Regular verbs in English follow a consistent pattern of conjugation in the present tense and past tense. For example, the verb "to walk" is conjugated as "I walk", "you walk", "he/she/it walks" in the present tense and "I walked", "you walked", "he/she/it walked" in the past tense. Irregular verbs do not follow a consistent pattern and must be memorized individually, such as "to be" which is conjugated as "I am", "you are", "he/she/it is" in the present tense and "I was", "you were", "he/she/it was" in the past tense.