11th Week

PAST SIMPLE:
Regular – Irregular verbs
Talking about PAST Events

Tintin Kristiana, S.S., ENGLISH FOR

M.Pd. CONVERSATION 1
PAST SIMPLE: IRREGULAR VERBS
EXAMPLES:
• What did you make for dinner?
I made some vegetable soup.
• When did you meet your best friend?
I met my best friend 20 years ago.
• What did the teacher say?
The teacher said that she loved our class.
• Did you see Brad at the football game?
No, but we saw Peter and Henry.
• What did he wear to the wedding?
He wore a suit.
• Did he write a new book last year?
No, he only wrote a few magazine articles.
• Where were you last month?
I was in France.
• What did your sister buy at the mall?
She bought new shoes.
• What time did he eat breakfast today?
He ate breakfast at 6:00 AM.
• When did you get married?
We got married in July.
• Why did she go to London?
She went to London to study English.
• Did you have any pets when you were a child?
Yes, I had a dog.
• When did he leave the meeting?
He left the meeting an hour before it finished.
COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS (GROUPED BY ENDING PATTERN)

The most common

irregular verbs in English.
ALL FORMS OF THE VERB ARE THE
SAME
An IRREGULAR VERB is
a verb in which the past BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE
tense is not formed by
adding the normal -ed bet bet bet
ending.
cost cost cost
Irregular verbs have cut cut cut
different past and past
participle forms that you hit hit hit
need to learn and hurt hurt hurt
memorize.
let let let
put put put
shut shut shut
2ND AND 3RD FORMS OF THE VERB ARE THE SAME
BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE

lose lost lost sell sold sold

shoot shot shot tell told told
get got got pay paid paid
light lit lit make made made
sit sat sat stand stood stood
keep kept kept understand understood understood
sleep slept slept lend lent lent
feel felt felt send sent sent
leave left left spend spent spent
meet met met build built built
bring brought brought find found found
have had had
buy bought bought
hear heard heard
fight fought fought
hold held held
think thought thought
read
catch caught caught read read (pronounced red)
(pronounced red)
teach taught taught say said said
ALL FORMS OF THE VERB ARE DIFFERENT
BASE SIMPLE PAST BASE SIMPLE PAST
FORM PAST PARTICIPLE FORM PAST PARTICIPLE
drive drove driven draw drew drawn
ride rode ridden show showed shown
rise rose risen wear wore worn
write wrote written tear tore torn
bite bit bitten begin began begun
hide hid hidden drink drank drunk
break broke broken swim swam swum
choose chose chosen ring rang rung
speak spoke spoken sing sang sung
wake woke woken eat ate eaten
blow blew blown fall fell fallen
grow grew grown
forget forgot forgotten
know knew known
give gave given
fly flew flown
see saw seen
take took taken
EXERCISE
Check your grammar: MULTIPLE CHOICE – Past Simpe Irregular Verbs

1. We ___________ about the storm on the news. heard hear

2. They ___________ that it was my birthday. find out found out
3. The waiter ___________ us the menu to look at. bring brought
4. I didn’t ___________ very well last night. slept sleep
5. Did you ___________ your coat in the café? left leave
6. It was so cold that the pipes ___________. freeze froze
7. She didn’t ___________ us what to do for homework. told tell
8. He ___________ bad about failing the test. feel felt
EXERCISE
Check your grammar: GAP FILL – Past Simpe Irregular Verbs
Fill the irregular verb in the past simple tense to fill the gaps.

1. I ___________ (buy) some food for lunch.

2. Who ___________ (meet) you at the airport?
3. We all ___________ (have) the same idea.
4. ___________ (do) you speak to Sophie?
5. I ___________ (see) the weather forecast earlier
6. He ___________ (give) us a lift into town.
7. She ___________ (read) three books in one week.
8. They ___________ (take) a taxi to the hotel.