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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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Help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
written by Tábata, January 30, 2008

i like has a list or regular verbs can you pass for me? (i´m from brasil) smilies/kiss.gif

dogan şain
written by ÖMER, April 20, 2008

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LoL
written by veel, June 22, 2008

regular verbs
written by Jonny Algarañaz, July 24, 2008

I really like the regular verb explanation you have on your site. It is really helpful for all of us who are learning English. It would be nice if you could add some regular verb quizzes so whoever visits this site will not only learn the rules but will also put them in practice. Good work!

Jonny
Santa Cruz, Bolivia

Help me !!!
written by anlene, August 12, 2008

I want to learn more about english especially in my pronounciation and my grammar i want to be come better can you please help me ( i am from philippines) smilies/cheesy.gif

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