In the future

The verb did not always look the same. Over time languages change. This means that during the course of time the English verb will change its appearance. To give you an indication of how this change works, I'll give some possible outcomes of the course of the English verb.

Example 1

Since languages have a tendency to try and simplify themselves, my guess is that the English verb will regularlise further. This means that most of the irregular verbs will turn into regular verbs. Only the most frequently used ones won't change. Some irregular verbs are already in the prosess of change. Have a look at these two examples:

Both verbs have a regular past simple form, but their past participle forms have two possibilities: a regular form, and an irregular form.

Example 2

Since we're discussing regularisation, why not delete the third person singular ending -s for the present simple? The third person is the only one left to get an ending. All other persons have to make do with the infinitival form. Again, my guess is that this will futher regularise and the third person singular ending will be lost. Already the auxiliaries don't get an ending for the third person singular. Just have a look at the following example: