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Regular Verbs

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Regular Verbs

Verb		Past Tense		Past Participle		Present Participle / Gerund
add		added		added		adding
answer		answered		answered		answering
arrive		arrived		arrived		arriving
attend		bore		borne		bearing
bake		baked		baked		baking
boil		boiled		boiled		boiling
borrow		borrowed		borrowed		borrowing
brush		brushed		brushed		brushing
call		called		called		calling
change		changed		changed		changing
clean		cleaned		cleaned		cleaning
close		closed		closed		closing
complete		completed		completed		completing
continue		continued		continued		continuing
cook		cooked		cooked		cooking
correct		corrected		corrected		correcting
cry		cried		cried		crying
dance		danced		danced		dancing
deliver		delivered		delivered		delivering
disappear		disappeared		disappeared		disappearing
discuss		discussed		discussed		discussing
dream		dreamed		dreamed		dreamed
dress		dressed		dressed		dressing
drop		dropped		dropped		dropping
enjoy		enjoyed		enjoyed		enjoying
erase		erased		erased		erasing
expect		expected		expected		expecting
explain		explained		explained		explaining
finish		finished		finished		finishing
fix		fixed		fixed		fixing
follow		followed		followed		following
fry		fried		fried		frying
happen		happened		happened		happening
help		helped		helped		helping
introduce		introduced		introduced		introducing
jump		jumped		jumped		jumping
kiss		kissed		kissed		kissing
laugh		laughed		laughed		laughing
like		liked		liked		liking
listen		listened		listened		listening
live		lived		lived		living
look		looked		looked		looking
love		loved		loved		loving
mix		mixed		mixed		mixing
move		moved		moved		moving
need		needed		needed		needing
open		opened		opened		opening
paint		painted		painted		painting
pass		passed		passed		passing
plan		planned		planned		planning
play		played		played		playing
prepare		prepared		prepared		preparing
promise		promised		promised		promising
pull		pulled		pulled		pulling
rain		rained		rained		raining
receive		received		received		receiving
relax		relaxed		relaxed		relaxing
remember		remembered		remembered		remembering
report		reported		reported		reporting
rested		rested		rested		resting
return		returned		returned		returning
save		saved		saved		saving
serve		served		served		serving
show		showed		showed		showing
skate		skated		skated		skating
smell		smelled		smelled		smelling
smoke		smoked		smoked		smoking
spell		spelled		spelled		spelling
start		started		started		starting
stay		stayed		stayed		staying
stop		stopped		stopped		stopping
study		studied		studied		studying
talk		talked		talked		talking
travel		traveled / travelled (UK)		traveled / travelled (UK)		traveling / travelling (UK)
turn		turned		turned		turning
use		used		used		using
visit		visited		visited		visiting
wait		waited		waited		waiting
walk		walked		walked		walking
want		wanted		wanted		wanting
wash		washed		washed		washing
watch		watched		watched		watching
wish		wished		wished		wishing
work		worked		worked		working

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Spelling Rules

• If the verb ends in a consonant, add –ed.
  return returned help helped cook cooked
  

• If the verb ends in –e, add –d.
  live lived create created die died
  

• In one-syllable words, if the verb ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant combination (CVC), double the
  last consonant and add -ed.
  hop hopped rub rubbed
  

  However, do not double one-syllable words ending in –w, -x, or –y.
  

  bow bowed play played mix mixed
  

• In words of two or more syllables that end in consonant-vowel-consonant combination, double the last
  consonant only if the last syllable is stressed.
  prefer preferred (The last syllable is stressed) visit visited (The last syllable isn’t stressed)
  

• If the verb ends in a consonant, + y, change the -y to -i and add –ed.
  worry worried annoy annoyed
  

• If the verb ends in a vowel +y, just add -ed. (Do not change the –y to –i.)
  play played annoy annoyed
  Exception: pay paid lay laid say said
  

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Pronunciation Rules

• Although all simple past tense verbs end with an -ed, they can have THREE different pronunciations: /id/, /d/ & /t/
  
• Each of these pronunciations is decided by the SOUND (not the letter) that comes before the -ed
  
• The Sound /id/ should be added if the verb ends either with a /t/ or a /d/ Sound. Eg: add, paint.
  
• The Sound /d/ should be added if the verb ends in a Voiced Sound (Those which produce a vibration when pronounced: all the vowels, b, d, g, v, ð, z, r, ʒ, ʤ, m, n, ŋ, l, w, j, y). Eg: move, turn.
  
• The Sound /t/ should be added if the verb ends in a Voiceless Sound (Those which DO NOT produce a vibration when pronounced: p, t, k, f, θ, s, ʃ, h, ʧ). Eg: ask, relax.
  
  
  
  

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