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Question/about verbs
Message from mrtarek posted on 17-07-2018 at 14:14:04 (D | E | F)
hello,
there are two kinds of verbs: regular and irregular ,why?
how do I know the differences between them ?
Who knows that answer , please tell me?
Thank you for your help.

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Edited by lucile83 on 17-07-2018 18:38

Re: Question/about verbs from jade77, posted on 17-07-2018 at 16:57:06 (D | E)
Hi,
Regular verbs follow all the same rules when using them in simple past tense and also with past participle(they all take "ed" in the end of the infinitive) like:
Enter : simple past:entered past participle: entered
Turn : simple past: turned past participle: turned

Irregular verbs are English verbs which often don't share the same rules with regular verbs and each one has its own structure with simple past and past participle. There are not a lot of irregular verbs in English compared to regular ones but we use them a lot and you have no other way to memories them just by learning them by heart.
Examples
Go: simple past: went past participle:gone
Be: simple past: was/were past participle: been
Make: simple past: made past participle: made
Forget: simple past: forgot past participle: forgotten

Re: Question/about verbs from sherry48, posted on 18-07-2018 at 14:39:25 (D | E)
Hello.
Some additional thoughts--if you look at the list of irregular verbs, you will notice that the most common verbs(such as be, have, and go) are very irregular. Some verbs ending in t or d are invariable.
For most irregular verbs, it is usually just a vowel change (come-came, write-wrote). A good way to learn them is in 'families' or groups (come-came, become-became, overcome-overcame).
It is less common to change the consonant, such as build-built.
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I hope this is helpful. Sherry

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