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Regular Verbs
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3. What is a verb?
A verb is a part of speech (word or
phrase) that:
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4. What is a verb?
A verb is a part of speech (word or
phrase) that describes an:
• Action
• State
• Experience
Verbs tell us what the subject is
doing in a sentence.
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5. What is a verb?
A verb is a part of speech (word or
phrase) that describes an:
• Action (walk)
• State (be)
• Experience (love)
What are some examples you can
think of?
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6. Warm-up Unscramble the Verbs
1. unr
2. umpj
3. mswi
4. adenc
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7. Warm-up Unscramble the Verbs
1. Unr RUN
2. Umpj JUMP
3. Mswi SWIM
4. Adenc DANCE
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8. Warm-up - Unscramble the Verbs
5. ycr
6. hntih
7. ocko
8. ulagh
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9. Warm-up - Unscramble the Verbs
5. Ycr CRY
6. Hntih THINK
7. Ocko COOK
8. Ulagh LAUGH
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10. Listen for the verbs:
Listen to the conversation between
John and Sarah and write down the
verbs that you hear.
https://elllo.org/english/grammar/L
2-02-JohnSarah-PresentSimple-
Routine.htm
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11. What is a regular verb?
A regular verb is a verb which takes an “ed” ending in the simple past and
past participle form.
Examples:
ask asked
look looked
start started
talk talked
* There are thousands of regular verbs in English.
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12. Regular Verbs – Follow The Rules
A regular verb follows these rules when forming the simple past.
1. Add “ed” to the bare infinitive (the most basic form) of the verb.
2. For verbs ending in “e”, add “d”.
3. For verbs ending in “y”, change “y” to “i” and add “ed.”
4. For words ending in a vowel and then a consonant, double the
consonant and add “ed”
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13. Regular verbs: A list
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/regu
lar-verbs-list.php
This is a list of 600 of the most common
regular verbs in English.
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15. Regular verbs: Which of these are regular verbs?
Buy Wish Paint Begin
Open Light Draw Make
Start
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16. Regular verbs: Which of these are regular verbs?
Buy Wish Paint Begin
Open Light Draw Make
Start
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17. Regular verbs: Which of these are regular verbs?
Talk Run See Look Hear
Wear Sew Do Think
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18. Regular verbs: Which of these are regular verbs?
Talk Run See Look Hear
Wear Sew Do Think
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19. Regular verbs: Which of these are regular verbs?
Cry Skip Try Brush
am feel love blink
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20. Regular verbs: Which of these are regular verbs?
Cry Skip Try Brush
am feel love blink
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21. Regular verbs: Which of these are regular verbs?
Speak follow write sing
Break carry play clean
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22. Regular verbs: Which of these are regular verbs?
Speak follow write sing
Break carry play clean
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23. 1. Read the paragraph.
2. Find the verbs.
Maria works at a bakery. She starts her day early in the morning. She makes
bread, cakes, and cookies. She enjoys her job because she loves baking. Every
day, she meets many customers who come to buy fresh bread and sweets. Maria
always greets them with a smile.
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24. 1. Find the verbs.
2. Change the story from simple present to simple past.
Maria works at a bakery. She starts her day early in the morning. She makes
bread, cakes, and cookies. She enjoys her job because she loves baking. Every
day, she meets many customers who come to buy fresh bread and sweets. Maria
always greets them with a smile.
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25. Change the story from simple present to simple past.
Maria worked at a bakery. She started her day early in the morning. She made
bread, cakes, and cookies. She enjoyed her job because she loved baking. Every
day, she met many customers who came to buy fresh bread and sweets. Maria
always greeted them with a smile.
Which verbs are regular verbs?
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26. 1. Read the paragraph.
2. Find the verbs.
John is a bus driver. He drives a bus in the city. He starts his work at 6 a.m. and
finishes at 2 p.m. John likes his job because he meets many people. He helps
passengers get to their destinations safely. Every day, he follows the same route
and makes sure the bus is clean and on time
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27. 1. Find the verbs.
2. Change the story from simple present to simple past.
John is a bus driver. He drives a bus in the city. He starts his work at 6 a.m. and
finishes at 2 p.m. John likes his job because he meets many people. He helps
passengers get to their destinations safely. Every day, he follows the same route
and makes sure the bus is clean and on time
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28. Change the story from simple present to simple past.
John was a bus driver. He drove a bus in the city. He started his work at 6 a.m.
and finished at 2 p.m. John liked his job because he met many people. He
helped passengers get to their destinations safely. Every day, he followed the
same route and made sure the bus was clean and on time.
Which verbs are regular verbs?
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29. Regular verbs: Find all the verbs in the story below. Which ones
are regular verbs?
