Answer

English:

English is not a language with rich inflection, so from the verb alone it’s hard to get information about person and number.

• walk
  present tense
  can be any number and person, except 3rd person
  singular, because that would be walks

• work
  same as above

• worked
  past tense.
  can be any number and person

• have
  present tense
  any number and person, except 3rd person
  singular (he has)

Dutch:

For Dutch it is a bit easier to tell:

• loopt
  present tense (past tense is liep)
  must be 2nd or 3rd person singular
  (ik loop – jij loopt – hij loopt – wij/jullie/zij lopen)

• werken
  present tense
  can be 1st, 2nd or 3rd person
  (ik werk – jij werkt – hij werkt - wij/jullie/zij werken)
  must be plural

• werkte
  past tense
  can be 1st, 2nd or 3rd person
  (ik werkte – jij werkte – hij werkte – wij/jullie/zij werkten)
  must be singular

• werkten
  past tense
  1st, 2nd or 3rd person
  must be plural
  see above

• heb
  present tense
  must be 1st person singular
  (ik heb – jij hebt – hij heeft – wij/jullie/zij hebben)

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