Regular and Irregular Verbs
In English Grammar Regular verbs and irregular verbs are very important topics to learn. Definition and some examples are here explaining.
Regular Verbs
Definition: Regular verbs that form the past tense by adding the letter "d" or "ed" at the end. It is the usual rule for forming simple past tense and past participle.
Example:
Jump - Jumped
Paint - Painted
Play - Played
Bake - Baked
Work - Worked
Love - Loved
Laugh - Laughed
Accept - Accepted
Avoid - Avoided
Confuse -Confused
Destroy - Destroyed
Develop - Developed
Fool - Fooled
Example of Regular Verbs in Sentences:
He advised me to slow down.
I played football.
He watched movie in the morning.
Irregular Verbs
Definition: Irregular verbs are those that don’t follow the normal rule of adding “d”, “ed” “ied” to form their past simple/participle. Irregular verbs have a variety of spellings.
Example:
Arise - Arose
Awake - Awoke
Bear - Bore
Begin - Began
Blow - Blew
Build - Built
Buy - Bought
Burn - Burnt
Bring - Brought
Come - Came
Dig - Dug
Draw - Drew
Example of Irregular Verbs in Sentences:
Mr. Rahman built his new building.
We beat the home team yesterday.
I began to work early in this morning.