Regular Verbs

Definition:

A regular verb forms we can add -d or -ed to the end of its base form.

The regular verbs have a standard set of rules for forming their present participle and past forms. The present participle is formed by adding -ing to the end of its base form and the past is formed by adding -ed. If the base form verb ends with the letter -e, we can add only -d for past form verb and remove the -e then just add -ing for the present participle. These verbs are also called Weak Verbs.

Principal Parts Of Regular Verbs

e.g.

Present	Past	Past Participle	Present Participle
book	booked	booked	booking
erase	erased	erased	erasing
form	formed	formed	forming
infect	infected	infected	infecting
pick	picked	picked	picking
purchase	purchased	purchased	purchasing
question	questioned	questioned	questioning
recover	recovered	recovered	recovering
remove	removed	removed	removing
type	typed	typed	typing

The past participle inherited from the past form of verb.

Regular Verbs Ending With A Vowel And Consonant

When a verb ends with a vowel followed by a consonant, the last consonant is doubled before adding -ing or -ed

e.g.

Present	Past	Past Participle	Present Participle
alot	alotted	alotted	alotting
bat	batted	batted	batting
dot	dotted	dotted	dotting
counsel	counselled	counselled	counselled
cancel	cancelled	cancelled	cancelled
fit	fitted	fitted	fitting
permit	permitted	permitted	permitting
step	stepped	stepped	stepping
stop	stopped	stopped	stopping

But some verbs are omitted from the above rule

e.g.

Present	Past	Past Participle	Present Participle
allow	allowed	allowed	allowing
alter	altered	altered	altering
cook	cooked	cooked	cooking
corner	cornered	cornered	cornering
visit	visited	visited	visiting

Regular Verbs Ending With A Consonant Followed By Y

When a verb ends with a consonant followed by y, the present participle is formed by adding -ing and the past form, drop the y, replace it with i, and add -ed.

e.g.

Present	Past	Past Participle	Present Participle
apply	applied	applied	applying
bully	bullied	bullied	bullying
carry	carried	carried	carrying
gratify	gratified	gratified	gratifying
identify	identified	identified	identifying
marry	married	married	marrying

But some verbs are omitted from the above rule

e.g.

Present	Past	Past Participle	Present Participle
buoy	buoyed	buoyed	buoying
convey	conveyed	conveyed	conveying

We add ‘ed’ for past tense and past participle form of the base verb

Present Tense	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
act	acted	acted	acting
bleach	bleached	bleached	bleaching
check	checked	checked	checking
contract	contracted	contracted	contracting
paint	painted	painted	painting

We add ‘d’ for past tense and past participle form of the base verb

Present Tense	Past Tense	Past Participle	Present Participle
acknowledge	acknowledged	acknowledged	acknowledging
collaborate	collaborated	collaborated	collaborating
escape	escaped	escaped	escaping
hole	holed	holed	holing
illuminate	illuminated	illuminated	illuminating

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