Kata kerja atau “verb” dalam Bahasa Inggris merupakan komponen yang sangat penting dalam suatu kalimat Bahasa Inggris. Kata kerja merupakan salah satu bagian dari part of speech dalam Bahasa Inggris. Pada dasarnya, semua kata kerja dalam Bahasa Inggris mempunya lima bentuk yang berbeda. Yaitu base form atau verb infinitive without to (kata kerja dasar tanpa adanya “to)”, simple form, past form, present participle dan past participle. Berdasarkan perubahan bentuk dari simple form ke past form, kata kerja dalam bahasa Inggris di bagi menjadi dua bagian utama, yaitu regular verb dan irregular verb.
Regular verb merupakan jenis kata kerja yang mana, pada bentuk past dan past participle-nya, dapat ditambahkan akhiran -ed, -d, -en, -n, -t, atau -ne dari base form-nya, sehingga untuk merubah bentuk present tense ke past tense dari regular verb sangatlah mudah.
Pada table berikut, disajikan regular verb LIST
base form (V1) | V2 | V3 | Arti kata |
Accept | Accepted | Accepted | menerima |
Act | Acted | Acted | bertindak |
Achieve | Achieved | Achieved | mencapai |
Admire | Admired | Admired | mengagumi |
Advise | Advised | Advised | menasihati |
Affect | Affected | Affected | mempengaruhi |
Agree | Agreed | Agreed | setuju |
Amaze | Amazed | Amazed | menakjubkan |
Amuse | Amused | Amused | menghibur |
Answer | Answered | Answered | jawaban |
Appear | Appeared | Appeared | muncul |
Arrange | Arranged | Arranged | mengatur |
Arrive | Arrived | Arrived | tiba |
Ask | Asked | Asked | bertanya |
Attack | Attacked | Attacked | serangan |
Bake | Baked | Baked | membakar |
Behave | Behaved | Behaved | bertingkah |
Believe | Believed | Believed | percaya |
Belong | Belonged | Belonged | termasuk |
Blame | Blamed | Blamed | menyalahkan |
Borrow | Borrowed | Borrowed | meminjam |
Bother | Bothered | Bothered | mengganggu |
Call | Called | Called | panggilan |
Cancel | Canceled | Canceled | membatalkan |
Carry | Carried | Carried | membawa |
Cause | Caused | Caused | penyebab |
Celebrate | Celebrated | Celebrated | merayakan |
Clean | Cleaned | Cleaned | bersih |
Clear | Cleared | Cleared | jelas |
Climb | Climbed | Climbed | naik |
Close | Closed | Closed | dekat |
Compare | Compared | Compared | membandingkan |
Compete | Competed | Competed | bersaing |
Complete | Completed | Completed | lengkap |
Contain | Contained | Contained | mengandung |
Continue | Continued | Continued | terus |
Cook | Cooked | Cooked | memasak |
Correct | Corrected | Corrected | benar |
Cough | Coughed | Coughed | batuk |
Count | Counted | Counted | menghitung |
Crash | Crashed | Crashed | tabrakan |
Create | Created | Created | membuat |
Cross | Crossed | Crossed | menyeberang |
Curse | Cursed | Cursed | kutukan |
Change | Changed | Changed | perubahan |
Chase | Chased | Chased | mengejar |
Chat | Chatted | Chatted | obrolan |
Check | Checked | Checked | memeriksa |
Damage | Damaged | Damaged | kerusakan |
Dance | Danced | Danced | tari |
Date | Dated | Dated | tanggal |
Decide | Decided | Decided | memutuskan |
Deliver | Delivered | Delivered | menyampaikan |
Depend | Depended | Depended | tergantung |
Describe | Described | Described | menggambarkan |
Design | Designed | Designed | disain |
Destroy | Destroyed | Destroyed | menghancurkan |
Decrease | Decreased | Decreased | mengurangi |
Die | Died | Died | mati |
Disagree | Disagreed | Disagreed | berselisih |
Discover | Discovered | Discovered | menemukan |
Discuss | Discussed | Discussed | membahas |
Disturb | Disturbed | Disturbed | mengganggu |
Dress | Dressed | Dressed | gaun |
Dry | Dried | Dried | kering |
