English Grammar : Regular verbs
 
REGULAR VERBS

List of Regular verbs  in English Grammar

Uses of REGULAR VERBS

Regular verbs are those that form their past tense and past participle by the addition of –d or –ed to the verb. Adding ‘ING’ to the base form forms Present Participle.

A regular verb is any verb whose conjugation follows the typical pattern, or one of the typical patterns, of the language to which it belongs.

Regular verbs in English create the past simple and past participle by adding -d or -ed to the base form. Some Regular verbs create the past simple and past participle by doubling the last consonant and adding -ed, and sometime create the past simple and past participle by changing the final -y into -i and adding -ed to the base form.

By adding -d:
  • Base Form
  • Advise
  • Past Tense
  • Advised
  • Past Participle
  • Advised
  • Present Participle
  • Advising
Examples with regular verbs utilized by adding -d.
  • » I advise you to slow down. - Present Tense
  • » I advised you to slow down. - Past Tense
  • » I will advise you to slow down. - Future Tense
List of Regular Verbs By adding -d:
  • Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle
    Advise Advised Advised Advising
    Agree Agreed Agreed Agreeing
    Arrange Arranged Arranged Arranging
    Bore Bored Bored Boring
    Care Cared Cared Caring
    Cause Caused Caused Causing
    Compare Compared Compared Comparing
    Change Changed Changed Changing
    Create Created Created Creating
    Dare Dared Dared Daring
    Desire Desired Desired Desiring
    Die Died Died Dying
    Excuse Excused Excused Excusing
    Face Faced Faced Facing
    Flee Fled Fled Fleeing
    Force Forced Forced Forcing
    Hate Hated Hated Hating
    Hope Hoped Hoped Hoping
    Imagine Imagined Imagined Imagining
    Include Included Included Including
    Like Liked Liked Liking
    Live Lived Lived Living
    Love Loved Loved Loving
    Lie Lied Lied Lying
    Prepare Prepared Prepared Preparing
    Promise Promised Promised Promising
    Practice Practiced Practiced Practicing
    Propose Proposed Proposed Proposing
    Refuse Refused Refused Refusing
    Require Required Required Requiring
    Serve Served Served Serving
    Side Sided Sided Siding
    State Stated Stated Stating
    Surprise Surprised Surprised Surprising
    Tolerate Tolerated Tolerated Tolerating
    Unite United United Uniting
    Vote Voted Voted Voting
By adding –ed.
  • Base Form
  • Accept
  • Past Tense
  • Accepted
  • Past Participle
  • Accepted
  • Present Participle
  • Accepting
Examples with regular verbs utilized by adding -ed.
  • » Riya accepts the award on his behalf. - Present Tense
  • » Riya accepted the award on his behalf. - Past Tense
  • » Riya will accept the award on his behalf. - Future Tense
List of Regular Verbs By adding -ed:
  • Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle
    Add Added Added Adding
    Appear Appeared Appeared Appearing
    Accept Accepted Accepted Accepting
    Clean Cleaned Cleaned Cleaning
    Enter Entered Entered Entering
    Expect Expected Expected Expecting
    Fear Feared Feared Fearing
    Heed Heeded Heeded Heeding
    Help Helped Helped Helping
    Mark Marked Marked Marking
    Miss Missed Missed Missing
    Need Needed Needed Needing
    Offer Offered Offered Offering
    Remember Remembered Remembered Remembering
    Report Reported Reported Reporting
    Respect Respected Respected Respecting
    Seem Seemed Seemed Seeming
    Suggest Suggested Suggested Suggesting
    Succeed Succeeded Succeeded Succeeding
    Wash Washed Washed Washing
    Want Wanted Wanted Wanting
    Wait Waited Waited Waiting
    Weigh Weighed Weighed Weighing
By doubling the last consonant and adding -ed:
  • Base Form
  • Bag
  • Past Tense
  • Bagged
  • Past Participle
  • Bagged
  • Present Participle
  • Bagging
Examples with regular verbs utilized by doubling the last consonant and adding -ed.
  • » Raj begs for your forgiveness. - Present Tense
  • » Raj begged for your forgiveness. - Past Tense
  • » Raj will beg for your forgiveness. - Future Tense
List of Regular Verbs By doubling the last consonant and adding -ed:
  • Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle
    Allot Allotted Allotted Allotting
    Bag Bagged Bagged Bagging
    Drop Dropped Dropped Dropping
    Fit Fitted Fitted Fitting
    Occur Occurred Occurred Occurring
    Plan Planned Planned Planning
    Permit Permitted Permitted Permitting
    Prefer Preferred Preferred Preferring
    Stop Stopped Stopped Stopping
By changing the final -y into -i and adding -ed:
  • Base Form
  • Apply
  • Past Tense
  • Applied
  • Past Participle
  • Applied
  • Present Participle
  • Applying
Examples with regular verbs utilized by changing the final -y into -i and adding -ed.
  • » I apply for the job. - Present Tense
  • » I applied for the job. - Past Tense
  • » I will apply for the job. - Future Tense
List of Regular Verbs By changing the final -y into -i and adding -ed:
  • Base Form Past Tense Past Participle Present Participle
    Apply Applied Applied Applying
    Cry Cried Cried Crying
    Dry Dried Dried Drying
    Pity Pitied Pitied Pitying
    Reply Replied Replied Replying
    Supply Supplied Supplied Supplying
Types of Auxiliary Verbs
(1) Auxiliary–cum–verbs.

"Auxiliary-cum-verbs" are :

These 11 auxiliaries are also used as verbs, therefore, they are called Auxiliary–cum–verbs. These are used to form Tenses. ( Please refer Tense Table).

(2) Pure Auxiliary verbs..

These 20 auxiliaries only support normal verbs, therefore, they are called Pure Auxiliary Verbs. They are also called Models or Model Auxiliary Verbs.

Related Topics :
Types of Noun in English Language
Types of Pronoun in English Language
Types of Verb in English Language
Types of Adverb in English Language
Types of Adjective in English Language
Kinds of Preposition in English Language
Types of Conjunction in English Language
Uses of Interjection words in English Language

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