What Are The Regular And Irregular Verbs - List of Examples

In English Language, there are two types of verbs based on how they change their form in Past tense and Past Participle. They are

1. Regular Verbs
2. Irregular Verbs

Now let us have a close look at both of them.

1. Regular Verbs​

The verbs which form their past forms by adding just ‘-ed’ at the end are called regular verbs.

See the list of examples of Regular Verbs:

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Sr No.​	Base Verb​	Past Tense​	Past Participle​
1​	walk​	walked​	walked​
2​	purchase​	purchased​	purchased​
3​	play​	played​	played​
4​	listen​	listened​	listened​
5​	jump​	jumped​	jumped​
6​	dance​	danced​	danced​
7​	work​	worked​	worked​
8​	paint​	painted​	painted​
9​	dress​	dressed​	dressed​
10​	borrow​	borrowed​	borrowed​
11​	haunt​	haunted​	haunted​
12​	surprise​	surprised​	surprised​
13​	examine​	examined​	examined​
14​	answer​	answered​	answered​
15​	accept​	accepted​	accepted​
16​	appear​	appeared​	appeared​
17​	arrange​	arranged​	arranged​
18​	bounce​	bounced​	bounced​
19​	call​	called​	called​
20​	confuse​	confused​	confused​
21​	decorated​	decorated​	decorated​
22​	exist​	existed​	existed​
23​	force​	forced​	forced​
24​	guess​	guessed​	guessed​
25​	help​	helped​	helped​
26​	happen​	happened​	happened​
27​	invite​	invited​	invited​
28​	join​	joined​	joined​
29​	kill​	killed​	killed​

2. Irregular Verbs​

Verbs whose form totally gets change in past tense and in Past Participle are called irregular verbs.

Here is the list:

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Sr. No​	Base Form​	Past Form​	Past Participle​
1​	go​	went​	gone​
2​	come​	came​	come​
3​	know​	knew​	known​
4​	begin​	began​	begun​
5​	write​	wrote​	written​
6​	bring​	brought​	brought​
7​	buy​	bought​	bought​
8​	run​	ran​	run​
9​	win​	won​	won​
10​	think​	thought​	thought​
11​	fly​	flew​	flown​
12​	throw​	threw​	thrown​
13​	show​	showed​	shown​
14​	become​	became​	become​
15​	teach​	taught​	taught​
16​	send​	sent​	sent​
17​	lose​	lost​	lost​
18​	say​	said​	said​
19​	make​	made​	made​
20​	leave​	left​	left​
21​	get​	got​	got​
22​	find​	found​	found​
23​	feel​	felt​	felt​
24​	drive​	drove​	driven​
25​	drink​	drank​	drunk​
26​	choose​	chose​	chosen​
27​	give​	gave​	given​
28​	begin​	began​	begun​
29​	eat​	ate​	eaten​

Some irregular verbs do not change their form at all like:

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Sr. No.	Base Form	Past Tense	Past Participle
1	cut	cut	cut
2	put	put	put
3	shut	shut	shut
4	let	let	let
5	hurt	hurt	hurt
6	cost	cost	cost

Final Words on What Are The Regular and Irregular Verbs​

Verbs who get added by ‘-ed’ in their past tense and past participle forms are called regular verbs while those whose form totally gets change or do not change at all are referred as irregular verbs.