Regular Verbs in English! Learn the definition and a list of over 130 common regular verbs in English. Useful vocabulary for ESL learners and teachers with ESL infographic.
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Regular Verb Definition
Unlike irregular verbs, those verbs that form their past participle with ‘d’ or ‘ed’ are regular verbs. These verbs do not undergo substantial changes while changing forms between tenses.
- If the verb ends with a vowel, only ‘d’ is added. For example:
PRESENT TENSE | PAST TENSE |
Share | Shared |
Scare | Scared |
Dare | Dared |
- If the verb ends with a consonant, ‘ed’ is added. For example:
PRESENT TENSE | PAST TENSE |
Want | Wanted |
Shout | Shouted |
Kill | Killed |
3. If the verb ends with a consonant followed by ‘y’, the ‘y’ is changed to ‘i’ before adding ‘ed’. For example:
PRESENT TENSE | PAST TENSE |
---|---|
Carry | Carried |
Hurry | Hurried |
Study | Studied |
4. If the verb ends with a vowel followed by ‘y’, simply add ‘ed’. For example:
PRESENT TENSE | PAST TENSE |
---|---|
Play | Played |
Enjoy | Enjoyed |
Regular Verbs List
Useful regular verbs list in English.
BASE FORM |
SIMPLE PAST |
PAST PARTICIPLE |
Accept | Accepted | Accepted |
Achieve | Achieved | Achieved |
Add | Added | Added |
Admire | Admired | Admired |
Admit | Admitted | Admitted |
Adopt | Adopted | Adopted |
Advise | Advised | Advised |
Agree | Agreed | Agreed |
Allow | Allowed | Allowed |
Announce | Announced | Announced |
Appreciate | Appreciated | Appreciated |
Approve | Approved | Approved |
Argue | Argued | Argued |
Arrive | Arrived | Arrived |
Ask | Asked | Asked |
Assist | Assisted | Assisted |
Attack | Attacked | Attacked |
Bake | Baked | Baked |
Beg | Begged | Begged |
Behave | Behaved | Behaved |
Boil | Boiled | Boiled |
Borrow | Borrowed | Borrowed |
Brush | Brushed | Brushed |
Bury | Buried | Buried |
Call | Called | Called |
Challenge | Challenged | Challenged |
Change | Changed | Changed |
Chase | Chased | Chased |
Cheat | Cheated | Cheated |
Cheer | Cheered | Cheered |
Chew | Chewed | Chewed |
Clap | Clapped | Clapped |
Clean | Cleaned | Cleaned |
Collect | Collected | Collected |
Compare | Compared | Compared |
Complain | Complained | Complained |
Confess | Confessed | Confessed |
Construct | Constructed | Constructed |
Control | Controlled | Controlled |
Copy | Copied | Copied |
Count | Counted | Counted |
Create | Created | Created |
Cry | Cried | Cried |
Cycle | Cycled | Cycled |
Damage | Damaged | Damaged |
Dance | Danced | Danced |
Deliver | Delivered | Delivered |
Destroy | Destroyed | Destroyed |
Divide | Divided | Divided |
Drag | Dragged | Dragged |
Earn | Earned | Earned |
Employ | Employed | Employed |
Encourage | Encouraged | Encouraged |
Enjoy | Enjoyed | Enjoyed |
Establish | Established | Established |
Estimate | Estimated | Estimated |
Exercise | Exercised | Exercised |
Expand | Expanded | Expanded |
Explain | Explained | Explained |
Fry | Fried | Fried |
Gather | Gathered | Gathered |
Greet | Greeted | Greeted |
Guess | Guessed | Guessed |
Harass | Harassed | Harassed |
Hate | Hated | Hated |
Help | Helped | Helped |
Hope | Hoped | Hoped |
Identify | Identified | Identified |
Interrupt | Interrupted | Interrupted |
Introduce | Introduced | Introduced |
Irritate | Irritated | Irritated |
Joke | Joked | Joked |
Jump | Jumped | Jumped |
Kick | Kicked | Kicked |
Kill | Killed | Killed |
Kiss | Kissed | Kissed |
Laugh | Laughed | Laughed |
Lie | Lied | Lied |
Like | Liked | Liked |
Listen | Listened | Listened |
Love | Loved | Loved |
Marry | Married | Married |
Measure | Measured | Measured |
Move | Moved | Moved |
Murder | Murdered | Murdered |
Need | Needed | Needed |
Obey | Obeyed | Obeyed |
Offend | Offended | Offended |
Offer | Offered | Offered |
Open | Opened | Opened |
Paint | Painted | Painted |
Park | Parked | Parked |
Phone | Phoned | Phoned |
Pick | Picked | Picked |
Play | Played | Played |
Pray | Prayed | Prayed |
Printed | Printed | |
Pull | Pulled | Puled |
Punch | Punched | Punched |
Punish | Punished | Punished |
Purchase | Purchased | Purchased |
Push | Pushed | Pushed |
Question | Questioned | Questioned |
Race | Raced | Raced |
Relax | Relaxed | Relaxed |
Remember | Remembered | Remembered |
Reply | Replied | Replied |
Retire | Retired | Retired |
Return | Returned | Returned |
Rub | Rubbed | Rubbed |
Scold | Scolded | Scolded |
Select | Selected | Selected |
Smoke | Smoked | Smoked |
Snore | Snored | Snored |
Stare | Stared | Stared |
Start | Started | Started |
Study | Studied | Studied |
Talk | Talked | Talked |
Thank | Thanked | Thanked |
Travel | Travelled | Travelled |
Trouble | Troubled | Troubled |
Type | Typed | Typed |
Use | Used | Used |
Visit | Visited | Visited |
Wait | Waited | Waited |
Walk | Walked | Walked |
Want | Wanted | Wanted |
Warn | Warned | Warned |
Wink | Winked | Winked |
Worry | Worried | Worried |
Yell | Yelled | Yelled |
Regular Verbs Exercise
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Thanks for the extensive lists. But: Why did you write the verbs with capital letters? I. E. for German speakers, this can be very confusing.
I’m guessing that the software program autocorrected to capital letters.
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Just want to point out that there is a typo in “Pull” “Pulled” “Puled” conjugation.
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First of all, thank you for the list. However, I have a question: isn’t “Find” an irregular verb?
The verb ‘find’ in the list of regular verbs ( image 2) needs correction.
Find is not a regular verb. The past as well as the the past participle form is different from the base form.
Image 5 I believe the verb in the present form is ‘Explain.’ I assume it was a typo there.
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