What Is a Regular Verb?

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• What is a verb?

A verb is a word that shows an action or a state of being. Run, jump, talk, sleep, and walk are examples of verbs.

A regular verb is a verb whose past tense is formed by adding a -d or -ed to the end of the verb.

• What is a past tense verb?

A past tense verb is a word that expresses an action that has already happened or a state of being that previously existed.

Look at the bold words from above again.

• played
• talked
• worked
• opened

• Do you see what is the same about each word?

That is right! Each word is a verb ending in -ed.

Take a look at these past tense verbs.

• looked
• lived
• jumped
• cleaned

Read each word aloud. Then, speak a sentence using each verb.

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