What is regular verb with examples?
Regular verbs are any verb whose simple past tense and past participle are always the same. we add ed (wanted, looked) or sometimes just d (created, loved) to form what are called the simple past tense and the past participle.
Here are some examples of regular verbs:
BASE | SIMPLE PAST | PAST PARTICIPLE |
---|---|---|
Agree | Announced | Announced |
Marry | Married | Married |
Pray | Prayed | Prayed |
Help | Helped | Helped |
Spelling Rules for Regular Verbs
Here are the five main spelling rules for regular verbs.
1. If a verb ends in -e, you add -d.
BASE | SIMPLE PAST | PAST PARTICIPLE |
---|---|---|
Achieve | Achieved | Achieved |
Admire | Admired | Admired |
Advise | Advised | Advised |
Agree | Agreed | Agreed |
Announce | Announced | Announced |
Appreciate | Appreciated | Appreciated |
Approve | Approved | Approved |
Argue | Argued | Argued |
Arrive | Arrived | Arrived |
Bake | Baked | Baked |
Behave | Behaved | Behaved |
Challenge | Challenged | Challenged |
Change | Changed | Changed |
Chase | Chased | Chased |
Compare | Compared | Compared |
Create | Created | Created |
Cycle | Cycled | Cycled |
Damage | Damaged | Damaged |
Dance | Danced | Danced |
Divide | Divided | Divided |
Encourage | Encouraged | Encouraged |
Estimate | Estimated | Estimated |
Exercise | Exercised | Exercised |
Hate | Hated | Hated |
Hope | Hoped | Hoped |
Introduce | Introduced | Introduced |
Irritate | Irritated | Irritated |
Joke | Joked | Joked |
Lie | Lied | Lied |
Like | Liked | Liked |
Love | Loved | Loved |
Measure | Measured | Measured |
Move | Moved | Moved |
Phone | Phoned | Phoned |
Purchase | Purchased | Purchased |
Race | Raced | Raced |
Retire | Retired | Retired |
Smoke | Smoked | Smoked |
Snore | Snored | Snored |
Stare | Stared | Stared |
Trouble | Troubled | Troubled |
Type | Typed | Typed |
Use | Used | Used |
2. If a verb ends in consonant + -y, change -y to –i and add –ed.
BASE | SIMPLE PAST | PAST PARTICIPLE |
---|---|---|
Bury | Buried | Buried |
carry | carried | carried |
Copy | Copied | Copied |
Cry | Cried | Cried |
Fry | Fried | Fried |
Identify | Identified | Identified |
Marry | Married | Married |
Reply | Replied | Replied |
Study | Studied | Studied |
Worry | Worried | Worried |
3. If a verb ends in vowel + -y, add –ed.
BASE | SIMPLE PAST | PAST PARTICIPLE |
---|---|---|
Destroy | Destroyed | Destroyed |
Employ | Employed | Employed |
Enjoy | Enjoyed | Enjoyed |
Play | Played | Played |
Pray | Prayed | Prayed |
stay | stayed | stayed |
4. If a verb ends in a vowel and a consonant, the consonant is usually doubled and add –ed.
BASE | SIMPLE PAST | PAST PARTICIPLE |
---|---|---|
Admit | Admitted | Admitted |
Beg | Begged | Begged |
Clap | Clapped | Clapped |
Control | Controlled | Controlled |
Drag | Dragged | Dragged |
Rub | Rubbed | Rubbed |
Travel | Travelled | Travelled |
5. Add –ed to all other verbs.
BASE | SIMPLE PAST | PAST PARTICIPLE |
---|---|---|
Accept | Accepted | Accepted |
Add | Added | Added |
Adopt | Adopted | Adopted |
Allow | Allowed | Allowed |
Ask | Asked | Asked |
Assist | Assisted | Assisted |
Attack | Attacked | Attacked |
Boil | Boiled | Boiled |
Borrow | Borrowed | Borrowed |
Brush | Brushed | Brushed |
Call | Called | Called |
Cheat | Cheated | Cheated |
Cheer | Cheered | Cheered |
Chew | Chewed | Chewed |
Clean | Cleaned | Cleaned |
Collect | Collected | Collected |
Complain | Complained | Complained |
Confess | Confessed | Confessed |
Construct | Constructed | Constructed |
Count | Counted | Counted |
Deliver | Delivered | Delivered |
Earn | Earned | Earned |
Establish | Established | Established |
Expand | Expanded | Expanded |
Explain | Explained | Explained |
Gather | Gathered | Gathered |
Greet | Greeted | Greeted |
Guess | Guessed | Guessed |
Harass | Harassed | Harassed |
Help | Helped | Helped |
Interrupt | Interrupted | Interrupted |
Jump | Jumped | Jumped |
Kick | Kicked | Kicked |
Kill | Killed | Killed |
Kiss | Kissed | Kissed |
Laugh | Laughed | Laughed |
Listen | Listened | Listened |
Murder | Murdered | Murdered |
Need | Needed | Needed |
Obey | Obeyed | Obeyed |
Offend | Offended | Offended |
Offer | Offered | Offered |
Open | Opened | Opened |
Paint | Painted | Painted |
Park | Parked | Parked |
Pick | Picked | Picked |
Printed | Printed | |
Pull | Pulled | Puled |
Punch | Punched | Punched |
Punish | Punished | Punished |
Push | Pushed | Pushed |
Question | Questioned | Questioned |
Relax | Relaxed | Relaxed |
Remember | Remembered | Remembered |
Return | Returned | Returned |
Scold | Scolded | Scolded |
Select | Selected | Selected |
Start | Started | Started |
Talk | Talked | Talked |
Thank | Thanked | Thanked |
Visit | Visited | Visited |
Wait | Waited | Waited |
Walk | Walked | Walked |
Want | Wanted | Wanted |
Warn | Warned | Warned |
Wink | Winked | Winked |
Yell | Yelled | Yelled |
What are the 100 regular verbs?
