Regular and Irregular Verbs

MSc. Julio Reyes

 REGULAR VERBS

How do we form the past simple of regular verbs?

 VERB + ED

Played Visited Watched

Eg: I played volleyball yesterday.

 
 
 Irregular Verbs
Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t take on the

regular –d, -ed, or -ied spelling patterns of the

past simple or past participle.

Many of the irregular and forms are the same.

Examples:
cut – cut hurt – hurt
had – had fed – fed
let – let sold – sold
 IRREGULAR VERBS

Do not add -ed in the past simple affirmative

or questions.
see – saw break – broke

Did they go to France last year?

They didn’t see the accident.

  
INTERROGATIVE

Did + Subject + Main verb (in present) + ?

Did you play volleyball yesterday?

Yes, I did.
Yes, I played volleyball yesterday.
No, I did not (didn’t).
No, I didn’t play volleyball yesterday.
 NEGATIVE

Subject + Did not / didn’t + Main verb (without -ed)

I did not play volleyball yesterday.

Ask and answer what they did yesterday

What did Mrs. Brown do yesterday?

She watched TV.

(To watch / watched)
What did Tom do yesterday?

He rode the bike.

(To ride / rode)
What did the boys do yesterday?

They played football.

(To play / played)
What did the girl do last weekend?

She read a book.

(To read/read)
What did Tom and Henry do last night?

They ate hamburgers.

(To eat/ate)
Questions?
 Let’s
practice..!
 Exercise
Write the past form of the next verbs.

Do - ________________ Hurt - _________________

Buy - _______________ Forget - _______________
Come - ______________ Write - ________________
Hear - _______________ Think - ________________
Feed - _______________ Speak - ________________
Become - ____________ Dig - __________________
Go - ______________ Draw - _______________
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