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Irregular verbs are an important feature of English. We use irregular verbs a lot when speaking, less when writing. Of course, the most famous English verb of all, the verb "to be", is irregular. What is the difference between regular verbs and irregular verbs? Base Form With regular verbs, the rule is simple... The past simple and past participle always end in -ed: finish stop work But with irregular verbs, there is no rule... Sometimes the verb changes completely: Sometimes there is "half" a change: Sometimes there is no change: sing buy cut sang bought cut sung bought cut finished stopped worked finished stopped worked Past Simple Past Participle
Regular Verbs
English regular verbs change their form very little (unlike irregular verbs). The past tense and past participle of regular verbs end in -ed, for example: work, worked, worked But you should note the following points: 1. Some verbs can be both regular and irregular, for example: learn, learned, learned learn, learnt, learnt
2. Some verbs change their meaning depending on whether they are regular or irregular, for example "to hang": regular hang, hanged, hanged to kill or die, by dropping with a rope around the neck to fix something (for example, a picture) at the top so that the lower part is free
3. The present tense of some regular verbs is the same as the past tense of some irregular verbs: regular found, founded, founded
come cost cut dig do draw dream drive drink eat fall feel fight find fly forget forgive freeze get give go grow hang have hear hide hit hold hurt keep know lay lead learn leave lend let lie lose make mean meet pay
came cost cut dug did drew dreamed/dreamt drove drank ate fell felt fought found flew forgot forgave froze got gave went grew hung had heard hid hit held hurt kept knew laid led learned/learnt left lent let lay lost made meant met paid
come cost cut dug done drawn dreamed/dreamt driven drunk eaten fallen felt fought found flown forgotten forgiven frozen got (sometimes gotten) given gone grown hung had heard hidden hit held hurt kept known laid led learned/learnt left lent let lain lost made meant met paid
put read ride ring rise run say see sell send show shut sing sit sleep speak spend stand swim take teach tear tell think throw understand wake wear win write
put read rode rang rose ran said saw sold sent showed shut sang sat slept spoke spent stood swam took taught tore told thought threw understood woke wore won wrote
put read ridden rung risen run said seen sold sent showed/shown shut sung sat slept spoken spent stood swum taken taught torn told thought thrown understood woken worn won written
back bake balance ban bang bare bat bathe battle beam
beg behave belong bleach bless blind blink blot blush boast
boil bolt bomb book bore borrow bounce bow box brake
calculate call camp care carry carve cause challenge change charge chase cheat check cheer chew
choke chop claim clap clean clear clip close coach coil collect colour comb command communicate
compare compete complain complete concentrate concern confess confuse connect consider consist contain continue copy correct
cough count cover crack crash crawl cross crush cry cure curl curve cycle
dam damage dance dare decay deceive decide decorate delay delight
deliver depend describe desert deserve destroy detect develop disagree disappear
disapprove disarm discover dislike divide double doubt drag drain dream
identify ignore
increase influence
intend interest
invite irritate
itch
jail jam
jog join
joke judge
juggle jump
kick kill
kiss kneel
knit knock
knot
nail name
need nest
nod note
notice number
question
queue
race radiate rain raise reach realise receive recognise record reduce reflect
refuse regret reign reject rejoice relax release rely remain remember remind
remove repair repeat replace reply report reproduce request rescue retire return
rhyme rinse risk rob rock roll rot rub ruin rule rush
sack sail satisfy save saw scare scatter scold scorch scrape scratch scream screw scribble scrub seal search separate serve settle
shiver shock shop shrug sigh sign signal sin sip ski skip slap slip slow smash smell smile smoke snatch sneeze
soothe sound spare spark sparkle spell spill spoil spot spray sprout squash squeak squeal squeeze stain stamp stare start stay
stop store strap strengthen stretch strip stroke stuff subtract succeed suck suffer suggest suit supply support suppose surprise surround suspect
suspend switch
talk tame tap taste tease telephone tempt terrify test thank
thaw tick tickle tie time tip tire touch tour tow
trace trade train transport trap travel treat tremble trick trip
undress unfasten
unite unlock
unpack untidy
use
vanish
visit
x-ray
yawn
yell
zip
zoom