REGULAR VERBS

Many English verbs are regular, which means

INSTITUTO SUPERIOR that they form their different tenses according to an

established pattern:

C&C TECHNOLOGIES 3rd

3rd person
person
singular past present
Verb singular
present participle participle
past
GRAMMAR I
tense
tense
he/she
laugh he/she laughs laughed laughing
laughed
he/she
love he/she loves loved loving
loved

LESSON 3 boo he/she boos

he/she
booed
booed booing

“REGULAR &
IRREGULAR VERBS” Present tense formation

In the present simple tense, the basic form of a

regular verb only changes in the 3rd person singular,
as follows:

BY: MR. FER

 Most verbs just add -s to the basic form Past tense formation
(e.g. take/takes, seem/seems, look/looks). Forming the past simple tense of regular verbs is
mostly straightforward, and you use the same form for
 Verbs that end with a vowel other than e add -es the first, second, and third persons, singular and
(e.g. go/goes, veto/vetoes, do/does). plural:

 Verbs that end with -s, -z, -ch, -sh, and -x add -es  If the basic form of the verb ends in a consonant
(e.g. kiss/kisses, fizz/fizzes, punch/punches, wash/ or a vowel other than e, add the letters -
washes, mix/mixes).
ed (e.g. seem/seemed, laugh/laughed, look/looke
d).
 If the verb ends in a consonant plus -y, change
the y to an i before adding -
 For verbs that end in -e, add -
es (e.g. hurry/hurries, clarify/clarifies).
d (e.g. love/loved, recede/receded, hope/hoped).
 If the verb ends in a vowel plus -y, just add -
 If the verb ends in a consonant plus -y, change
s (e.g. play/plays, enjoy/enjoys).
the y to an i before adding -
ed (e.g. hurry/hurried, clarify/clarified).

 If the verb ends in a vowel plus -y, just add -

ed (e.g. play/played, enjoy/enjoyed).
 Forming participles IRREGULAR VERBS
To form the past participle of regular verbs, follow
the same rules as for the past simple tense above. There are many irregular verbs that don’t follow
the normal rules. Here are the forms of some of the most
To make the present participle of regular verbs: common irregular verbs:

▪ If the basic form of the verb ends in a consonant

or a vowel other than e, add the ending - 3rd person 3rd person
ing (e.g. laugh/laughing, boo/booing). singular singular past present
Verb
present past participle participle
tense tense
▪ If the verb ends in e, drop the e before adding - be is was been being
ing (e.g. love/loving, hope/hoping).
begin begins began begun beginning
bite bites bit bitten biting
▪ If the basic form ends in y just add -
break breaks broke broken breaking
ing (e.g. hurry/hurrying, clarify/clarifying).
buy buys bought bought buying
choose chooses chose chosen choosing
come comes came come coming
dig digs dug dug digging
do does did done doing
drink drinks drank drunk drinking
eat eats ate eaten eating
fall falls fell fallen falling
feel feels felt felt feeling
find finds found found finding
get gets got got getting
go goes went gone going sit sits sat sat sitting
grow grows grew grown growing stand stands stood stood standing
have has had had having stick sticks stuck stuck sticking
hide hides hid hidden hiding take takes took taken taking
keep keeps kept kept keeping teach teaches taught taught teaching
know knows knew known knowing think thinks thought thought thinking
lay lays laid laid laying wake wakes woke woken waking
lead leads led led leading
leave leaves left left leaving
lie lies lay lain lying
lose loses lost lost losing
make makes made made making
meet
put
meets
puts
met
put
met
put
meeting
putting
REGULAR
read
/ri:d/
ride
reads

rides
read /red/

rode
read /red/

ridden
reading

riding
&
ring rings rang rung ringing
rise rises rose risen rising IRREGULAR
run runs ran run running
say
see
says
sees
said
saw
said
seen
saying
seeing
FORM OF THE
sell
set
sells
sets
sold
set
sold
set
selling
setting
VERBS
sing sings sang sung singing