Regular and Irregular Verbs for beginners
Based on how we conjugate verbs in the past simple and the past participle, they can be divided into two types: Regular verbs and Irregular verbs.
What Are Regular Verbs?
Regular verbs follow a normal pattern when they are used in different tenses. They usually get '-ed' at the end to form the past tense and past participle of the verb. Here is the table of some of the common regular verbs:
Past Tense | Past Participle | |
---|---|---|
Ask |
ask |
ask |
Talk |
talk |
talk |
Call |
call |
call |
Play |
play |
play |
Start |
start |
start |
Watch |
watch |
watch |
Change |
chang |
chang |
Check out some examples:
She
She has
We
What Are Irregular Verbs?
Irregular verbs do not follow a rule to form past tense and past participle. Here are some of the most common irregular verbs:
Past Tense | Past Perfect | |
---|---|---|
Be | was/were | been |
Do | did | done |
Break | broke | broken |
Eat | ate | eaten |
Get | got | got |
Go | went | gone |
Make | made | made |
Now, let's see these verbs in action:
When I
I
I've