Here are the 100 regular verbs list examples with their simple past and past participle pattern.
BASE | SIMPLE PAST | PAST PARTICIPLE |
---|---|---|
Accept | Accepted | Accepted |
Achieve | Achieved | Achieved |
Add | Added | Added |
Admire | Admired | Admired |
Admit | Admitted | Admitted |
Adopt | Adopted | Adopted |
Advise | Advised | Advised |
Agree | Agreed | Agreed |
Allow | Allowed | Allowed |
Announce | Announced | Announced |
Appreciate | Appreciated | Appreciated |
Approve | Approved | Approved |
Argue | Argued | Argued |
Arrive | Arrived | Arrived |
Ask | Asked | Asked |
Assist | Assisted | Assisted |
Attack | Attacked | Attacked |
Bake | Baked | Baked |
Beg | Begged | Begged |
Behave | Behaved | Behaved |
Boil | Boiled | Boiled |
Borrow | Borrowed | Borrowed |
Brush | Brushed | Brushed |
Bury | Buried | Buried |
Call | Called | Called |
Challenge | Challenged | Challenged |
Change | Changed | Changed |
Chase | Chased | Chased |
Cheat | Cheated | Cheated |
Cheer | Cheered | Cheered |
Chew | Chewed | Chewed |
Clap | Clapped | Clapped |
Clean | Cleaned | Cleaned |
Collect | Collected | Collected |
Compare | Compared | Compared |
Complain | Complained | Complained |
Confess | Confessed | Confessed |
Construct | Constructed | Constructed |
Control | Controlled | Controlled |
Copy | Copied | Copied |
Count | Counted | Counted |
Create | Created | Created |
Cry | Cried | Cried |
Cycle | Cycled | Cycled |
Damage | Damaged | Damaged |
Dance | Danced | Danced |
Deliver | Delivered | Delivered |
Destroy | Destroyed | Destroyed |
Divide | Divided | Divided |
Drag | Dragged | Dragged |
Earn | Earned | Earned |
Employ | Employed | Employed |
Encourage | Encouraged | Encouraged |
Enjoy | Enjoyed | Enjoyed |
Establish | Established | Established |
Estimate | Estimated | Estimated |
Exercise | Exercised | Exercised |
Expand | Expanded | Expanded |
Explain | Explained | Explained |
Fry | Fried | Fried |
Gather | Gathered | Gathered |
Greet | Greeted | Greeted |
Guess | Guessed | Guessed |
Harass | Harassed | Harassed |
Hate | Hated | Hated |
Help | Helped | Helped |
Hope | Hoped | Hoped |
Identify | Identified | Identified |
Interrupt | Interrupted | Interrupted |
Introduce | Introduced | Introduced |
Irritate | Irritated | Irritated |
Joke | Joked | Joked |
Jump | Jumped | Jumped |
Kick | Kicked | Kicked |
Kill | Killed | Killed |
Kiss | Kissed | Kissed |
Laugh | Laughed | Laughed |
Lie | Lied | Lied |
Like | Liked | Liked |
Listen | Listened | Listened |
Love | Loved | Loved |
Marry | Married | Married |
Measure | Measured | Measured |
Move | Moved | Moved |
Murder | Murdered | Murdered |
Need | Needed | Needed |
Obey | Obeyed | Obeyed |
Offend | Offended | Offended |
Offer | Offered | Offered |
Open | Opened | Opened |
Paint | Painted | Painted |
Park | Parked | Parked |
Phone | Phoned | Phoned |
Pick | Picked | Picked |
Play | Played | Played |
Pray | Prayed | Prayed |
Printed | Printed | |
Pull | Pulled | Puled |
Punch | Punched | Punched |
Punish | Punished | Punished |
Purchase | Purchased | Purchased |
Push | Pushed | Pushed |
Question | Questioned | Questioned |
Race | Raced | Raced |
Relax | Relaxed | Relaxed |
Remember | Remembered | Remembered |
Reply | Replied | Replied |
Retire | Retired | Retired |
Return | Returned | Returned |
Rub | Rubbed | Rubbed |
Scold | Scolded | Scolded |
Select | Selected | Selected |
Smoke | Smoked | Smoked |
Snore | Snored | Snored |
Stare | Stared | Stared |
Start | Started | Started |
Study | Studied | Studied |
Talk | Talked | Talked |
Thank | Thanked | Thanked |
Travel | Travelled | Travelled |
Trouble | Troubled | Troubled |
Type | Typed | Typed |
Use | Used | Used |
Visit | Visited | Visited |
Wait | Waited | Waited |
Walk | Walked | Walked |
Want | Wanted | Wanted |
Warn | Warned | Warned |
Wink | Winked | Winked |
Worry | Worried | Worried |
Yell | Yelled | Yelled |