Regular and Irregular Verbs

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Regular Verbs Many English verbs are regular, which means that they

form their different tenses according to an established pattern. Such verbs work like this:

Verb present tense past tense

laughI/you/they/we laugh I/you/we/they laughed

he/she laughs he/she laughed

loveI/you/they/we love I/you/they/we loved

he/she loves he/she loved

arriveI/you/they/we arrive I/you/they/we loved

he/she arrives he/she arrived

askI/you/they/we ask I/you/they/we asked

he/she asks he/she asked

Regular Verbs Regular verbs to form their past

tense add –ed to the base form of the verb.

Example: Look look + ed = looked

Base form

Past tense regular verb’s

ending

Irregular Verbs Irregular verbs don’t follow a patter. Here are the

forms of some of the most common irregular verbs:

Verb present tense past tense

BeginI/you/they/we begin I/you/we/they began

he/she begins he/she began

ComeI/you/they/we come I/you/they/we came

he/she comes he/she came

EatI/you/they/we eat I/you/they/we ate

he/she eats he/she ate

GoI/you/they/we go I/you/they/we went

he/she goes he/she went