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Grammar Drops: Simple Past – Irregular Verbs
💡 What is the Simple Past?
The simple past tense is used to talk about actions that happened and finished in the past. We often use it with words like yesterday, last night, two days ago, in 2020, etc.
🛠️ Forming the Simple Past of Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs do NOT follow a fixed pattern. Instead of adding -ed, they change completely, stay the same, or have slight modifications.
Base Verb - Simple Past
come → came
see → saw
eat → ate
buy → bought
write → wrote
✨ No Fixed Rules, But Some Patterns Exist
✅ Some verbs change vowels:
begin → began
drink → drank
swim → swam
✅ Some verbs completely change:
be → was/were
go → went
do → did
✅ Some verbs stay the same:
cut → cut
put → put
hit → hit
✅ Examples
➡ Affirmative Sentences
I saw a great movie last night. They ate pizza for lunch.
➡ Negative Sentences
I did not (didn’t) go to the party. She didn’t write the email.
➡ Questions
Did you see the new teacher? Did they buy the tickets?
✍️ Practice Activity: Take notes in your notebook or on a piece of paper.
Fill in the Blanks Complete the paragraph using the correct form of the irregular verbs in parentheses. Then, check your answers in the video below the activity.
Last weekend was amazing! I (go) ______ to my friend’s house early in the morning. We (have) ______ breakfast together and (think) ______ about what to do during the day. Then, we (put on) ______ our jackets and (come) ______ to the park. There, we (find) ______ a quiet spot and (sing) ______ some of our favorite songs. Later, I (buy) ______ some snacks, and we (get) ______ comfortable under a tree. In the afternoon, we (take) ______ some pictures and (wear) ______ our sunglasses because it was sunny. Before leaving, my friend (say) ______ she had a great time, and I (feel) ______ the same. At night, I (know) ______ I would always remember that day!
🔎 Take a look at the key (video) and check your answers.
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