Regular Verbs
and
Irregular Verbs
English has regular verbs and irregular verbs. Now, what does that mean?
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Regular Verbs
A regular verb is a verb that follows this rule:Past form of the verb = Present
form of the verb + ed / d
For example, work is a regular verb because:
Past form of work = work + ed =
worked
Dance is a regular verb too. That is because:
Past form of dance = dance + d = danced
We call the present form a base
form, or V1
(Verb 1).
We call the past form V2 (Verb 2).
There is another form
called V3
(Verb 3). That is the form that we use in the Perfect Tenses.
These are examples of Regular Verbs:
| V1 | V2 | V3 |
| help | helped | helped |
| open | opened | opened |
| stop | stopped | stopped |
| change | changed | changed |
Irregular Verbs
An irregular verb is a verb that does not follow that rule.For example, drink is an irregular verb because the past form of drink is drank, and not "drinked".
Go is an irregular verb too. That is because the past form of go is went, and not "goed".
These are examples of Irregular Verbs:
| V1 | V2 | V3 |
| take | took | taken |
| buy | bought | bought |
| eat | ate | eaten |
| give | gave | given |
| leave |
left |
left |
| am | was | been |
The English language has a great number of irregular verbs!
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