SIMPLE

PAST TENSE

Regular and Irregular Verbs

VERB CLASSIFICATION:
 How can be verbs classified
according to the way they form
their past tense?

Verb

Regular Irregular
LOOK AT THESE VERBS!
ARE THEY REGULAR OR IRREGULAR?

 DANCED
 PLAYED

 WENT

 READ

 WROTE

 CUT

 CAME

 BOUGHT

 LIKED
WHY IS “DANCE” A REGULAR VERB?
WHY IS “SING” AN IRREGULAR VERB?
WHY IS “WATCH” A REGULAR VERB?
WHY IS “EAT” AN IRREGULAR VERB?
REGULAR VERBS:
REGULAR VERBS ADD –ED.
TAKE A CAREFUL LOOK AT THE
FOLLOWING CHART:
MORE EXAMPLES OF REGULAR VERBS:
IRREGULAR VERBS:
IRREGULAR VERBS DO NOT ADD –ED-
TAKE A LOOK AT THE CHART BELOW.
INFINITIVE FORM SIMPLE PAST TENSE

COST COST

WRITE WROTE

GO WENT

DO DID

READ READ
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF IRREGULAR VERBS:
LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS:
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES:

 I cooked yesterday.

 He bought a new car last year.

INTERROGATIVE AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES:
QUESTION AND SHORT ANSWERS:
SUMMARY:
EXERCISE Nº1: MATCH
EXERCISE Nº 2: WRITE THE CORRECT
PAST FORM:
Infinitive Past Simple Infinitive Past Simple
bring give
bought went
come shut
do swim
drank take
drove tell
find taught
flew thought
forget understand
get (up) write
SUMMING UP: