Past Simple: Regular and irregular verbs

Past Simple: Regular and irregular verbs

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verb + ed

watch – watched

I watched a movie yesterday.

play – played

Chris played soccer with his friends before school.

need – needed

Matt needed to drink some water after his workout.

verb ends in e, just add -d

like – liked 

I liked your performance today. It was really good.

race – raced

 I raced here as fast as I could.

change y and add -ied

cry – cried

I cried after reading the book. It was such a sad story.

try – tried

Chris tried to win the race.

double the consonant and add –ed.

stop – stopped 

The baby stopped crying when his mom picked him up.

 hop – hopped

The rabbit hopped away when it saw me.

Past simple of irregular verbs

Past simple of irregular verbs

1. changing the vowels of the verb

Examples: grow - grew , drink - drank

2. changing the verbs

Examples: sweep - swept, break - broke

3. leaving the verbs unchanged

Examples: put - put, hit - hit, read - read

Multiple Choice

1.Choose the correct sentence.

• The giant has a beautiful garden.

• The giant had a beautiful garden.

Multiple Choice

2. Choose the correct sentences.

• The rich man builds a wall around his house.

• The rich man build a wall around his house.

• The rich man built a wall around his house.

Multiple Choice

3. Choose the correct sentence.

• The soldiers fight bravely in the war.

• The soldiers fights bravely in the war.

• The soldiers fought bravely in the war.

• The soldiers fighting bravely in the war.

Multiple Choice

4. Choose the correct sentence.

• The king found a baby in the forest.

• The king finds a baby in the forest.

• The king find a baby in the forest.

Multiple Choice

5. Choose the correct sentence.

• The king found a baby in the forest.

• The king finds a baby in the forest.

• The king find a baby in the forest.

Fill in the blanks with the correct simple past tense form of verbs given in brackets.

1.Last night, my father ....... (read) me a story.

read

2. The princes ....... (ask) their friends to help them.

asked