Regular Verbs
They form their past tenses by adding 'ed/d'.Others are formed by dropping '-y' and adding '-ied'. Examples are:
Present Tense | Past Tense |
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Accept | Accepted |
Add | Added |
Agree | Agreed |
Swallow | Swallowed |
Count | Counted |
Guard | Guarded |
Happen | Happened |
Harm | Harmed |
Interest | Interested |
Join | Joined |
Judge | Judged |
Mine | Mined |
Move | Moved |
Mark | Marked |
Plant | Planted |
Plant | Planted |
Study | Studied |
Reply | Replied |
Irregular Verbs
They form past tense in different ways, and not by adding of 'ed/d' to the word.Some form past tense by changing the vowel, while others do not change at all.
Present Tense | Past Tense |
---|---|
Arise | Arose |
Breed | Bred |
Go | Went |
Know | Knew |
Put | Put |
Grow | Grew |
Run | Ran |
Write | Wrote |
Strike | Struck |
Begin | Begun |
Modal Verbs
Modal verbs are used to express ideas as:- Probability
- Ability
- Permission
- request, Offers and invitations
- Suggestions and obligations
They can be in positive (affirmative) or negative such as:
Positive (Affirmative) | Negative |
---|---|
Can | Cannot (Can't) |
Should | Should not (Shouldn't) |
Ought | Ought not |
Will | Will not (Won't) |
Could | Could not (couldn't) |
Might | Might not (mightn't) |
There are many types of verbs including action verbs, compound verbs, auxiliary verbs, helping verbs, linking verbs and more. We will discuss them in other topics.