Regular Verbs

 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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