Regular Verbs



Regular Verbs


base -s form past past participle -ing form
notes
call
calls
called
called
calling


clean
cleans
cleaned
cleaned
cleaning


look
looks
looked
looked
looking

1
talk
talks
talked
talked
talking

1
end
ends
ended
ended
ending

2
wait
waits
waited
waited
waiting

2
kiss
kisses
kissed
kissed
kissing

3
wash
washes
washed
washed
washing

3
live
lives
lived
lived
living

4
love
loves
loved
loved
loving

4
beg
begs
begged
begged
begging

5
sin
sins
sinned
sinned
sinning

5
play
plays
played
played
playing


stay
stays
stayed
stayed
staying


cry
cries
cried
cried
crying

6

studies
studied
studied
studying

6
die
dies
died
died
dying


tie
ties
tied
tied
tying


Notes :
1. Pronunciation differences in past/past participle after /p, s, k, f/ sounds
2. Pronunciation differences in past/past participle after /t, d/ sounds
3. Spelling and pronunciation differences in -s form after /s, sh, ch, z/ sounds
4. Dropping of "silent e" with -ing endings
5. Doubled consonants after "short" vowel sounds
6. Spelling differences when "y" is preceded by a consonant