Free exercises · Verbs
Polish verb conjugation practice
Polish verb conjugation practice: the present, the past, both futures and the imperative, in real sentences, with the right form and the rule after every answer. Pick the tenses, your level and how to answer, then fill in the verb.
Loading the questions…
Free, no sign-up. Answers here are not saved.
First the aspect, then the tense
Most Polish verbs come in pairs: an imperfective verb for an action in progress, repeated or seen as a whole stretch of time, and a perfective verb for one action that gets finished. The perfective has no present: its present-looking forms are the future.
| English | Imperfective | Perfective |
|---|---|---|
| make | robić | zrobić |
| write | pisać | napisać |
| go | iść | pójść |
| go | jechać | pojechać |
| tell | mówić | powiedzieć |
| talk | rozmawiać | porozmawiać |
| wait | czekać | poczekać |
| think | myśleć | pomyśleć |
| come | przychodzić | przyjść |
| leave | wychodzić | wyjść |
| see | widzieć | zobaczyć |
| understand | rozumieć | zrozumieć |
| read | czytać | przeczytać |
| drink | pić | wypić |
The tenses
The imperative
Orders and requests to one person, to several, and “let’s”. A request to do something once often takes the perfective; “don’t” usually takes the imperfective. Here are pisać and napisać (to write):
| To | Imperfective: pisać | Perfective: napisać |
|---|---|---|
| ty | pisz! | napisz! |
| my | piszmy! | napiszmy! |
| wy | piszcie! | napiszcie! |
Nie piszmy raportu!
Let's not write the report!
"Let's…" adds -my to the ty-form: pisz → piszmy. A negated order takes the imperfective (pisać). The object goes into the genitive after "nie": raportu.
Zróbmy ciasto!
Let's make a cake!
"Let's…" adds -my to the ty-form: zrób → zróbmy. A one-off order usually takes the perfective (zrobić).
Nie czytajmy artykułu!
Let's not read the article!
"Let's…" adds -my to the ty-form: czytaj → czytajmy. A negated order takes the imperfective (czytać). The object goes into the genitive after "nie": artykułu.
How these exercises work
- Each question is a real Polish sentence with a gap, and its English meaning above it.
- Choose the answer, or switch to Type to write it yourself (the Polish letters are on buttons under the gap).
- After every answer you see the right form, the full sentence and the rule behind it.
- Rounds of ten, as many as you like, with new sentences each time. Free, with no sign-up.
Remember it next week, too
PolishUp’s today’s practice brings back every form you met, right before you would forget it, mixed with a few new ones. Ten minutes a day.
Start today’s practice