Maria walked to the market yesterday. She needed some fresh vegetables for
dinner. As she browsed through the stalls, she found ripe tomatoes and crisp
lettuce. She also bought some apples and oranges. She paid the vendor and
carried her bags home.
Maria arrived home and prepared the meal. She chopped the vegetables and
cooked them in a large pot. Her family gathered around the table, and they
enjoyed the delicious dinner together. Everyone thanked Maria for the wonderful
meal, and she felt very happy.
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30. Regular verbs: Find all the verbs in the story below. Which ones
are regular verbs?
Maria walked to the market yesterday. She needed some fresh vegetables for
dinner. As she browsed through the stalls, she found ripe tomatoes and crisp
lettuce. She also bought some apples and oranges. She paid the vendor and
carried her bags home.
Maria arrived home and prepared the meal. She chopped the vegetables and
cooked them in a large pot. Her family gathered around the table, and they
enjoyed the delicious dinner together. Everyone thanked Maria for the
wonderful meal, and she felt very happy.
Regular Verbs:
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31. Regular verbs: Find all the verbs in the story below. Which ones
are regular verbs?
Maria walked to the market yesterday. She needed some fresh vegetables for
dinner. As she browsed through the stalls, she found ripe tomatoes and crisp
lettuce. She also bought some apples and oranges. She paid the vendor and
carried her bags home.
Maria arrived home and prepared the meal. She chopped the vegetables and
cooked them in a large pot. Her family gathered around the table, and they
enjoyed the delicious dinner together. Everyone thanked Maria for the
wonderful meal, and she felt very happy.
Regular Verbs: walk, need, browse, carry, prepare, chop, cook,
gather, enjoy*, thank
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32. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
1. The officer _____________ the robbers.
2. My grandma ______________ chicken for lunch.
catch arrest ate cook
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33. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
1. The officer _arrested___ the robbers.
2. My grandma __cooked___ chicken for lunch.
catch arrest ate cook
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34. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
3. The children __________ French in school.
4. We ________________ with toys when we were little.
break study learn play
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35. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
3. The children _learned/studied__ French in school.
4. We __played_____ with toys when we were little.
break study learn play
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36. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
5. I _____________ my brother with his homework.
6. The baby ______________ often.
cry smile help laugh
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37. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
5. I __helped____ my brother with his homework.
6. The baby __cried/laughed___ often.
cry smile help laugh
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38. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
7. The cat ____________ the tree in the garden.
8. He ________________ his hair, _______________ his teeth and __________ to work.
jump brush wash comb walk
climb run drove
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39. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
7. The cat _climbed/jumped____ the tree in the garden.
8. He __washed______ his hair, __brushed____ his teeth and __walked____ to
work.
jump brush wash comb walk
climb run drove
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40. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
9. We _____________ the windows and ____________ the door.
10. He ________________ the garage last night.
clean close open shut paint
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41. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
9. We _closed_____ the windows and _opened___ the door.
10. He _painted/cleaned_____ the garage last night.
clean close open shut paint
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42. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
11. The store ______________ at 6:00.
12. My mom ______________ a bag of groceries.
buy carry close open drop
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43. Complete each sentence. Choose a regular verb from the list
below and change it to simple past.
11. The store __closed/opened____ at 6:00.
12. My mom ___carried/dropped____ a bag of groceries.
buy carry close open drop
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44. A Mystery Story
Last night, I __________________ home next to the river. It was late and I had
____________ hard all day. There was a large full moon in the sky and everything
_______ quiet. I ____________ by the river and ________ at the moon.
I _________ very tired so I ____________ my eyes for a minute. When I ______________
them again, I ___________ something come out of the water. It ______________
toward me and tried to ________ my leg. It was a water monster of some kind and
I was very frightened.
Regular verbs?
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45. More practice
https://games4esl.com/english-exercises/english-grammar-exercises/past-
simple-exercises-3/
Unscramble the action verbs:
https://games4esl.com/unscramble-words/#unscramble-words--action-verbs
Make each verb into its simple past form. Is it regular or irregular?
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46. Audio:
Let’s listen again to the audio conversation.
Make a note of any bare infinitive verbs that you hear.
Bare infinitive verbs are verbs in their most basic form. (without “to”).
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47. Listen for the verbs:
Listen to the conversation between
John and Sarah and write down the
verbs that you hear.
https://elllo.org/english/grammar/L
2-02-JohnSarah-PresentSimple-
Routine.htm
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48. Note the bare infinitive verbs:
Sarah: John, tell me about your day. What time do you wake up?
John: Well, let's see. Some days I wake up early. Maybe about 6 o'clock.
Yeah, sometimes I wake up at 6 o'clock.
