聞（き）く → 聞（き）きます

座（すわ）る → 座（すわ）ります

飲（の）む → 飲（の）みます

打（う）つ → 打（う）ちます

会（あ）う → 会（あ）います

飛（と）ぶ → 飛（と）びます

行（い）く→ 行（い）きます

泳（およ）ぐ → 泳（およ）ぎます

話（はな）す → 話（はな）します

歩（ある）く → 歩（ある）きます

死（し）ぬ → 死（し）にます

帰（かえ）る → 帰（かえ）ります

<div class='writeup-body'>う-Verbs include all of the verbs in Japanese that end in う sounds (including some of the verbs that end in る). These verbs are called Godan (五段（ごだん）) 'five-step' verbs in Japanese, due to their conjugations using all 5 of the different sounds in the same column (段（だん）) that their base form comes from.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>私（わたし）はパンクも聞（き）く。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I also listen to punk music.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>学生（がくせい）たちは先生（せんせい）の話（はなし）も聞（き）きます。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>The students listen to the teachers also.</div></li> </ul>As we can see here, the く in 聞（き）く changes to き when conjugated to the polite form. All of the other sounds the K-column will be used with 聞（き）く, depending on the conjugation. This is the same for all of the う-Verbs. 聞（き）（か）ない, 聞（き）（き）たい, 聞（き）（く）, 聞（き）（け）る, 聞（き）（こ）う Here we can see the う-Verb 聞（き）く using all of the different K-column sounds in various conjugations.<div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div>Just like with る-Verbs, the base form of the verb may be called 'plain form', 'casual form', or 'short form', depending on the source/book.</div></div>

Grammar Info

う-Verb (Dictionary)

う + ます (Godan Verbs)