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Regular Verbs

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base	-s form	past	past participle	-ing form	notes

call	calls	called	called	calling
clean	cleans	cleaned	cleaned	cleaning

look	looks	looked	looked	looking	1
talk	talks	talked	talked	talking	1

end	ends	ended	ended	ending	2
wait	waits	waited	waited	waiting	2

kiss	kisses	kissed	kissed	kissing	3
wash	washes	washed	washed	washing	3

live	lives	lived	lived	living	4
love	loves	loved	loved	loving	4

beg	begs	begged	begged	begging	5
sin	sins	sinned	sinned	sinning	5

play	plays	played	played	playing
stay	stays	stayed	stayed	staying

cry	cries	cried	cried	crying	6
study	studies	studied	studied	studying	6

die	dies	died	died	dying
tie	ties	tied	tied	tying

Notes:

1. Pronunciation differences in past/past participle after /p, s, k, f/ sounds

2. Pronunciation differences in past/past participle after /t, d/ sounds

3. Spelling and pronunciation differences in –s form after /s, sh, ch, z/ sounds

4. Dropping of “silent e” with –ing endings

5. Doubled consonants after “short” vowel sounds

6. Spelling differences when “y” is preceded by a consonant

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