Regular Verbs - How to Use and Examples List

Want to learn how to use regular verbs in sentences? This article on regular verbs will help you understand regular verbs, its usage and how to conjugate them. There is also a list of regular verbs and their conjugated forms that you can refer to have a better understanding.

Table of Contents

• What Is a Regular Verb?
  • How to Conjugate Regular Verbs?
• Regular Verbs Examples List
• Check Your Knowledge of Regular Verbs
• Frequently Asked Questions on Regular Verbs

What Is a Regular Verb?

A regular verb is a verb that follows a common pattern of conjugation. The past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding an ‘ed’ or ‘d’ to the root verb and the past participle form of the verb is the same as its past form.

How to Conjugate Regular Verbs?

Regular verbs can be conjugated to form the simple past form and the past participle forms. A regular verb can be made simple past by,

• adding an ‘ed’ to the end of the base form of the regular verb and doubling the last consonant
• adding an ‘ed’ to the end of regular verbs – three or four lettered monosyllabic words preceded and followed by consonants
• adding a ‘d’ to the end of the base form of the regular verb ending with an ‘e’
• removing ‘y’ and adding an ‘ied’ to the end of the base form of the regular verb ending with a consonant and a ‘y’
• adding ‘ed’ to monosyllabic words ending with a vowel followed by a ‘y’

Conjugating Regular Verbs to Form Simple Past Examples

Conjugating Regular Verbs Ending with an ‘e’ to Form SImple Past Examples

Conjugating Regular Verbs Ending with ‘y’ to Form SImple Past Examples

Regular Verbs Examples List

Here are some common regular verbs and their conjugated forms for everyday use.

Check Your Knowledge of Regular Verbs

Apply the rules you have learnt from the article and find out the simple past and past participle forms of the following verbs:

1. Apologise

2. Welcome

3. Terrify

4. Paste

5. Fire

6. Hover

7. Love

8. Inject

9. Join

10. Grab

Ready to check your answers? Find out if you conjugated them correctly.