English conjugation tables

This is a paradigm of English verbs, that is, a set of conjugation tables, for the model regular verbs and for some of the most common irregular verbs. The tables analyze English according to a traditional grammar perspective.

=Mood, tense, voice, person and number=

Mood

There are three non-finite (i.e. "not conjugated") moods and five finite moods (i.e. "conjugated") in English, which makes eight moods:
*Non-finite moods:
**Infinitive ("to be")
**Participle ("been")
**Gerund ("being")
*Finite moods:
**Indicative mood ("I am")
**Conditional mood ("I would be")
**Potential mood ("I may be")
**Subjunctive mood ("I be")
**Imperative mood ("be!")

Tense

There are twelve tenses:
*Simple present ("I am")
*Present progressive or Present continuous ("I am being")
*Present perfect ("I have been")
*Present perfect progressive or present perfect continuous ("I have been being")

*Simple past ("I was")
*Past progressive or Past continuous ("I was being")
*Past perfect or pluperfect ("I had been")
*Past perfect progressive, pluperfect progressive, past perfect continuous or pluperfect continuous ("I had been being")

*Simple future ("I shall be")
*Future progressive or Future continuous ("I shall be being")
*Future perfect ("I shall have been")
*Future perfect progressive or Future perfect continuous ("I shall have been being")

All non-auxiliaries exhibit two more tenses:
*Intensive present ("I do play")
*Intensive past ("I did play")

Voice

There are two voices:
*Active voice ("I play")
*Passive voice ("I am played")

Number and person

There are two grammatical numbers and three grammatical persons:
*First person singular: I
*Second person singular: you or thou
*Third person singular: he, she, it or a singular noun
*First person plural: we
*Second person plural: you or ye
*Third person plural: they or a plural noun

=Active conjugation=

Weak verbs (to play)

To let

*The verb "to let" is used to form the "first person" and the "third person" of the "imperative"
*The form "let us" can be shortened to "let's"

Modal auxiliaries

The modal auxiliaries are "can, may, dare, need, must, ought, will" and "shall". They are all irregular and defective.

Can

*The verb "can" is defective. If the desired form of "can" does not exist, the verb "to be able to" ("he is able to", "he is not able to", "he was able to", "he has been able to") is used.
*The forms "cannot" and "could not" can be shortened to can't and couldn't

Need

*The verb "need" is defective, if the desired form of "need" not exist, the verb "to need to" ("he needs to", "he does not need to", "he needed to", "he has needed to") is used.
*The form "need not" can be shortened to needn't
*The verb "to need" is regular and weak ("he needs", "he needed")

Will

*The verb "will" is used to form "the indicative simple future, the indicative future progressive (indicative future continuous), the indicative future perfect, the indicative future perfect progressive (indicative future perfect continuous) and the conditional mood"
*The verb "will" is defective, if the desired form of "will" not exist, the verb "to will to" ("he wills to", "he does not will to", "he willed to", "he has willed to") is used.
*The forms "will not" and "would not" can be shortened to won't and wouldn't
*The forms "will" and "would" are sometimes shortens to 'll and 'ld
*The verb "to will" is regular and weak ("he wills", "he willed")