What are Regular Verbs?

Regular Verb is one of the forms of verbs that are combined in the prescribed format. The verb forms of a regular verb, such as past simple and past participle form, look the same, which has an end or suffix like “-d or -ed” respectively.

Difference between regular verb (Vr) and an irregular verb(Vir)

• Vr- the regular verb expresses the verb in excellent rule to make past simple and past participle forms of the verb.
• Vir- the irregular verb has a different way of end in other forms like in past simple and [ast participle form.

• Vr- it is followed by the pattern of equal modulation of words.
• Vir- it does not follow any similar modulation pattern.

• Vr- the words in regular verbs formation, has many similarities in word, only the end has changed with -d and -ed, called as a verbal end.
• Vir- the word in irregular verbs, completely changed in the past simple and past participle.

For example,

Some rules for regular verbs:

(Work-worked-worked), (stop-stopped-stopped), (laugh-laughed-laughed), etc.

1. Usually, add “-ed” at the end,

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle
accept	accepted	accepted
join	joined	joined
end	ended	ended

2. Usually, add “-d” at the end, if the verb ends with the letter “e.”

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle
love	loved	loved
underline	underlined	underlined
die	died	died

3. For a verb that has a consonant end, then double the consonant letter and add “-ed” at the end

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle
rub	rubbed	rubbed
grab	grabbed	grabbed
stop	stopped	stopped

4. For a verb whose last speech sound is stressed and ends, then double the last consonant and add “-ed” at the end.

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle
prefer	preferred	preferred
incur	incurred	incurred
rip	ripped	ripped

5. If the last consonant is “w, x, y,” it will not be doubled.

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle
play	played	played
fix	fixed	fixed
review	reviewed	reviewed

6. For a verb whose first speech sound is stressed and ends, then double the last consonant and add “-ed” at the end.

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle
open	opened	opened
swallow	swallowed	swallowed
enter	entered	enteed

7. If the verb ends with the consonant “y,” substitute “y with i” and add ed at the end.

Base Form	Past Simple	Past Participle
try	tried	tried
cry	cried	cried
fry	fired	fried

List of Regular Verb

Base Form (V1)	Past Simple (V2)	Past Participle (V3)
Accept	Accepted	Accepted
Act	Acted	Acted
Achieve	Achieved	Achieved
Admire	Admired	Admired
Admit	Admitted	Admitted
Advise	Advised	Advised
Affect	Affected	Affected
Agree	Agreed	Agreed
Amaze	Amazed	Amazed
Amuse	Amused	Amused
Answer	Answered	Answered
Appear	Appeared	Appeared
Arrange	Arranged	Arranged
Arrive	Arrived	Arrived
Ask	Asked	Asked
Attack	Attacked	Attacked
Back	Backed	Backed
Bake	Baked	Baked
Behave	Behaved	Behaved
Believe	Believed	Believed
Belong	Belonged	Belonged
Blame	Blamed	Blamed
Borrow	Borrowed	Borrowed
Bother	Bothered	Bothered
Calculate	Calculated	Calculated
Call	Called	Called
Cancel	Canceled	Canceled
Carry	Carried	Carried
Cause	Caused	Caused
Celebrate	Celebrated	Celebrated
Clean	Cleaned	Cleaned
Clear	Cleared	Cleared
Climb	Climbed	Climbed
Close	Closed	Closed
Compare	Compared	Compared
Compete	Competed	Competed
Complete	Completed	Completed
Contain	Contained	Contained
Continue	Continued	Continued
Cook	Cooked	Cooked
Correct	Corrected	Corrected
Cough	Coughed	Coughed
Count	Counted	Counted
Crash	Crashed	Crashed
Create	Created	Created
Cross	Crossed	Crossed
Curse	Cursed	Cursed
Change	Changed	Changed
Chase	Chased	Chased
Chat	Chatted	Chatted
Check	Checked	Checked
Dam	Damed	Damed
Damage	Damaged	Damaged
Dance	Danced	Danced
Date	Dated	Dated
Decide	Decided	Decided
Deliver	Delivered	Delivered
Depend	Depended	Depended
Describe	Described	Described
Design	Designed	Designed
Destroy	Destroyed	Destroyed
Dicrease	Dicreased	Dicreased
Die	Died	Died
Disagree	Disagreed	Disagreed
Discover	Discovered	Discovered
Discuss	Discussed	Discussed
Disturb	Disturbed	Disturbed
Dress	Dressed	Dressed
Dry	Dried	Dried
Earn	Earned	Earned
Eliminate	Eliminated	Eliminated
End	Ended	Ended
Enjoy	Enjoyed	Enjoyed
Entertain	Entertained	Entertained
Excuse	Excused	Excused
Exercise	Exercised	Exercised
Exhibit	Exhibited	Exhibited
Expect	Expected	Expected
Express	Expressed	Expressed

