What are regular verbs?
Regular verbs are those to which, in their past simple and participle forms, only the ending -ed or -d should be added at the end. For example, play (present) ⇒ played (past and participle).
List of most used regular verbs
Here is a list of the most important regular verbs in the English language.
Presente Pasado simple Participio pasado Traducción
Accept accepted accepted aceptar
Add added added agregar
Admit admitted admitted admitir
Agree agreed agreed acordar
Allow allowed allowed permitir
Answer answered answered responder
Arrive arrived arrived llegar
Believe believed believed creer
Belong belonged belonged pertenecer
Brush brushed brushed cepillar
Burn burned burned quemar
Call called called llamar
Cancel cancelled cancelled cancelar
Change changed changed cambiar
Clean cleaned cleaned limpiar
Close closed closed cerrar
Complain complained complained quejar
Complete completed completed completar
Cook cooked cooked cocinar
Count counted counted contar
Dance danced danced bailar
Decide decided decided decidir
How to pass regular verbs to the past?
Regular verbs in their past form are distinguished by the ending -ed or -d, depending on how the verb ends. Here are some rules that can be useful when converting a regular verb to its past form.
If it ends in a consonant or a vowel other than -e
The ending -ed is added. For example:
Answer (answer) ⇒ answered (past tense)
Cook (to cook) ⇒ cooked in (past tense)
watch (see, watch) ⇒ watched (past)
If it ends with the vowel -e
The ending -d is added. For example:
Change (change) ⇒ changed (past)
Receive (receive) ⇒ received (past)
Shave ⇒ shaved (past)
If it involves spelling changes
In the event that the transition from the present to the past form requires modifications in the spelling of the word, there are several cases:
Regular verbs ending in -y
In these cases, change the -y to the vowel -i before adding -ed. For example:
Cry (cry) ⇒ cried (past)
Marry (marry) ⇒ married (past)
Regular verbs in which the final consonant is doubled
One-syllable verbs, such as:
Clap (to clap) ⇒ clapped (past)
Beg (beg) ⇒ begged (past tense)
With the exception of verbs ending in w, x, y, c. For example: chew (to chew) ⇒ chewed (past tense)
Two-syllable verbs ending with a vowel and a consonant. In these cases, the consonant is also doubled. For example:
admit (admit) ⇒ admitted (past )
Stop (stop) ⇒ stopped (past)
Examples of sentences with regular verbs
Here are examples of sentences made with regular and irregular verbs with their respective translation:
present simple past
I work in the school all day (I work at school all day)
I worked in the school all day
He plays with my brother (he plays with my brother)
He played with my brother (he played with my brother)
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