Most verbs are regular verbs. These verbs form their past simple tense and past participle by simply adding “-d” or “-ed” to their base form.
What is the Base Form?
The base form of a verb is its original or unchanged form. It is the form you will find listed in dictionaries.
Examples of Regular Verbs
- eat
- drink
- walk
- run
- talk
- sleep
How Regular Verbs Change
Take the verbs create, walk, and move as examples. These verbs are regular because when forming the past simple or past participle forms, you only need to add “-d” or “-ed” without changing any letters in the base form.
For the verb create, only “-d” is added for the past forms because it already ends with an “e”.
For walk and move, “-ed” is added to form the past simple and past participle.
Conclusion
Regular verbs follow a simple and predictable pattern when forming their past tenses: just add “-d” or “-ed” to the base form.
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