REGULAR VERBS

Regular verbs in English are those that add the ending "-ed" or "-d" to form the past simple and the past participle. For example: Listen, Enjoy, Jump, Play, Work.

HOW TO CONJUGATE THEM

Regular verbs are the simplest to conjugate, since their spelling in the simple past or past participle is the same as in the present, adding a "d" or "ed" at the end.

For example, if the verb ends in a consonant + "y", we change the "y" to "i" and add "ed".

To conjugate regular English verbs, you must add the suffix "-ed" to the end of the verb to form the past simple and the past participle. For example, "play" → "played" and "work" → "worked".

However, there are some rules for conjugating regular English verbs in the past simple:

1. If the verb ends in "e", only a "d" is added. For example, "dance" → "danced."
2. If the verb ends in a consonant plus "y", the "y" is changed to an "i" and "ed" is added.
3. If the verb ends in a short vowel and a consonant, you should double the last consonant.

Furthermore, if the infinitive verb ends with the sounds /t/ or /d/, the pronunciation of the preterite and past participle will be /id/.

Finally, the last syllable of regular verbs is pronounced in different ways depending on the letters that precede it. If the infinitive ends in "f", "k", "p", "s", "sh" or "ch", the suffix "-ed" is pronounced as a /t/. If the infinitive ends in "d" or "t" (or "-de" / "-te"), then the suffix "-ed" sounds like /id/.

Here are some examples of regular verbs in English:

• Dance, Danced
  
  
  
• Kiss, Kissed
  
• Change, Changed
  
  
  
• Walk, Walked
  
  
  
• Marry, Married
  
  
  
• Accept, Accepted
  
  
  
• Add, Added
  
  
  
• Admit, Admitted
  
  
  
• Allow, Allowed
  
  
  
• Agree, Agreed
  
  
  
• Answer, Answered
  
  
  
• Arrive, Arrived
  
  
  
• Appear, Appeared
  
  
  

Regular verbs are the easiest to conjugate because their spelling in the simple past or past participle is the same as in the present, adding a "d" or "ed" at the end. For example, if the verb ends in a consonant + "y", we change the "y" to "i" and add "ed".

Verbs in English are classified as regular and irregular, depending on their ending in the past and participle forms. Regular verbs follow a constant conjugation model, while irregular verbs do not.