Question

Identify the regular verbs from the following verbs-
A. Grind
B. Ground
C. Grinding
D. Guard

Answer 1

Hint: Verbs refer to those words that are used to indicate the action performed by the noun or a pronoun. ‘Regular verbs’ refer to those verbs whose past tense and past participle or 3rd form is formed by adding ‘ed’ or ‘d’. Example- Jumped, danced, etc.

Complete answer:

 As given in the hint, the past tense form and the past participle or 3rd form of the ‘regular verbs’ are the same. They are formed by adding ‘d’ or ‘ed’ to the base form of the verb.
Structure- Base form of the verb + ‘ed’ or ‘d’ = Past tense or past participle
Example- Look + ‘ed’ = Looked.
Now, let’s look at the given options-
Option a- ‘Grind’ is an irregular verb as its past tense form is ‘grinded’ and its past participle or 3rd form is ‘ground’. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option b- ‘Ground’ is a regular verb as its past tense form is ‘grounded’ and its past participle or 3rd form is ‘grounded’. Hence, it is the correct option.
Option c- ‘Grinding’ is an irregular verb as ‘grinding’ is the present participle form of ‘grind’ and ‘grind’ is an irregular verb. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
Option d- ‘Guard’ is a regular verb as its past tense form is ‘guarded’ and its past participle or 3rd form is also ‘guarded’. Hence, it is the correct option.
The correct answers are Option ‘b’ and ‘d’.

Note: An irregular verb does not follow the conventional formation or structure and has its own distinct past tense forms and past participle forms.