REGULAR AND

IRREGULAR VERBS
 PAST SIMPLE TENSE
PAST SIMPLE EXPRESSES A PAST ACTION THAT IS FINISHED

BE WAS/WERE

PRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE

• I am • I was
• You are • You were
• He is • He was
• She is • She was
• It is • It was
• We are • We were
• They are • They were
 REGULAR VERBS

DANCED WORKED COOKED

 REGULAR VERBS RULES

1. We add «ed» to the verb

Work worked
Start started
Visit ………...
2. When the verb ends in «e» we just add «d»
Live lived
Love loved
Hate ……….
3. When the verb ends with «y» we change to «ied»
Study studied
Cry cried
Try ……….

4. When the verb ends with the combination «consonant-

vowel-consonant» and the stress is in that combination,
we double the last consonant and add «ed»
Stop stopped
Plan planned
Hug ……….
 IRREGULAR VERBS
SING BUY DRINK

SANG BOUGHT DRANK

ESPAÑOL BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE
SER/ESTAR BE WAS/WERE
HACER DO DID
OLVIDAR FORGET FORGOT
BEBER DRINK DRANK
DIBUJAR DRAW DREW
COMER EAT ATE
IR GO WENT
SABER/CONOCER KNOW KNEW
USAR/VESTIR WEAR WORE
TENER HAVE HAD
 PRACTICE
1. I (study) Chinese for four years, but when
I (go) to Shanghai, I couldn’t understand a
word.
2. My grandfather (be) born in 1962. He
(die) in 2019.
3. I (have) a very busy morning. I (work)
hard in my presentation
4. She (live) in London when she (be) a
child