When I get up early, I like to get ready for the day, take a shower and have
breakfast. But other days, I don't like getting up early. Maybe I'll sleep in
until 10:00 or 11:00.
Sarah: Wow.
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49. Note the bare infinitive verbs:
Sarah: John, tell me about your day. What time do you wake up?
John: Well, let's see. Some days I wake up early. Maybe about 6 o'clock.
Yeah, sometimes I wake up at 6 o'clock.
When I get up early, I like to get ready for the day, take a shower and have
breakfast. But other days, I don't like getting up early. Maybe I (will) sleep in
until 10:00 or 11:00.
Sarah: Wow.
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50. Note the bare infinitive verbs:
John: Yeah. I like sleeping in late. So sometimes, I wake up at 11:00. On
those days, if I know I won't wake up until 11:00, I'll take a shower the night
before, before I go to bed. How about you, Sarah? When do you usually
wake up?
Sarah: Well, I like everyday to be the same. So I wake up everyday at 8
o'clock.
John: 8:00.
Sarah: 8:00. And I always do the same thing. First, I make coffee right away.
Then I wake up my kids and we have breakfast together at about 8:30.
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51. Note the bare infinitive verbs:
John: Yeah. I like sleeping in late. So sometimes, I wake up at 11:00. On
those days, if I know I won't wake up until 11:00, I'll take a shower the night
before, before I go to bed. How about you, Sarah? When do you usually
wake up?
Sarah: Well, I like everyday to be the same. So I wake up everyday at 8
o'clock.
John: 8:00.
Sarah: 8:00. And I always do the same thing. First, I make coffee right away.
Then I wake up my kids and we have breakfast together at about 8:30.
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52. Note the bare infinitive verbs:
John: Really?
Sarah: Yes. We usually have something easy like bread and yogurt and fruit.
John: I like to have coffee every morning whether I wake up at 6:00 or at
10:00. I'm still going to have coffee. But I often skip breakfast. Do you always
eat breakfast everyday?
Sarah: Yes. If I don't eat breakfast, I'm so hungry. What about lunch? What
time do you have lunch?
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53. Note the bare infinitive verbs:
John: Really?
Sarah: Yes. We usually have something easy like bread and yogurt and fruit.
John: I like to have coffee every morning whether I wake up at 6:00 or at
10:00. I am still going to have coffee. But I often skip breakfast. Do you
always eat breakfast everyday?
Sarah: Yes. If I don't eat breakfast, I am so hungry. What about lunch? What
time do you have lunch?
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54. Note the bare infinitive verbs:
John: Lunch is the same everyday for me. I always eat lunch at 12:30 PM. So
whenever I wake up, I do some things and then I always have lunch at 12:30
PM, just half past noon. And I always have a simple lunch. Maybe some soup
or spaghetti or a sandwich. Something light, and it's always at half past
noon. What time do you eat lunch?
Sarah: That's interesting. I have breakfast at the same time everyday but
lunch is always at a different time.
John: Really?
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55. Note the bare infinitive verbs:
John: Lunch is the same everyday for me. I always eat lunch at 12:30 PM. So
whenever I wake up, I do some things and then I always have lunch at
12:30 PM, just half past noon. And I always have a simple lunch. Maybe
some soup or spaghetti or a sandwich. Something light, and it is always at
half past noon. What time do you eat lunch?
Sarah: That is interesting. I have breakfast at the same time everyday but
lunch is always at a different time.
John: Really?
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56. Note the bare infinitive verbs:
Sarah: Because I'm busy in the morning. I go out, maybe I go shopping.
Sometimes, I clean the house. So I might have lunch at 11 o'clock or 12
o'clock. Sometimes as late as 2:30.
John: Oh, that's getting late.
Sarah: Yes. But it's always easy lunch like you. Maybe crackers and cheese or
a sandwich or a baked potato.
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57. Note the bare infinitive verbs:
Sarah: Because I am busy in the morning. I go out, maybe I go shopping.
Sometimes, I clean the house. So I might have lunch at 11 o'clock or 12
o'clock. Sometimes as late as 2:30.
John: Oh, that is getting late.
Sarah: Yes. But it is always easy lunch like you. Maybe crackers and cheese or
a sandwich or a baked potato.
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58. Questions?
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59. HOMEWORK:
Make each regular verb below into the simple past form, and use each one in a
sentence.
1. Rain
2. Follow
3. Carry
4. Watch
5. Plan

60. HOMEWORK: The details:
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2. After class, you have until the 11:59 pm the next day to complete the assignment.
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61. Sources:
https://elllo.org/english/grammar/L2-02-JohnSarah-PresentSimple-
Routine.htm

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