REGULAR

VERBS:
“SOME RULES”
All regular verbs add “ed”
in Simple Past Tense.
He played football
last Sunday.

He cooked lunch
last week.
 When a regular verb ends
in a consonant + “y”,
the “y” is changed to “ied”

He dried the dishes

after dinner.
 When a regular verb has one
syllable and ends in
consonat + vowel + consonant,
the final consonant is doubled
before adding “ed” to form the
simple past tense.
(Exceptions: verbs that end in
“w” or “x”)
He jogged yesterday morning.
 Now,
some examples
 (clean)

I ....... my car last Monday.

cleaned

cleanned
 (clean)

I ....... my car last Monday.

cleaned

cleanned
 (cry)

They ....... when they didn't win

cryed

cried
 (cry)

They ....... when they didn't win

cryed

cried
 (discover)
He ....... a new star with his
telescope.

discovered

discoverred
 (discover)
He ....... a new star with his
telescope.

discovered

discoverred
 (trap)

I ....... the mouse yesterday.

traped

trapped
 (trap)

I ....... the mouse yesterday.

traped

trapped
 (film)

He ....... the movie last month.

filmed

filmmed
 (film)

He ....... the movie last month.

filmed

filmmed
 (mix)
He ....... a new star with his
telescope.

mixxed

mixed
 (mix)
He ....... a new star with his
telescope.

mixxed

mixed
 (chop)

We ....... firewood last winter.

chopped

choped
 (chop)

We ....... firewood last winter.

chopped

choped