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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