F to N

Face	Faced	Faced
Film	Filmed	Filmed
Fill	Filled	Filled
Fish	Fished	Fished
Fix	Fixed	Fixed
Follow	Followed	Followed
Freeze	Freezed	Freezed
Fry	Fried	Fried
Greet	Greeted	Greeted
Guess	Guessed	Guessed
Hail	Hailed	Hailed
Handle	Handled	Handled
Happen	Happened	Happened
Hate	Hated	Hated
Help	Helped	Helped
Hope	Hoped	Hoped
Hunt	Hunted	Hunted
Identify	Identified	Identified
Ignore	Ignored	Ignored
Imagine	Imagined	Imagined
Impress	Impressed	Impressed
Improve	Improved	Improved
Include	Included	Included
Increase	Increased	Increased
Interview	Interviewed	Interviewed
Introduce	Introduced	Introduced
Invite	Invited	Invited
Jog	Jogged	Jogged
Join	Joined	Joined
Jump	Jumped	Jumped
Knock	Knocked	Knocked
Label	Labeled	Labeled
Land	Landed	Landed
Last	Lasted	Lasted
Learn	Learned	Learned
Like	Liked	Liked
Link	Linked	Linked
List	Listed	Listed
Listen	Listened	Listened
Live	Lived	Lived
Locate	Located	Located
Look	Looked	Looked
Love	Loved	Loved
Man	Maned	Maned
Manage	Managed	Managed
Mark	Marked	Marked
Match	Matched	Matched
Measure	Measured	Measured
Mention	Mentioned	Mentioned
Miss	Missed	Missed
Move	Moved	Moved
Name	Named	Named
Need	Needed	Needed
Note	Noted	Noted
Notice	Noticed	Noticed
Number	Numbered	Numbered

O To L

Offer	Offered	Offered
Open	Opened	Opened
Order	Ordered	Ordered
Organize	Organized	Organized
Pack	Packed	Packed
Paint	Painted	Painted
Paddle	Paddled	Paddled
Pamper	Pampered	Pampered
Pardon	Pardoned	Pardoned
Park	Parked	Parked
Participate	Participated	Participated
Pass	Passed	Passed
Perform	Performed	Performed
Persuade	Persuaded	Persuaded
Pick	Picked	Picked
Plan	Planned	Planned
Play	Played	Played
Please	Pleased	Pleased
Practice	Practiced	Practiced
Predict	Predicted	Predicted
Prefer	Preferred	Preferred
Present	Presented	Presented
Program	Programmed	Programmed
Protect	Protected	Protected
Provide	Provided	Provided
Purchase	Purchased	Purchased
Push	Pushed	Pushed
Race	Raced	Raced
Rain	Rain	Rain
Receive	Received	Received
Recommend	Recommended	Recommended
Relate	Related	Related
Relax	Relaxed	Relaxed
Release	Released	Released
Remember	Remembered	Remembered
Repair	Repaired	Repaired
Repeat	Repeated	Repeated
Resist	Resisted	Resisted
Rest	Rested	Rested
Return	Returned	Returned
Review	Reviewed	Reviewed
Sail	Sailed	Sailed
Save	Saved	Saved
Scan	Scanned	Scanned
Scare	Scared	Scared
Share	Shared	Shared
Shop	Shopped	Shopped
Shout	Shouted	Shouted
Skate	Skated	Skated
Ski	Skied	Skied
Slow	Slowed	Slowed
Sneeze	Sneezed	Sneezed
Snow	Snowed	Snowed
Solve	Solved	Solved
Spell	Spelled	Spelled
Start	Started	Started
Step	Stepped	Stepped
Stop	Stopped	Stopped
Stress	Stressed	Stressed
Study	Studied	Studied
Substitute	Substituted	Substituted
Suggest	Suggested	Suggested
Surprise	Surprised	Surprised
Talk	Talked	Talked
Taste	Tasted	Tasted
Terrorize	Terrorized	Terrorized
Thank	Thanked	Thanked
Touch	Touched	Touched
Travel	Traveled	Traveled
Try	Tried	Tried
Tune	Tuned	Tuned
Turn	Turned	Turned
Underline	Underlined	Underlined
Use	Used	Used
Vary	Varied	Varied
Wait	Waited	Waited
Walk	Walked	Walked
Want	Wanted	Wanted
Warn	Warned	Warned
Wash	Washed	Washed
Watch	Watched	Watched
Water	Watered	Watered
Welcome	Welcomed	Welcomed
Wish	Wished	Wished
Witness	Witnessed	Witnessed
Work	Worked	Worked
Worry	Worried	Worried
Wrestle	Wrestled	Wrestled

How many regular verbs are there in the English language?

In the English language, there are more than 11,000 regular verbs, excluding the pronominal verbs. This is researched by the RAE (Research Assessment Exercise).
If we include phrasal verbs too along with the verbs, then the number of verbs can rise more than 20,000, respectively.

Basic five-sentence structures for using verbs (regular as well as irregular verbs):

The verbs that explain itself in a sentence are intransitive verbs.

Structure 1:

Subject + verb.

Intransitive verbs do not need any object or any balance to support in a sentence.

• He slept.
• They played.

Structure 2:

Subject + verb + object.

It involves a supportive object to which a transitive verb depends on. But in this structure, the object does not give a full modification about the subject. It only implies to help the verb.

• He ate breakfast.
• She fell down.

Structure 3:

Subject + verb + subject complement (as object)

The verb that is used is called a linking verb, where an object complements the subject and is combined in a sentence with the linking verb’s help.

Here, the linking verbs are not regular verbs; it should be in “to be” form.

• He is a brave person.
• She is intelligent.

Structure 4:

Subject + verb + indirect object +direct object.

This structured sentence contains two objects, direct and indirect. It gives all the information related to the subject and the verb, respectively.

• He fell to the ground.
• She smiled in the middle of class.

Structure 5:

Subject + verb + direct object + complement noun object.

• He fell due to the mud on the ground.
• She smiled at her friend in the middle of class.

Examples of Regular Verbs are in Sentences

1. My brother loves your sister for so long.
2. All dresses have dried very quickly in this hot climate.
3. Suddenly, he turned his car to take a highway route.
4. I don’t know why he behaved like a kid at the party?
5. She slowed down her vehicle when she crossed the bridge.

more examples of regular verb