Regular and Irregular Verbs

What are regular and irregular verbs?

Regular and irregular verbs are two main categories of English verbs that are based on how they form their past tense and past participle. I explained both of the past tense and past participle forms using examples with detailed explanations to help learn the differences easily.

So, what are Regular Verbs?

Regular verbs follow specific structures when forming the past tense and past participle. You need to add (d, ed, ied) to the end of the verbs as shown in the following regular verbs examples:

Past Tense Regular Verbs

Clean = cleaned 

I cleaned the kitchen this morning. = past tense

Study = studied

The kids studied yesterday evening.

Past Participle = adding (have/ has/ had + verb 3): 

I had cleaned the room

The kids have studied this week

What about the Irregular Verbs?

The irregular verbs do not follow any specific patterns and you just need to memorize them! Let’s have a look at the following examples to understand the idea better:

Past Tense Irregular verbs: 

Break = broke

The children broke the window.

Come = came

He came back from the shop.

Past Participle:

Break = broken

The children had broken the window.

Come = come

He had come back from the shop.

So, this how you can use the regular & irregular verbs in sentences. I explained them in depth details here so I suggest checking the blog to learn more about them and other English grammar topics. Let me know if you have any questions related to the use of regular and irregular verbs or related to other English grammar topic, etc.

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