Mengenal dan menguasai kata kerja (Verb) bahasa Inggris

the verb

Verb (kata kerja) berarti kata yang menerangkan sebuah perlakuan atau kegiatan yang dilakukan. Fungsi dari Verb (kata kerja) adalah menjelasakan suatu perlakuan, tingkah laku tertentu (Action) ataupun aktivitas yang dilakukan oleh subject. Penempatan verb dalam kalimat bahasa Inggris dipengaruhi oleh bentuk waktu. Hal ini sangat berbeda dengan Kata kerja dalam bahasa Indonesia. Berikut contohnya:

Saya sedang mengirimkan sebuah email kepadamu hari ini

Saya mengirimkan sebuah email kepadamu kemarin

Saya mengirimkan sebuah email kepadamu besok

Perhatikan kata kerja pada contoh kalimat diatas, nampak bahwa kata kerja dalam bahasa Indonesia tidak dipengaruhi oleh waktu.  Sedangkan dalam bahasa Inggris kata kerja akan dipengaruhi oleh bentuk waktu. Perhatikan contoh kalimat berikut:

I am sending  an email today (saya mengirimkan sebuah email hari ini

I sent an email yesterday (saya telah mengirimkan sebuah email kemarin)

I will send an email tomorrow (saya akan mengirimkan sebuah email besok)

Kata kerja dalam bahasa Inggris selalu mengikuti bentuk waktunya. Oleh karena itu sangat dianjurkan bagi pelajar bahasa Inggris untuk menghafal berbagai macam kata-kata kerja bahasa Inggris dan perubahannya. Sebab setiap perubahan waktu akan memiliki bentuk yang berbeda. Selain itu tidak ada rumusan yang pasti bagaimana cara untuk membentuknya. Jadi tidak ada jalan lain selain menghafalkan. Bagi yang tidak suka menghafal, disarankan menggunakan metode khusus yang lebih memudahkan.

kata kerja dibagi menjadi 2 bentuk kata kerja yaitu kata kerja beraturan dan tak beraturan (Regular & Irregular). Berikut adalah daftar kata kerja beraturan dan tak beraturan:

Daftar Regular verb (kata kerja beraturan)
Infinitive	Simple Past	Past Participle
abort accept accomplish achieve activate back bake balance ban bang calculate call camp care carry dam damage dance dare decay earn educate elect embarrass emigrate face fade fail fancy fasten gain gather gaze glow glue hammer hand handle hang happen identify ignore imagine immigrate impress jail jam jog join joke kick kill kiss kneel knit label land last laugh launch manage march mark marry match nail name narrow need nest obey object observe obtain occur pack paddle paint park part question queue race radiate rain raise reach sack sail satisfy save saw talk tame tap taste tease uncover undress unfasten unite unlock vanish visit visualize vote wag wail wait walk wander yawn yell zip zoom	aborted accepted accomplished achieved activated backed baked balanced banned banged calculated called camped cared carried dammed damaged danced dared decayed earned educated elected embarrassed emigrated faced faded failed fancied fastened gained gathered gazed glowed glued hammered handed handled hanged happened identified ignored imagined immigrated impressed jailed jammed jogged joined joked kicked killed kissed knelled knitted labeled landed lasted laughed launched managed marched marked married matched nailed named narrowed needed nested obeyed objected observed obtained occurred packed paddled painted parked parted questioned queued raced radiated rained raised reached sacked sailed satisfied saved sawed talked tamed tapped tasted teased uncovered undressed unfastened united unlocked vanished visited visualized voted wagged wailed waited walked wandered yawned yelled zipped zoomed	aborted accepted accomplished achieved activated backed baked balanced banned banged calculated called camped cared carried dammed damaged danced dared decayed earned educated elected embarrassed emigrated faced faded failed fancied fastened gained gathered gazed glowed glued hammered handed handled hanged happened identified ignored imagined immigrated impressed jailed jammed jogged joined joked kicked killed kissed knelled knitted labeled landed lasted laughed launched managed marched marked married matched nailed named narrowed needed nested obeyed objected observed obtained occurred packed paddled painted parked parted questioned queued raced radiated rained raised reached sacked sailed satisfied saved sawed talked tamed tapped tasted teased uncovered undressed unfastened united unlocked vanished visited visualized voted wagged wailed waited walked wandered yawned yelled zipped zoomed
Daftar Irregular Verb (kata kerja tak beraturan)
Infinitive	Simple Past	Past Participle
awake arise be begin break bring buy build choose come cost cut do draw drive eat feel find get give go have hear hold keep know leave lead let lie lose make mean meet pay put run say see sell send set sit speak spend stand take teach tell think understand wear win write	awoke arose was/were began broke brought bought built chose came cost cut did drew drove ate felt found got gave went had heard held kept knew left led let lay lost made meant met paid put ran said saw sold sent set sat spoke spent stood took taught told thought understood wore won wrote	awoken arosen been begun broken brought bought built chosen come cost cut done drawn driven eaten felt found got given gone had heard held kept known left led let lain lost made meant met paid put run said seen sold sent set sat spoken spent stood taken taught told thought understood worn won written