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Past simple

Regular & Irregular Verbs in Groups


Infinitive Past Single
3a vowel 4
-ed walk walked
-d dance danced
Infinitive Past Infinitive Past
Notes hop* hopped* catch caught
Infinitive Past
open** become opened** became
1. walk walked begin began teach taught
2. dance danced come came bring brought
3. hop* hopped* dig dug buy bought
BUT: open** opened** drink drank think thought
4. cry cried fall fell fight fought
BUT: play*** played*** forget forgot
*a single vowel + a single consonant
**more than 1 syllable & the last syllable is not stressed
give gave 5
*** a single vowel +y/w/x hold held
ring rang build built
run ran feel felt
sing sang keep kept
sink sank leave left
1 lend lent
sit sat
sting stung lose lost
be (am, is) was
swim swam mean meant
be (are) were
win won send sent
can could
sleep slept
do did
3b smell smelt/smelled
get got
spell spelt/spelled
go went blow blew
spend spent
have had draw drew
sweep swept
make made fly flew
may might grow grew
6
say said know knew
see saw throw threw say said
tell told pay paid
will would lay laid
3c take took
shake shook
2 break broke sell sold
choose chose tell told
cut cut drive drove
hurt hurt bite# bit
speak spoke
let let meet# met
write wrote
put put feed# fed
freeze froze
read read hide# hid
ride rode
cost cost eat ate
rise rose
hit hit find found
steal stole
set set hear heard
tear tore
quit quit lie lay
wake woke
shut shut stand stood
wear wore # long vowels → short vowels

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