20 Examples of Regular Verbs in English

Regular verbs in English

In the English language, regular verbs are those that form the past (simple past) and the past participle (past participle) always in the same way, with the only addition to its base or root of the letters'-ed‘. Eg listen, talk.

In English they differ four groups of verbs: Regular or weak; Irregular or strong; Auxiliaries; Defective or abnormal.

Also, let us remember that the past simple is expressed by a single word, while the participle is the verb form that is integrated into the compound structures or verbal periphrasis, in which it appears the verb 'to have', as it happens in two verb tenses widely used in this language: the present perfect and the past perfect.

There is a set of rules that govern the formation of these verb tenses. For example:

What's more, some verbs can be both regular and irregular (for example: to burn). On the other hand, some verbs change their meaning depending on whether they are regular or irregular, as happens with the verb 'to hang', which as regular means to hang or hang, but as irregular means to tend or hang.

Pronunciation

As far as pronunciation is concerned, depending on the consonant that precedes the ending ‘-ed', The way you articulate this sound will change. Thus, if the regular verb in infinitive ends in some voiceless consonant like / k / or / p /, the past tense and participle will be pronounced like / t / (as in 'worked').

If instead, the verb ends in a voiced consonant (“voiced”) like / n / or / l /, the past tense and the participle will be pronounced with the / d / sound (as would be the case of ‘killed’). Finally, if the regular infinitive verb ends in 't' or 'd', the pronunciation of these forms will sound / id / (as in 'decided).

Examples of regular verbs in English

It can serve you: Examples of Irregular Verbs in English

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