Quick view of Regular and Irregular verbs
VERB FORM
Problem
Although English verbs have only a few forms, it can still be difficult to remember which ending
to use in different grammatical situations, especially since some forms are used in more than
one pattern, and many verbs are irregular.
Solutions
REVIEW THE BASIC PATTERNS and try to identify which form(s) give you the most
trouble so you can proofread for those.
Simple Form | Present (-s,es) 3rd Person | Simple Past (-ed) | Present Participle (-ing) | Past Participle (-ed, -en) | |
Regular talk | talk debate | talks debates | talked debated | talking debating | talked debated |
Irregular | be go have write | is goes has writes | was/were went had wrote | being going having writing | been gone had written |
Remember that the –ED ENDING on
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