100 Regular Verbs and Irregular Verbs
In English grammar, verbs are classified into two main categories: regular verbs and irregular verbs. Understanding the difference between these two types of verbs is essential for effective communication in English.
What are Regular Verbs?
Regular verbs are verbs that follow a predictable pattern when forming their past tense and past participle. The past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding -ed to the base form of the verb. For example:
- Base form: walk
- Past tense: walked
- Past participle: walked
Here are 50 examples of regular verbs:
List of Regular Verbs
- accept - accepted - accepted
- admire - admired - admired
- admit - admitted - admitted
- afford - afforded - afforded
- agree - agreed - agreed
- alert - alerted - alerted
- allow - allowed - allowed
- amuse - amused - amused
- answer - answered - answered
- appear - appeared - appeared
- apply - applied - applied
- approve - approved - approved
- argue - argued - argued
- arrange - arranged - arranged
- arrive - arrived - arrived
- ask - asked - asked
- attach - attached - attached
- attack - attacked - attacked
- attend - attended - attended
- avoid - avoided - avoided
- become - became - become
- belong - belonged - belonged
- borrow - borrowed - borrowed
- buy - bought - bought
- calculate - calculated - calculated
- call - called - called
- care - cared - cared
- carry - carried - carried
- catch - caught - caught
- celebrate - celebrated - celebrated
- choose - chose - chosen
- clean - cleaned - cleaned
- clear - cleared - cleared
- close - closed - closed
- collect - collected - collected
- comfort - comforted - comforted
- communicate - communicated - communicated
- compare - compared - compared
- complete - completed - completed
- concentrate - concentrated - concentrated
- connect - connected - connected
- consider - considered - considered
- contain - contained - contained
- continue - continued - continued
- control - controlled - controlled
- convert - converted - converted
- cook - cooked - cooked
- copy - copied - copied
- correct - corrected - corrected
- create - created - created
What are Irregular Verbs?
Irregular verbs, on the other hand, do not follow a predictable pattern when forming their past tense and past participle. The past tense and past participle of irregular verbs must be memorized. For example:
- Base form: go
- Past tense: went
- Past participle: gone
Here are 50 examples of irregular verbs:
List of Irregular Verbs
- go - went - gone
- take - took - taken
- make - made - made
- do - did - done
- say - said - said
- tell - told - told
- sell - sold - sold
- buy - bought - bought
- catch - caught - caught
- teach - taught - taught
- learn - learned - learned
- get - got - gotten
- be - was/were - been
- have - had - had
- hear - heard - heard
- know - knew - known
- think - thought - thought
- bring - brought - brought
- pay - paid - paid
- meet - met - met
- read - read - read
- write - wrote - written
- ride - rode - ridden
- run - ran - run
- eat - ate - eaten
- drink - drank - drunk
- sing - sang - sung
- swim - swam -
