There are thousands of regular verbs in English

*There are thousands of regular verbs in English. *A regular verb is any verb whose conjugation follows a typical pattern, or one of the typical patterns, of the language to which it belongs. *

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*Exercise: * Put the correct forms of the verbs into the gaps. Use Simple Past in the statements. * 1) Jane _______ a film. (to watch) * 2) He _____ a box. (to carry) * 3) They____ their father. (to help) * 4) John and Amy_______ things. (to swap) * 5) I____ to Andrew. (to talk) * 6) Susan_______ with Peter. (to dance) * 7) The boys____ basketball. (to try) * 8) We____ a trip. (to plan) * 9) She____ her hair. (to wash) * 10) The car_______ at the traffic lights. (to stop)

Answers: *1) Jane watched a film. *2) He carried a box. *3) They helped their father. *4) John and Amy swapped things. *5) I talked to Andrew. *6) Susan danced with Peter. *7) The boys tried basketball. *8) We planned a trip. *9) She washed her hair. *10) The car stopped at the traffic lights.

*An irregular verb is one that does not take the ed ending for the Past Simple and Past Participle forms. Some irregular verbs do not change; put put, while others change completely; buy bought, etc. *Examples: *Awake, awoken. Arise, arose, eating, eaten, fall, fell, falling, fallen.

Exercise: Fill in the correct forms of the irregular verbs. Infinitive Simple Past slept Past Participle go kept shaken lose say ate woken, waked bought swam

*Answers: Infinitive Simple Past Participle sleep slept go went gone keep kept shake shook shaken lose lost say said eat ate eaten wake woke, waked woken, waked buy bought swim swam swum