Learn to Speak English Easily: Regular Verbs
Learn to speak English easily throgh TLP Spoken English Course. The course is designed to facilitate self-learning in an easy way. It is organised into units to help you learn step by step in a simple and systematic way. You should go through all the units to be able to speak fluently. To know more you can read: How to Use the Course Content? In the previous unit you have learnt about Irregular Verbs and in this unit you will learn about ‘Regular Verbs‘.
Regular Verbs
For a Regular Verb, the second and third forms are the same. The three forms of the regular verb ‘count’ are ‘count, counted and counted’. To form the past tense of a Regular Verb, which is ending with a vowel ‘a, e, i, o, u’, one must add ‘d’ to it. For example the past tense form of ‘agree’ becomes ‘agreed’. The past tense and past participle form of such verbs is the same (Ex. agree, agreed, agreed). If the regular verb ends with a consonant add ‘ed’ to form the past tense or the past participle. (Ex. boil, boiled, boiled). There are some exceptions. Verbs ending in ‘y’ change into ‘ied’ (Ex. carry, carried, carried). With some verbs like ‘permit’, we add the last letter along with ‘ed’ (Ex. permit, permitted, permitted).
Below is a list of the most commonly used Regular Verbs. You are advised to learn the three different forms of the verbs, which are used in different tenses. You can understand the use of the different forms from the following example.
Do you accept credit cards? (Present Tense)
He accepted my invitations. (Past Tense)
They will accept applications till the end of the month. (Future Tense)
List of the most commonly used Regular (Weak) Verbs
accept add admire
admit advise afford
agree alert allow
amuse analyse announce
answer appear appreciate
approve argue arrange
arrest arrive ask
attack attempt attend
attract ban bathe
beg behave bless
board boast boil
bolt book bore
borrow bounce bow
breathe brush bump
burn bury calculate
call camp care
carry cause challenge
change charge choke
claim clap clean
clear clip close
coach compare compete
complain complete concentrate
concern confess confuse
connect consider cough
count cover crack
crash crawl cross
crush cry cure
chase cheat check
cheer collect colour
comb command communicate
continue copy correct
courier credit curve
damage dance debate
dare debit deceive
decide decorate delay
delete delight deliver
depend describe desert
deserve destroy detect
develop dial disagree
disappear disapprove disarm
discover dislike divide
divorce double doubt
drag drain dream
dress drop drown
dry dust earn
educate email embarrass
employ empty encourage
end enjoy enter
entertain escape examine
excite excuse exercise
exist expand expect
explain explode extend
face fade fail
fasten fax fear
fetch file fill
film fire fit
fix flash float
flood flow fold
follow fool force
form format frame
frighten fry gather
gaze glow grab
grate grease grin
grip groan guard
guess greet guarantee
guide hammer hand
handle hang happen
harass harm hate
haunt head heal
heap heat help
hop hope hug
hum hunt hurry
identify ignore imagine
impress improve include
increase influence inform
injure instruct intend
interest interfere interrupt
introduce invent invite
irritate jail jog
joke join judge
jump kick knit
knot kill kiss
kneel knock label
land last laugh
launch learn level
lick lie like
list listen live
load lock log
long look love
mail manage march
mark marry match
mate measure meddle
melt memorise mend
message mine miss
mix mourn move
multiply murder nail
need nod notice
name note number
obey object observe
obtain occur offend
offer open order
overflow owe own
pack paint park
part pass paste
pat pause peel
peep perform permit
phone pick pinch
place plan plant
play please point
poke polish possess
post pour practise
pray preach precede
prefer prepare present
preserve press pretend
prevent prick produce
program promise protect
provide pull pump
punch puncture punish
push question queue
race rain raise
reach realise receive
recharge recognize record
reduce reflect refuse
regret relax release
rely remain remember
remind remove repair
replace reply report
reproduce request rescue
retire return risk
rob roll rub
ruin rule rush
sack sail satisfy
save scare scold
scratch scream scrub
seal search separate
serve settle shade
share shave shiver
shock shop shrug
sigh sign signal
sin sip skip
slap slip slow
smash smell smile
smoke snatch sneeze
sniff snow soak
spare spell spill
spoil spot spray
squeeze stain stamp
stare start stay
steer step stir
stitch stop store
strap strengthen stretch
strip stroke stuff
succeed suffer suggest
suit supply support
suppose surprise surround
suspect suspend swipe
switch talk tame
tap taste tease
telephone tempt terrify
test text thank
thaw tick tie
time tip tire
touch tour trace
trade train transport
trap travel treat
tremble trick trip
trouble trust try
tumble turn tweet
twist type undress
unite use unlock
vanish visit wail
wait walk want
warm warn wash
waste watch water
wave weigh welcome
whip whisper whistle
wink wipe wish
withdraw wonder work
worship worry
Check the meanings of the words in English Oxford Living Dictionaries