INF.

PRESENT PAST TENSE PAST PARTICIPLE GERUND

to accept accepted accepted accepting
to answer answered answered answering
to arrive arrived arrived arriving
to ask asked asked asking
to belong belonged belonged belonging
to change changed changed changing
to clean cleaned cleaned cleaning
to climb climbed climbed climbing
to close closed closed closing
to consider considered considered considering
to cook cooked cooked cooking
to count counted counted counting
to dance danced danced dancing
to dare dared dared daring
to date dated dated dating
to deliver delivered delivered delivering
to dress dressed dressed dressing
to end ended ended ending
to enjoy enjoyed enjoyed enjoying
to erase erased erased erasing
to expect expected expected expecting
to fill filled filled filling
to finish finished finished finishing
to follow followed followed following
to help helped helped helping
to hurry hurried hurried hurrying
to intend intended intended intending
to jump jumped jumped jumping
to learn learned learned learning
to like liked liked liking
to listen listened listened listening
to live lived lived living
lo look looked looked looking
to love loved loved loving
to miss missed missed missing
to name named named naming
to need needed needed needing
to open opened opened opening
to order ordered ordered ordering
to plan planned planned planning
to plant planted planted planting
to point pointed pointed pointed
to practice practiced practiced practicing
to push push pushed pushing
to rain rained rained raining
to remember remembered remembered remembering
to rent rented rented renting
to repeat repeated repeated repeating
to resist resisted resisted resisting
to show showed showed showing
to smoke smoked smoked smoking
to start stared stared staring
to stay stayed stayed staying
to stop stopped stopped stopping
to study studied studied studying
to talk talked talked talking
to travel traveled traveled traveling
to try tried tried trying
to turn turned turned turning
to use used used using
to visit visited visited visiting
to wait waited waited waiting
to walk walked walked walking
to want wanted wanted wanting
to wash washed washed washing
to wish wished wished washing
to work worked worked working
 Regular verbs Appendix 1

PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR VERBS IN PAST TENSE

The past tense form of regular verbs is formed by adding –ED to the simple form of
each verb.

-ED is pronounced in three different forms:

/ ID / /T/ /D/
FIRST RULE pronunciation (ID/
When the last sound of the simple form of the verb is a /t/ or a /d/, - ed is
pronounced /id/, as a separate syllable.

Example:

Repeat ----------- repeat-ed Sound ----------- sound-ed

Need -------------- need-ed Rent ------------- rent-ed

Invite ------------- invit-ed Offend ----------- offend-ed

Divide ------------ divid-ed Correct ---------- correct-ed

SECOND RULE pronunciation /T/

When the last sound of the simple form of the verb is a P, K, F, S, SS, X, SH or
CH, the –ed is pronounced /t/.

A separate syllable is not heard.

Example:

Help--------------- help-ed Fix ---------------- fix-ed

Watch ----------- watch-ed Miss -------------- miss-ed

Finish ----------- finish-ed Laugh ------------ laugh-ed

Work ------------- work-ed Like --------------- like-ed

THIRD RULE Pronunciation /D/

In all other cases, the –ed is pronounced like a soft /d/.

Example:

Call --------------- call-ed Borrow ---------- borrow-ed

Play -------------- play-ed Listen ------------ listen-ed

Open ------------- open-ed Contain---------- contain-ed

Love -------------- love-ed Explain --------- explain-ed

INF. PRESENT PAST TENSE PAST PARTICIPLE GERUND
to be was, were been being
to become became become becoming
to begin began begun beginning
to break broke broken breaking
to bring brought brought bringing
to build built built building
to buy bought bought buying
to come came come coming
to cut cut cut cutting
to do did done doing
to dream dreamt dreamt dreaming
to drink drank drunk drinking
to drive drove driven driving
to eat ate eaten eating
to fall fell fallen falling
to feel to felt to felt feeling
to find found found finding
to fly flew flown flying
to forget forgot forgotten forgetting
to get got gotten getting
to give gave given giving
to go went gone going
to grow up grew up grown up growing up
to have had had having
to hear heard heard hearing
to hit hit hit hitting
to hold held held holding
to hurt hurt hurt hurting
to keep kept kept keeping
to know knew known knowing
to leave left left leaving
to lend lent lent lending
to let let let letting
to lose lost lost losing
to meet met met meeting
to pay paid paid paying
to put put put putting
to read read read reading
to ride rode ridden riding
to run ran run running
to see saw seen seeing
to sell sold sold selling
to send sent sent sending
to set set set setting
to shake shook shaken shaking
to shoot shot shot shooting
to sing sang sung singing
to sit sat sat sitting
to sleep slept slept sleeping
to speak spoke spoken speaking
to stand stood stood standing
to steal stole stolen stealing
to sweep swept swept sweeping
to swim swam swum swimming
to take took taken taking
to teach taught taught teaching
to tell told told telling
to think thought thought thinking
to throw threw thrown throwing
to wake up woke up woken up waking up
to wear wore worn wearing
to win won won winning
to write wrote written writing