To make sentences in the simple past using irregular verbs.

In this lesson, we will learn

• To make sentences in the simple past using irregular verbs.

Irregular Verbs are those verbs whose past form is not formed by adding
'–ed' to the base form.

For example:eat ate wake woke 
We use the same past form for all subjects in the simple past tense.
For example:I ate, We ate, He ate, They ate
I woke, We woke, She woke, They woke

Verb ‘To be’ is an irregular verb. Notice that we use ‘was’ and ‘were’ in the simple past.

PRESENT TENSE SIMPLE PAST I am happy. I was happy. You are happy. You were happy. He is happy. He was happy. She is happy. She was happy. Pooja is happy. Pooja was happy.We are happy. We were happy. They are happy. They were happy. Mohan and I are happy. Mohan and I were happy.

Verb ‘To do’ is an irregular verb. Notice that we use 'did' in the simple past.

PRESENT TENSE SIMPLE PAST I do the work. I did the work. You do the work. You did the work. He does the work. He did the work. She does the work. She did the work. Pooja does the work. Pooja did the work. We do the work. We did the work. They do the work. They did the work. Mohan and I do the work. Mohan and I did the work.

Verb ‘To have’ is an irregular verb. Notice that we use 'had' in the simple past.

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST I have a blue bag. I had a blue bag. You have a blue bag. You had a blue bag. He has a blue bag. He had a blue bag. She has a blue bag. She had a blue bag.Pooja has a blue bag. Pooja had a blue bag. We have a blue bag. We had a blue bag. They have a blue bag. They had a blue bag. Mohan and I have a blue bag. Mohan and I had a blue bag.

Some Irregular Verbs that don’t change in the simple past.

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST Beat Beat Hit Hit Fit Fit Cut Cut

Some Irregular Verbs where the vowel changes in the simple past.

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST Get Got Sit Sat Drink Drank

Some Irregular Verbs which change completely in the simple past.

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST Buy Bought Bring Brought Catch Caught Teach Taught

Here is a list of commonly used irregular verbs

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST Be Was, Were Beat Beat Become Became Begin Began Bet Bet Bite Bit Break Broke Bring Brought Build Built Burn Burnt Catch Caught Choose Chose ComeCame Cut Cut

Here is a list of commonly used irregular verbs

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST Dig Dug Do Did Dream Dreamt Drink Drank Drive Drove Eat Ate Fall Fell Feel Felt Fight Fought Find Found Fly Flew Forget Forgot Forgive Forgave Get Got GiveGave

Here is a list of commonly used irregular verbs

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST Go Went Grow Grew Hang Hung Have Had Hear Heard Kick Kicked Hide Hid Hit Hit Hold Held Hurt Hurt Keep Kept Know Knew Learn Learnt Leave Left LendLent Lose Lost

Here is a list of commonly used irregular verbs

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST Make Made Meet Met Pay Paid Put Put Read Read Ride Rode Ring Rang Run Ran Say Said See Saw Sell Sold Send Sent Sing Sang Sleep Slept Speak Spoke

Here is a list of commonly used irregular verbs

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST Stand Stood Sweep Swept Swim Swam Take Took Teach Taught Tear Tore Tell Told Think Thought Throw Threw Understand Understood Wake Woke Wear WoreWeep Wept Win Won Write Wrote

Question and Answers

• He is a naughty boy. The past tense of this would be:
•  He ises a naughty boy.
•  He was a naughty boy.
•  He were a naughty boy.

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• We go to the market. The past tense of this would be:
•  We goed to the market.
•  We goes to the market.
•  We went to the market.

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• He buys clothes from this shop. The past tense of this would be:
•  He bought clothes from this shop.
•  He buyed clothes from this shop.
•  He buy clothes from this shop.

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• Pooja has five books. The past tense of this would be:
•  Pooja hased five books.
•  Pooja had five books.
•  Pooja have five books.

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• We put the clothes in the cupboard. The past tense of this would be:
•  We putted the clothes in the cupboard.
•  We put the clothes in the cupboard.
•  We puts the clothes in the cupboard.

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• They sit on the last bench. The past tense of this would be:
•  They sat on the last bench.
•  They sitted on the last bench.
•  They sited on the last bench.

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• We do the work. The past tense of this would be:
•  We done the work.
•  We doed the work.
•  We did the work.

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• Mrs. Sharma teaches Mathematics. The past tense of this would be:
•  Mrs. Sharma taught Mathematics.
•  Mrs. Sharma tought Mathematics.
•  Mrs. Sharma teached Mathematics.

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• We read the magazine. The past tense of this would be:
•  We readed the magazine.
•  We readied the magazine.
•  We read the magazine.

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• I meet him in school. The past tense of this would be:
•  I meeted him in school.
•  I met him in school.
•  I moat him in school.

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