Regular and Irregular Verbs Luckily for us, most verbs in English are regular verbs.

This means that we can be confident with the forms they take because they follow a predictable pattern. Those verbs that dont follow the basic rules are called irregular verbs. The past tense and past participle of regular verbs can be formed by adding ed to the end of the verb root. If the verb already ends with an e, then we simply add a d. The present participle of regular verbs is formed by adding ing to the end of the root. (A participle is a word formed from a verb and used in a verb phrase or as a noun or adjective.) Here are some examples of regular verbs in their various forms: Present Past Past Participle train trained trained dance danced danced Visit the website:

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find a list of regular verbs. On the other hand, the past tense and past particle of irregular verbs vary, so you must memorize the changes. Here is a partial list of irregular verbs with their past and past participle forms. You will want to refer to this list or a dictionary if you are unsure of a verb form. Present Arise Awake Be (am, are, is) Become Begin Bend Bite Blow Break Bring Build Burn Buy Catch Choose Come Past arose awoke was (were) became began bent bit blew broke brought built burnt or burned bought caught chose came Past Participle arisen awoke been become begun bent bitten blown broken brought built burn or burned bought caught chosen come

Cost Cut Do (does) Draw Drink Drive Eat Fall Feed Feel Fight Find Fly Forget Freeze Get Give Go (goes) Grow Have (has) Hear Hide Hit Hold Hurt Keep Know Lay Lead Learn Leave Lend Let Lie Light Lose Make Mean Meet Pay Put Read Ride Ring Rise Run Say See Sell Smell

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Send Shake Shrink Shut Shoot Sing Sink Sit Sleep Speak Spend Spoil Stand Steal Swear Swim Take Teach Tear Tell Think Throw Understand Wake Wear Win Write

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