The easiest way is to just learn them one by one, then learn them again. There is no short cut.

There are some rules governing tenses. (substitute ~ for the verb) Past Tense: ~d or ~ed Present Tense: ~ or ~s or ~es I ~ You ~ He / She ~s They ~ We ~ It ~s Present Progressive Tense: to be ~ing (the ~ing signifies that the action is still going on) Future Tense: will ~ Examples: Past Tense: I played a game. Present Tense: I play a game. Present ProgessiveTense: I am playing a game. Future Tense: I will play a game. Past Tense: She watched TV. Present Tense: She watches TV. Present Progressive Tense: She is watching TV. Past Tense: She will watch TV. But as always, you need to watch out. English has a lot of irregular verbs especially when dealing with past tense. Unfortunately, these you just have to memorize. Irregular Past Tense Examples: To eat = ate To sleep = slept To drink = drank To make = made To have = had Rule for Past Tense ~d, ~ed, or ~ied: If the regular verb ends in s, sh, ch, x, or z the verb should have ~ed. If the regular verb ends in y take off the y and use ~ied. Examples: To miss - She misses him a lot. To buzz - The bee buzzed loudly. To hush - The mother hushed the baby. To munch - My sister munches on some chips. To fax - He faxes all our papers. To try - She tries to be brave. Rule for Present Tense ~s, ~es, or ~ies: If the verb ends in s, sh, ch, x, or z the verb should have ~es. If the regular verb ends in y take off the y and use ~ies. Examples: She missed him a lot. The bee buzzes loudly. The mother hushes the baby. My sister munched on some chips. He faxed all our papers. She tried to be brave. Whew! That is a lot of information. I wrote this quickly so I hope I didn't miss anything too important. Please let me know if you have questions.