already end in -e. To form the past participle, add -n to the preterit.
Verbs that follow
this model:
  1. awake
  2. bespeak
  3. break
  4. choose
  5. flash-freeze
  6. freeze
  7. housebreak
  8. interweave
  9. inweave
  10. misspeak
  11. quick-freeze
  12. refreeze
  13. reweave
  14. steal
  15. unfreeze
  16. wake
  17. weave

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break

It is conjugated like: speak
infinitive:
present participle:
past participle:
(to) break
breaking
broken
definition
in Spanish
in French
in Italian

Indicative

presentAlso known as:
present simple or simple present
Ibreak
youbreak
he, she, itbreaks
webreak
youbreak
theybreak
simple pastAlso known as:
past simple or preterit
Ibroke
youbroke
he, she, itbroke
webroke
youbroke
theybroke
future
Iwill break
youwill break
he, she, itwill break
wewill break
youwill break
theywill break

Perfect tenses

present perfect
Ihave broken
youhave broken
he, she, ithas broken
wehave broken
youhave broken
theyhave broken
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect
Ihad broken
youhad broken
he, she, ithad broken
wehad broken
youhad broken
theyhad broken
future perfect
Iwill have broken
youwill have broken
he, she, itwill have broken
wewill have broken
youwill have broken
theywill have broken

Continuous (progressive) and emphatic tenses

present continuous
Iam breaking
youare breaking
he, she, itis breaking
weare breaking
youare breaking
theyare breaking
past continuous
Iwas breaking
youwere breaking
he, she, itwas breaking
wewere breaking
youwere breaking
theywere breaking
present emphatic
Ido break
youdo break
he, she, itdoes break
wedo break
youdo break
theydo break
past emphatic
Idid break
youdid break
he, she, itdid break
wedid break
youdid break
theydid break

Compound continuous (progressive) tenses

present perfect
Ihave been breaking
youhave been breaking
he, she, ithas been breaking
wehave been breaking
youhave been breaking
theyhave been breaking
past perfect
Ihad been breaking
youhad been breaking
he, she, ithad been breaking
wehad been breaking
youhad been breaking
theyhad been breaking
future
Iwill be breaking
youwill be breaking
he, she, itwill be breaking
wewill be breaking
youwill be breaking
theywill be breaking
future perfect
Iwill have been breaking
youwill have been breaking
he, she, itwill have been breaking
wewill have been breaking
youwill have been breaking
theywill have been breaking

Conditional

present
Iwould break
youwould break
he, she, itwould break
wewould break
youwould break
theywould break
perfectAlso known as:
past conditional
Iwould have broken
youwould have broken
he, she, itwould have broken
wewould have broken
youwould have broken
theywould have broken
present continuous
Iwould be breaking
youwould be breaking
he, she, itwould be breaking
wewould be breaking
youwould be breaking
theywould be breaking
perfect continuous
Iwould have been breaking
youwould have been breaking
he, she, itwould have been breaking
wewould have been breaking
youwould have been breaking
theywould have been breaking

Imperative

present
(you)break!
(we)let's break!
(you)break!

Subjunctive

present
Ibreak
youbreak
he, she, itbreak
webreak
youbreak
theybreak
past
Ibroke
youbroke
he, she, itbroke
webroke
youbroke
theybroke
past perfectAlso known as:
pluperfect subjunctive
Ihad broken
youhad broken
he, she, ithad broken
wehad broken
youhad broken
theyhad broken
future
Ishould break
youshould break
he, she, itshould break
weshould break
youshould break
theyshould break

*Blue letters in conjugations are irregular forms. (example)
*Red letters in conjugations are exceptions to the model. (example)

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