regular verb

Follows grammar patterns

A regular verb forms its past tense and past participle by adding -ed to the base form: walk becomes walked, play becomes played.

Most English verbs follow this pattern.

Irregular verbs like go, see, and bring form their past tenses unpredictably and must be memorized individually.

conjugation

tense

Strained or nervous

  • aspectFeature or dimension
  • voiceSound from throat
  • moodPrevailing emotional condition

person · number · present · past · future · perfect · progressive · infinitive · gerund · participle

pattern

predictable

Able to be foreseen

standard · orderly · routine · reliable · stable · methodical · rule-following · expected · formulaic · structured

Categories
Opposites
conjugation pattern

regular verbirregular verb

Unpredictably conjugated action word

auxiliary verb

Family

regular, regularly, regularity, regularize, regularization, irregular, irregularly, irregularity, regulate

Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G