VERBS

 


There are 02 kinds of verbs.

They are: -   Regular Verbs 

                    Irregular Verbs  

Let's see Regular verbs are: - 👇

Any verb has 3 main forms. they are infinitive simple past and past participle. To form the Simple past and past participle we add "ed" to the end of the infinitive and that is the common way.

1. Normal way to add "ed" to simple past and past participle of the verb.

 Infinitive 

 Simple past

 Past participle

 help

 helped

 helped

 work

 worked 

 worked

 walk

 walked

 walked

 2. The verb ends in letter "e" add "d" to simple past and past participle of the verb.

 Infinitive

 Simple past

 Past participle

 believe

 believe

 believed

 create

 created

 created

 use

 used

 used

 3. The last letter ends before a vowel the last letter should double.

 Infinitive

 Simple past

 Past participle

 plan

 planned

 planned

 travel

 travelled

 travelled

 worship

 worshipped

 worshipped

 4. The last letter ends before two vowels 

 Infinitive

 Simple past

 Past participle 

 clean

 cleaned

 cleaned

 shout

 shouted

 shouted

 greet

 greeted

 greeted

 5.The verb ends in "y" before a consonant sound 

 Infinitive

 Simple past

 Past participle

 try

 tried

 tried

 apply

 applied

 applied

 identify

 identified

 identified

 6.The verb ends in "y" before a vowel sound 

 Infinitive

 Simple past

 Past participle 

 display

 displayed

 displayed

 enjoy

 enjoyed

 enjoyed

 obey

 obeyed

 obeyed

 Irregular Verbs

The past simple and the past participle of some verbs change in different ways. They are called "IRREGULAR VERBS"

There is a limited numbers of irregular verbs just about 200.

Here are some irregular verbs.

 Infinitive

 Simple past

 Past participle

 beat

 beat 

 beaten

 become

 became

 become

 begin

 began

 begun

 bite

 bit

 bitten

 blow

 blew

 blown

 break

 broke

 broken

 choose

 chose

 chosen

 come

 came

 come

 do

 did

 done

 draw

 drew

 drawn

 drink

 drank

 drunk

 drive

 drove

 driven

 eat

 ate

 eaten

 fall

 fell

 fallen

 fly

 flew

 flown

 forget

 forgot

 forgotten

 forgive

 forgave

 forgiven

 freeze

 froze

 frozen

 give

 gave

 given

 go

 went

 gone

 grow

grewgrown
hide

 hid

 hidden

know

 knew

 known

 ride

 rode

 ridden

 ring

 rang

 rung

 rise

 rose

 risen

 run

 ran

 run

 see

 saw

 seen

 sing

 sang

 sung

 sink

 sank

 sunk

 show

 showed

 shown

 shrink

 shrank

 shrunk

 slay

 slew

 slain

 speak

 spoke

spoken 

 spring

 sprang

 sprung

 steal

 stole

 stolen

 swear

 swore

 sworn

 swim

 swam

 swum

 take

 took

 taken

 tear

 tore

 torn

 throw

 threw

 thrown

 wake

 woke

 woken

 wear

 wore

 worn

 weave

 wove

 woven

 write

 wrote

 written

 bend

 bent

 bent

 bleed

 bled

 bled

 breed

 bred

 bred

 bring

 brought

 brought

 


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