The past simple form is often made by adding -ed to most verbs. These are called regular verbs. Some of these are:
But there are irregular verbs whose past tense is not -ed. Here are some common irregular verbs:
Past Tense says about something that happened once in the past:
I went to Gujarat when I was in college.
We had pet dogs and cats once but now we haven't any.
Past Tense also says about something that happened again and again in the past:
When I was a child, I played every evening with friends.
He always enjoyed coming to our house.
Past Tense is used to express something that was true for sometime in the past:
We lived in Bombay for six years.
I participated in sports when I was a teenager.
Exercises with Simple Past:
I got up late yesterday.
She went to shopping last Sunday.
We often went for the cinema when I was in hostel.
The programme started at 8.00 and finished at 11 o'clock.
We stayed at a very nice resort during our trip to Kerela.
GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT: Incorrect: Correct: GRAMMAR: WORD OF THE DAY: Please SUBSCRIBE Email alerts, OR SMS alerts to this blog. Tell your friends about this blog.
| Infinitive | Past Tense |
| Accept | Accepted |
| Achieve | Achieved |
| Add | Added |
| Behave | Behaved |
| Boil | Boiled |
| Borrow | Borrowed |
| Call | Called |
| Change | Changed |
| Chase | Chased |
| Chew | Chewed |
| Dance | Danced |
| Deliver | Delivered |
| Destroy | Destroyed |
| Drag | Dragged |
| Earn | Earned |
| Employ | Employed |
| Establish | Established |
| Fry | Fried |
But there are irregular verbs whose past tense is not -ed. Here are some common irregular verbs:
| Become | Became |
| Begin | Began |
| Bite | Bit |
| Break | Broke |
| Bring | Brought |
| Build | Built |
| Burn | Burnt |
| Buy | Bought |
| Catch | Caught |
| Choose | Chose |
| Come | Came |
| Do | Did |
| Drink | Drank |
| Drive | Drove |
| Eat | Ate |
| Fall | Fell |
| Feed | Fed |
| Feel | Felt |
| Fight | Fought |
| Find | Found |
| Fly | Flew |
| Forget | Forgot |
| Forgive | Forgave |
| Get | Got |
| Give | Gave |
| Go | Went |
| Grow | Grew |
| Have | Had |
| Hear | Heard |
| Hold | Held |
| Keep | Kept |
| Know | Knew |
| Learn | Learnt |
| Leave | Left |
| Lend | Lent |
| Lose | Lost |
| Make | Made |
| Mean | Meant |
| Pay | Paid |
| Ring | Rang |
| Say | Said |
| Sell | Sold |
| Send | Sent |
| Shine | Shone |
| Shoot | Shot |
| Smell | Smelt |
| Spend | Spent |
| Stand | Stood |
| Swim | Swam |
| Teach | Taught |
| Tell | Told |
Past Tense says about something that happened once in the past:
I went to Gujarat when I was in college.
We had pet dogs and cats once but now we haven't any.
Past Tense also says about something that happened again and again in the past:
When I was a child, I played every evening with friends.
He always enjoyed coming to our house.
Past Tense is used to express something that was true for sometime in the past:
We lived in Bombay for six years.
I participated in sports when I was a teenager.
Exercises with Simple Past:
I got up late yesterday.
She went to shopping last Sunday.
We often went for the cinema when I was in hostel.
The programme started at 8.00 and finished at 11 o'clock.
We stayed at a very nice resort during our trip to Kerela.
GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT: Incorrect: Correct: GRAMMAR: WORD OF THE DAY: Please SUBSCRIBE Email alerts, OR SMS alerts to this blog. Tell your friends about this blog.
No comments:
Post a Comment