Regular and Irregular Verbs

There are two major classifications of verbs in terms of form—the regular and the irregular verbs. Most verbs are regular verbs and they form their simple past tense by simply adding a –d or an –ed to their base form.

Examples:

Simple Present	Simple Past
pray	prayed
walk	walked
love	loved
guide	guided

Regular verbs ending in –y form their simple past tense by changing –y to –i and adding –ed.

Examples:

Simple Present	Simple Past
cry	cried
try	tried
hurry	hurried
bully	bullied