Eliminate | Eliminated | Eliminated | menghapuskan |
End | Ended | Ended | akhir |
Enjoy | Enjoyed | Enjoyed | menikmati |
Entertain | Entertained | Entertained | menghibur |
Excuse | Excused | Excused | alasan |
Exercise | Exercised | Exercised | latihan |
Exhibit | Exhibited | Exhibited | pameran |
Expect | Expected | Expected | mengharapkan |
Express | Expressed | Expressed | mengekspresikan |
Film | Filmed | Filmed | film |
Fill | Filled | Filled | mengisi |
Fish | Fished | Fished | ikan |
Fix | Fixed | Fixed | memperbaiki |
Follow | Followed | Followed | mengikuti |
Freeze | Freezed | Freezed | membekukan |
Fry | Fried | Fried | menggoreng |
Greet | Greeted | Greeted | menyapa |
Guess | Guessed | Guessed | kira |
Hail | Hailed | Hailed | Hail |
Handle | Handled | Handled | menangani |
Happen | Happened | Happened | terjadi |
Hate | Hated | Hated | benci |
Help | Helped | Helped | membantu |
Hope | Hoped | Hoped | harapan |
Hunt | Hunted | Hunted | berburu |
Identify | Identified | Identified | mengenali |
Ignore | Ignored | Ignored | mengabaikan |
Imagine | Imagined | Imagined | membayangkan |
Impress | Impressed | Impressed | mengesankan |
Improve | Improved | Improved | memperbaiki |
Include | Included | Included | memasukkan |
Increase | Increased | Increased | meningkatkan |
Interview | Interviewed | Interviewed | wawancara |
Introduce | Introduced | Introduced | memperkenalkan |
Invite | Invited | Invited | mengundang |
Jog | Jogged | Jogged | bersinggungan |
Join | Joined | Joined | ikut |
Jump | Jumped | Jumped | Jump |
Knock | Knocked | Knocked | mengetuk |
Label | Labeled | Labeled | label |
Land | Landed | Landed | tanah |
Last | Lasted | Lasted | lalu |
Learn | Learned | Learned | belajar |
Like | Liked | Liked | seperti |
Link | Linked | Linked | link |
List | Listed | Listed | daftar |
Listen | Listened | Listened | mendengarkan |
Live | Lived | Lived | hidup |
Locate | Located | Located | menemukan |
Look | Looked | Looked | lihat |
Love | Loved | Loved | cinta |
Manage | Managed | Managed | mengelola |
Mark | Marked | Marked | tanda |
Match | Matched | Matched | pertandingan |
Measure | Measured | Measured | Ukur |
Mention | Mentioned | Mentioned | Mention |
Miss | Missed | Missed | kehilangan |
Move | Moved | Moved | bergerak |
Name | Named | Named | nama |
Need | Needed | Needed | perlu |
Note | Noted | Noted | catatan |
Notice | Noticed | Noticed | pemberitahuan |
Number | Numbered | Numbered | nomor |
Offer | Offered | Offered | menawarkan |
Open | Opened | Opened | Buka |
Order | Ordered | Ordered | urutan |
Organize | Organized | Organized | mengatur |
Pack | Packed | Packed | pak |
Paint | Painted | Painted | cat |
Pamper | Pampered | Pampered | terlalu memanjakan |
Pardon | Pardoned | Pardoned | maaf |
Park | Parked | Parked | taman |
Participate | Participated | Participated | ikut |
Pass | Passed | Passed | lulus |
Perform | Performed | Performed | melakukan |
Persuade | Persuaded | Persuaded | membujuk |
Pick | Picked | Picked | memilih |
Plan | Planned | Planned | rencana |
Play | Played | Played | Putar |
Please | Pleased | Pleased | silahkan |
Practice | Practiced | Practiced | praktek |
Predict | Predicted | Predicted | meramalkan |
Prefer | Preferred | Preferred | memilih |
Present | Presented | Presented | sekarang |
Program | Programmed | Programmed | program |
Protect | Protected | Protected | melindungi |
Provide | Provided | Provided | memberikan |
Purchase | Purchased | Purchased | pembelian |
Push | Pushed | Pushed | dorong |
Rain | Rain | Rain | hujan |
Receive | Received | Received | menerima |
