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Simple Past: Irregular Verbs

Although many verbs in English form their past tense with -ED, some do not. These are called irregular verbs, and they include some of the most basic verbs in English

However, the only way to know how an irregular verb will change in the past tense is to learn all of the important verbs

The three most important irregular verbs

The three most important irregular verbs are BE, HAVE, and DO

a/ simple past of verb be (see lesson21 above

b/ simple past of verb have

I had

you had

He had

She had

It had

We had

You had

They had

c/ Simple past of verb do

I did

you did

He did

She did

It did

We did

You did

They did

Other Irregular Verbs

A/ Verbs which don't change


Examples

Put -cut - fit - hit -bet -bid-cast-cost-let ..etc

Yesterday, he cut his finger with a kinfe

The car hit the tree two days ago

B/ verbs which change their vowels

Fxamples

get : simple present = got : simple past

sit = sat

drink = drank

awake = awoke

come = came

drive = drove

know = knew

etc

She drank a cup of cold milk last Monday

They came home late yesterday

C/ Verbs which change completely

Examples

Catch : simple present = caught : simple past

Teach = taught

Eat = ate

Fight = fought

Find = found

Go = went

Keep = kept

See = saw

Etc

I saw a bad film yesterday

She went to the dentist last Friday

List of basic irregular verbs + past participle







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