USING REGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST
Many very important verbs in English are IRREGULAR, but
most of the verbs in English are REGULAR. Here are
some rules that will help the student with regular verbs in simple past
tenses.
Please read these rules, and then click on the link at the bottom of
this page to go to the first test.
________________________________________________________________VERBS ENDING IN
--- E ADD
--D
EXAMPLES:
LIVE---LIVED
MOVE--MOVED
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VERBS ENDING IN
---- CHANGE Y TO
I EXAMPLES:
A CONSONANT +
Y
ADD--
ED
TRY--TRIED
CRY--CRIED
CARRY--CARRIED
WORRY--WORRIED
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VERBS ENDING
IN---
DOUBLE
THE
EXAMPLES:
ONE VOWEL +
ONE
CONSONANT
STOP--STOPPED
CONSONANT
THEN ADD
--D
DROP--DROPPED
( BUT NOT "W" OR "Y" )
ROB--ROBBED
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ALL OTHER
REGULAR
ADD--ED
EXAMPLES:
VERBS
LOOK---LOOKED
WATCH --WATCHED
PLAYED--PLAYED
ROLL--ROLLED
TALK--TALKED
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Please go to the next page to practice using the regular
verbs in the past. Click here
to go to the
test pages.