3. Regular and Irregular Verbs
There are two kinds of verbs in simple past tense. They are regular and irregular verbs:
a. Regular Verbs
Regular verbs are the simple past and past participle ends in
– ed
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. Regular verbs have predictable past tense forms,
–d or –ed is
added to the end of the base form
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. From this definition the writer argues that regular verb is easy to change because verb of the past
tense end in
–ed. The following Table 2.1 is the list with past tense
and past participle forms of regular verbs:
Table 2.1 The List with Past Tense and Past Participle Forms of Regular
Verbs Base Form
Past Tense Form Past Participle
Form
Walk Walked
Walked Love
Loved Loved
Ask Asked
Asked Play
Played Played
Help Helped
Helped Wash
Washed Washed
Finish Finished
Finished
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Betty Azar Schrampfer, loc. cit.
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Kam Chuan Aik and Kam Kai Hui, loc. cit.
b. Irregular Verbs
According to Betty, irregular verbs are the simple past and past participles do not end in
–ed
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. A small number of verbs, among them some of the most commonly used verbs in the language, have forms
that differ from the regular tense forms shown in the paradigms we have given earlier
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. In order to use the tense forms of these irregular verbs, the speaker of English must know their “principal parts”.
The first principal part of the verb is the simple form of the verb. The second principal part is the past tense. The third principal part is
the past participle. And the fourth principal part, if it is given, is the present participle.
The writer identifies that irregular verb is more difficult than regular verb because the change of verb of each principal part is
different. Verb of four principal parts must be remembered because there is no rule in changing verb. The following Table 2.2 is the list
with past tense and past participle forms of irregular verbs:
Table 2.2 The List with Past Tense and Past Participle Forms of Irregular
Verbs
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Betty Azar Schrampfer, loc. cit.
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Ibid., p. 7.
Simple Form Simple Past
Past Participle
Arise Arose
Arisen Be
Was, were Been
Bear Bore
Borneborn Beat
Beat Beatenbeat
Cast Cast
Cast
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r From the explanations above, it can be seen that regular verb and
irregular verb have different rules in changing verb. Regular verbs are simple past just end in
–ed and irregular verbs have different form in the four principal parts.
In the writer suggestions, there are several ways how to cope with regular and irregular verbs:
a For regular verbs, the past tense and past participles forms are
spelt by adding –d or –ed to the base form, eg study becomes
studied. b
For irregular verbs, the past tense and past participles must be memorized because irregular verbs have unpredictable past
tense and past participle forms. So, the easiest way is just memorize forms of irregular verbs.
B. Cooperative Learning
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