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Examples of 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, remember that the past simple is expressed by a single word, while the participle It is the verb form that is integrated into the compound structures or verbal periphrasis, in which the verb 'to have' appears, 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:

If he infinitive of the verb ends in ‘and’, to form the past tense and past participle simply the letter 'd' is added.
If he infinitive is formed by a single syllable containing a 'consonant-vowel-consonant' sequence, what you have to do is duplicate the final consonant and add the letters 'Ed'.
Finally, if the infinitive of the verb ends in 'y' preceded by a consonant, change the 'Y' by 'i'And the letters' -ed’.

Further,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 it means to hang 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 It ends in a voiceless consonant such as / k / or / p /, the past tense and participle will be pronounced as / t / (as in 'worked').

If instead, the verb ends in a voiced consonant (“voiced”) such as / n / or / l /, the past tense and participle will be pronounced with the / d / sound (as would be the case with ‘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

back	destroy	harass
bake	detect	harm
balance	develop	hate
beg	disagree	haunt
behave	disappear	head
belong	disapprove	heal
bless	disarm	heap
blind	discover	heat
blink	dislike	help
boil	divide	hook
bomb	double	hop
book	doubt	hope
bore	drag	hover
borrow	drain	hug
bounce	dream	hum
box	dress	hunt
brake	drip	hurry
branch	drop	identify
breathe	drown	ignore
brush	drum	imagine
burn	dry	import
buzz	dust	impress
calculate	earn	improve
call	educate yourself	include
camp	embarrass	increase
care	employ	influence
carry	empty	inform
cause	encourage	inject
challenge	end	injure
change	enjoy	instruct
charge	enter	intend
chase	entertain	interest
cheat	escape	interfere
check	examine	interrupt
claim	excite	introduce
clap	excuse	invented
clean	exercise	invite
clear	exist	irritate
close	expand	itch
coach	expect	jail
collect	explain	jam
color	explode	jog
command	extend	join
communicate	face	joke
compare	fade	judge
compete	fail	juggle
complain	fancy	jump
complete	fasten	kick
concentrate	fax	kill
concern	fear	kiss
confess	fence	kneel
confused	fetch	knit
connect	file	knock
consider	fill	knot
consist	film	label
contain	fire	land
continue	fit	last
copy	fix	laugh
correct	flap	launch
count	flash	learn
cover	float	level
crash	flood	license
crawl	flow	lick
cross	flower	lie
crush	fold	lighten
cry	follow	like
cure	fool	list
curl	force	listen
curve	form	live
cycle	found	load
dam	frame	lock
damage	frighten	long
dance	fry	look
I will give	gather	sees it
decay	grab	measure
deceive	grease	move
decide	guarantee	plan
decorate yourself	guard	remember
delay	Guess	report
delight	guide	request
deliver	hammer	start
depend	hand	tip
describes	handle	travel
desert	hang	try
deserve	happen	work