Chapter 7 - Regular and Irregular Verb

Regular Verb

Verb that have same standard regular pattern end-form in simple past and past participle tense. The pattern refer to the last character of the verb.

See samples below to see how the last character of verb create verb in past and past participle.

Note: 1-5 for single syllable & 6-7 for double syllables

1. Double consonant

    Just add -ed

Base form	Past or Past Participle
Jump	Jumped
Paint	Painted
Bump	Bumped

2. Consonant Vocal Consonant

    Last consonant to be double and add -ed

Base form	Past or Past Participle
Stop	Stopped
Chat	Chatted
Crop	Cropped

3. Consonant Vocal Consonant, end by w,x,y

    Just add -ed

Base form	Past or Past Participle
Saw	Sawed
Play	Played
fix	fixed

4. Vocal e

    Just add -d

Base form	Past or Past Participle
Move	Moved
thrive	thrived
solve	solved

5. Consonant y

    Just replace y by i and add -ed

Base form	Past or Past Participle
Fry	Fried
Cry	Cried
Try	Tried

6. Consonant Vocal Consonant, highlight in to last syllable

    Last consonant to be double and add -ed

Base form	Past or Past Participle
In-cur	Incurred
Pre-fer	Preferred

7.  Consonant Vocal Consonant, highlight in to first syllable

    Just add -ed

Base form	Past or Past Participle
O-pen	Opened
En-ter	Entered
Swal-low	Swallowed

Irregular verb

Verb that don't followed standard end form in past and past participle. It could be delete or change a character in word. There are 3 categories of Irregular verb 

1. Past and Participle have the same forms

No	Base form (V1)	Past (V2)	Past Participle (V3)
1	Bite	Bit	Bit
2	Dig	Dug	Dug
3	Bleed	Bled	Bled
4	Hear	Heard	Heard
5	Hold	Held	Held
6	Light	Lit	Lit
7	Meet	Met	Met
8	Sell	Sold	Sold
9	Tell	Told	Told
10	Shine	Shone	Shone
11	Shoot	Shot	Shot
12	Sit	Sat	Sat
13	Spin	Spun	Spun
14	spit	Spat	Spat
15	Creep	Crept	Crept
16	Deal	Dealt	Dealt
17	Keep	Kept	Kept
18	Kneel	Knelt	Knelt
19	Leave	Left	Left
20	Mean	Meant	Meant
21	Send	Sent	Sent
22	Sleep	Slept	Slept
23	Spend	Spent	Spent
24	Bring	Brought	Brought
25	Buy	Bought	Bought
26	Catch	Caught	Caught
27	Fight	Fought	Fought
28	Teach	Taught	Taught
29	Think	Thought	Thought
30	Feed	Fed	Fed
31	Flee	Fled	Fled
32	Find	Found	Found
33	Grind	Ground	Ground

everyone that fights you is not your enemy, everyone that helps you is not your friend. That is life taught me....mike "iron" tyson

2. Three distinct forms 

    some tips (but not always)

• If V1 contain vocal "i" in last syllable, change with "a" in V2 and "u" in V3. see: begin - began - begun
• If V1 contain double vocal "ea" in last syllable, change with "o" in V2 and delete "e" and add 'n" into V2 form for V3. see: swear - swore - sworn
• If V1 end with consonant "w" or vocal "e", just add "n"  in V3. see: throw - thrown, drive - driven

No	Base form (V1)	Past (V2)	Past Participle (V3)
1	Begin	Began	Begun
2	Ring	Rang	Rung
3	Sing	Sang	Sung
4	spring	Sprang	Sprung
5	Do	Did	Done
6	Go	Went	Gone
7	Am	Was	Been
8	Is	Was	Been
9	See	Saw	Seen
10	Drink	Drank	Drunk
11	Shrink	Shrank	Shrunk
12	Sink	Sank	Sunk
13	Stink	Stank	Stunk
14	Swear	Swore	Sworn
15	Tear	Tore	Torn
16	wear	Wore	Worn
17	Blow	Blew	Blown
18	Draw	Drew	Drawn
19	Fly	Flee	Flown
20	Grow	Grew	Grown
21	Know	Knew	Known
22	Throw	Threw	Thrown
23	Drive	Drove	Driven
24	Choose	Chose	Chosen
25	Rise	Rose	Risen
26	Strive	Strove	Striven
27	Break	Broke	Broken
28	Speak	Spoke	Spoken
29	Fall	Fell	Fallen
30	Shake	Shook	Shaken
31	Take	Took	Taken
32	Forget	Forgot	Forgotten
33	Get	Got	Gotten
34	Give	Gave	Given
35	Forgive	Forgave	Forgiven
36	Hide	Hid	Hidden
37	Forsake	Forsook	Forsaken
38	Ride	Rode	Ridden
39	Write	Wrote	Written
40	Freeze	Froze	Frozen
41	Steal	Stole	Stolen

3. Base and Past Participle have the same form

No	Base form (V1)	Past (V2)	Past Participle (V3)
1	Come	Came	Come
2	Overcome	Overcame	Overcome
3	Run	Ran	Run