Nama : Chanifah NPM : 10211210039 Kelas : 3C Regular verb • A verb that forms its past tense and past participle by adding -d or -ed (or in some cases -t) to the base form. (Also known as a weak verb.) Contrast with Irregular Verb. The majority of English verbs are regular. They have four different forms: 1. base form: the form found in a dictionary 2. -s form: used in the singular third person, present tense 3. -ed form: used for the past tense and past participle 4. -ing form: used for the present participle See also: • Building an Essay With Regular and Irregular Verbs • Forming the Past Tense of Regular Verbs • Ten Quick Questions and Answers About Verbs and Verbals in English • What Is the Difference Between a Weak Verb and a Strong Verb? Examples: • If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied. • I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees. • I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born. • For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can. • English regular verbs change their form very little (unlike irregular verbs). The past tense and past participle of regular verbs end in -ed, for example: work, worked, worked But you should note the following points: 1. Some verbs can be both regular and irregular, for example: learn, learned, learned learn, learnt, learnt 2. Some verbs change their meaning depending on whether they are regular or irregular, for example "to hang": regular hang, hanged, hanged to kill or die, by dropping with a rope around the neck irregular hang, hung, hung to fix something (for example, a picture) at the top so that the lower part is free 3. The present tense of some regular verbs is the same as the past tense of some irregular verbs: regular found, founded, founded irregular find, found, found Regular verbs list There are thousands of regular verbs in English. This is a list of 600 of the more common regular verbs. Note that there are some spelling variations in American English (for example, "practise" becomes "practice" in American English). • accept • add • admire • admit • advise • afford • agree • alert • allow • amuse • analyse • announce • annoy • answer • apologise • appear • applaud • appreciate • approve • argue • arrange • arrest • arrive • ask • attach • attack • attempt • attend • attract • avoid • back • bake • balance • ban • bang • bare • bat • bathe • battle • beam • beg • behave • belong • bleach • bless • blind • blink • blot • blush • boast • boil • bolt • bomb • book • bore • borrow • bounce • bow • box • brake • branch • breathe • bruise • brush • bubble • bump • burn • bury • buzz • calculate • call • camp • care • carry • carve • cause • challenge • change • charge • chase • cheat • check • cheer • chew • chop • claim • clap • clean • clear • clip • close • coach • coil • collect • colour • comb • command • communicate • compete • complain • complete • concentrate • concern • confess • confuse • connect • consider • consist • contain • continue • copy • correct • count • cover • crack • crash • crawl • cross • crush • cry • cure • curl • curve • cycle • dam • damage • dance • dare • decay • deceive • decide • decorate • delay • delight • deliver • depend • describe • desert • deserve • destroy • detect • develop • disagree • disappear • disapprove • disarm • discover • dislike • divide • double • doubt • drag • drain • dream • dress • drip • drop • drown • drum • dry • dust Conjugation of English Regular Verbs Regular verbs in English are conjugated using the infinitive for all forms, except that the past and past participle end in "ed", the present participle ends in "ing", and the third person singular ends in "s". Although these appear to be very simple rules, the morphology of regular English verbs is affected by phonetic and orthographic constraints that make it necessary to follow several slightly different patterns for adding the endings to the verb stem. Here are some of the most common patterns. • Verbs ending in a long vowel or diphthong followed by a consonant, such as paint, claim, devour, or play. Or ending in a consonant cluster such as delight, or clamp. Add "ed" to the infinitive form to create the past and past participle, add "ing" to create the present participle, and add "s" to create the 3rd person present. Conjugation for "play": Infinitive play Past played Present Participle playing Past Participle played Present: I play You play He, She, It Plays We play You play They play • Verbs ending in a short vowel followed by a consonant such as chat, chop, or compel. Double the final consonant and add "ed" to the infinitive form to create the past and past participle, Double the final consonant and add "ing" to create the present participle, and add "s" to create the 3rd person present. Conjugation for "chop": Infinitive chop Past chopped Present Participle chopping Past Participle chopped Present: I chop You chop He, She, It chops We chop You chop They chop • Verbs ending in a consonant followed by "e" such as dance, save, devote, or evolve. Add "d" to the infinitive form to create the past and past participle, replace the final "e" with "ing" to create the present participle, and add "s" to create the 3rd person present. Conjugation for "devote": Infinitive devote Past devoted Present Participle devoting Past Participle devoted Present: I devote You devote He, She, It devotes We devote You devote They devote Verbs ending in sibilants such as kiss, bless, box, polish, or preach. Add "ed" to the infinitive form to create the past and past participle, add "ing" to create the present participle, and add "es" to create the 3rd person present. Conjugation for "polish": Infinitive polish Past polished Present Participle polishing Past Participle polished Present: I polish You polish He, She, It polishes We polish You polish They polish • Verbs ending in a consonant followed by "y" such as comply, copy, or magnify. Replace the final "y" of the infinitive with "ied" to create the past and past participle, add "ing" to create the present participle, and replace the final "y" with "ies" to create the 3rd person present. Conjugation for "copy": Infinitive copy Past copied Present Participle copying Past Participle copied Present: I copy You copy He, She, It copies We copy You copy They copy Referensi http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/regular-verbs.htm http://grammar.about.com/od/rs/g/regverbterm.htm http://www.scientificpsychic.com/grammar/regular.html