Regular verbs vs. Irregular verbs

🍏🍏Regular Verbs

A regular verb is one that conforms to the usual rule for forming its simple past tense and its past participle. In English, the "usual" rule is to add "-ed" or "-d" to the base form of the verb to create the past forms.

1.Add "ed" to most verbs:

Jump- jumped

Paint- painted

2.If a verb of one syllable ends [consonant-vowel-consonant], double the final consonant and add "ed":

Chat- chatted

Stop- chatted

3.If the final consonant is "w," "x," or "y," don't double it:

Sew- sewed

Play- played

Fix- fixed

4.If the last syllable of a longer verb is stressed and ends [consonant-vowel-consonant], double the last consonant and add "ed":

Incur- incurred

Prefer- preferred

5.If the first syllable of a longer verb is stressed and the verb ends [consonant-vowel-consonant], just add "ed":

Open- opened

Enter- entered

Swallow- swallowed

6.If the verb ends "e," just add "d":

Thrive- thrive

Guzzle- guzzled

7.If the verb ends [consonant + "y"], change the "y" to an "i" and add "ed":

Cry- cried

Fry- fried

🍎🍎Irregular Verbs

An irregular verb is one that does not form its simple past tense or its past participle by adding "-ed" or "-d" to the base form.

1.With an irregular verb, the past form and past participle are often different (but not always)

Begin began begun

Break broke broken

Buy bought bought

2.Some irregular verbs do not change their forms for the simple past tense and the past participle

Cut cut cut

Let let let

Set set set

3.Some irregular verbs

Spend

Lend

Grow

Bet

Set

Hold

Buy

Beat

Bite

Blow

Deal

Dig 

Do

Drink

Hear

Hide

Hold

Think

Wear

Win

Write