Recommend | Recommended | Recommended | sarankan |
Relate | Related | Related | menghubungkan |
Relax | Relaxed | Relaxed | bersantai |
Release | Released | Released | pelepasan |
Remember | Remembered | Remembered | ingat |
Repair | Repaired | Repaired | perbaikan |
Repeat | Repeated | Repeated | ulangi |
Resist | Resisted | Resisted | menolak |
Rest | Rested | Rested | istirahat |
Return | Returned | Returned | kembali |
Review | Reviewed | Reviewed | ulasan |
Sail | Sailed | Sailed | berlayar |
Save | Saved | Saved | menyimpan |
Scan | Scanned | Scanned | Pindai |
Scare | Scared | Scared | ketakutan |
Share | Shared | Shared | saham |
Shop | Shopped | Shopped | toko |
Shout | Shouted | Shouted | berteriak |
Skate | Skated | Skated | sepatu luncur |
Ski | Skied | Skied | Ski |
Slow | Slowed | Slowed | lambat |
Sneeze | Sneezed | Sneezed | bersin |
Snow | Snowed | Snowed | salju |
Solve | Solved | Solved | memecahkan |
Spell | Spelled | Spelled | mengeja |
Start | Started | Started | start |
Step | Stepped | Stepped | langkah |
Stop | Stopped | Stopped | berhenti |
Stress | Stressed | Stressed | tegangan |
Study | Studied | Studied | penelitian |
Substitute | Substituted | Substituted | pengganti |
Suggest | Suggested | Suggested | menyarankan |
Surprise | Surprised | Surprised | mengherankan |
Talk | Talked | Talked | berbicara |
Taste | Tasted | Tasted | rasa |
Terrorize | Terrorized | Terrorized | menggentari |
Thank | Thanked | Thanked | Terima |
Touch | Touched | Touched | menyentuh |
Travel | Traveled | Traveled | perjalanan |
Try | Tried | Tried | coba |
Tune | Tuned | Tuned | lagu |
Turn | Turned | Turned | giliran |
Underline | Underlined | Underlined | menggarisbawahi |
Use | Used | Used | penggunaan |
Vary | Varied | Varied | berbeda |
Wait | Waited | Waited | tunggu |
Walk | Walked | Walked | berjalan |
Want | Wanted | Wanted | ingin |
Warn | Warned | Warned | memperingatkan |
Wash | Washed | Washed | mencuci |
Watch | Watched | Watched | menonton |
Water | Watered | Watered | air |
Welcome | Welcomed | Welcomed | selamat datang |
Wish | Wished | Wished | ingin |
Witness | Witnessed | Witnessed | saksi |
Work | Worked | Worked | pekerjaan |
Worry | Worried | Worried | kuatir |
Wrestle | Wrestled | Wrestled | bergulat |
Contoh Kalimat Regular Verb
Dalam Bahasa Inggris, regular verb banyak sekali digunakan. Berikut beberapa contoh regular verb dalam Bahasa Inggris.
- I traveled around the world last month. (Saya bepergian mengelilingi dunia bulan lalu)
- I have lived on Surabaya about 3 years. (Saya sudah tinggal di Surabaya sekitar tiga tahun)
- She worked overnight. (Dia bekerja semalam)
- Doni jumped the building. (Doni melompati gedung)
- I have learned many things. (Saya sudah belajar banyak hal)
- Try to improved your skill. (Coba tingkatkan kemampuanmu)
- My brother used my jacket. (Sodara laki-laki saya memakai jaket ku)
- Andy named his son Bobby. (Andy menamai anak laki -lakinya Bobby)
- My father fixed a chair. (Ayah ku memperbaiki kursi)
- Dr. Yoga examined his patient. (Dr.Yoga memeriksa pasiennya)
Selain beberapa contoh diatas, masih banyak lagi penggunaan regular verb dalam Bahasa Inggris.Kesamaan ada di contoh regular verb
References:
- Wishon, George E and Julia M. Burks. 1980. Let’s Write English Revised Edition. Litton Educational Publishing, Inc: New York.
- Azar, Betty Schrampfer. 1999, Understanding and using English Grammar, Third Edition, United State of America: Pearson Education
- Thomson, A. J and A. V. Martinet. 1986. A Practical English Grammar fourth Edition. Oxford University Press: New York.