REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS

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REGULAR VERBSED

Regular verbs ending in a silent e take /-d/ in the simple past :

• Example:

• close=closed

VOWEL + Y Regular verbs ending in a vowel + y take /-ed/ in the simple

past:

• Example:

• play=played Stay=stayed

D

All the other regular verbs take /-ed/ in the simple past .

Example:

• Visit=visited Want=wantedLook=looked

CONSONANT + Y Regular verbs ending in a consonant + y take /-ied/

in the simple past (the y becomes an i followed by /-ed/)

• Example:

• Marry=married Cry=criedStudy=studied

Practice WITH REGULAR VERBSVERBS PAST TENSE TRANSLATION

CALL

CHANGE

TRY

ATTACK

BELIEVE

ANSWER

ADD

CLOSE

STAY

HELP

ENJOY

IRREGULAR VERBSVERBS PAST TRANSLATION

GO

HAVE

READ

WRITE

GET

COME

FIND

AWAKE

RUN

BE

DO

WHAT DID THESE PEOPLE DO YESTERDAY?

FILL THE GAPS WITH THESE IRREGULAR VERBS IN PAST TENSE: MEET, RUN, SING, WRITE AND TAKE. THE CHORUS ________ JOYFUL SONGS. DOUGLAS AND LARRY FINALLY __________ THE OCEAN. JESSICA __________ AN AMUSING STORY. FREDDY __________ SOME PICTURES. HELEN ___________ FOR 45 MINUTES.