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Simple Past

The Simple Past Tense describes actions that occurred in the past, formed by adding -ed for regular verbs and using unique forms for irregular verbs. It includes structures for positive, negative, yes/no questions, and WH-questions for both regular and irregular verbs. A list of 20 common irregular verbs with their base and past forms is also provided.

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Simple Past

The Simple Past Tense describes actions that occurred in the past, formed by adding -ed for regular verbs and using unique forms for irregular verbs. It includes structures for positive, negative, yes/no questions, and WH-questions for both regular and irregular verbs. A list of 20 common irregular verbs with their base and past forms is also provided.

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Unit: Simple Past Tense

Overview

The Simple Past Tense is used to describe actions that have already happened in the past. It is
typically formed by adding -ed to regular verbs, while irregular verbs have unique forms.

1. Using Regular Verbs

Positive Form

• Structure: Subject + past form of the verb (add -ed for regular verbs)
• Example:
• I walked to the store.
• She studied for the exam.

Negative Form

• Structure: Subject + did not (didn't) + base form of the verb


• Example:
• I did not (didn't) walk to the store.
• She did not (didn't) study for the exam.

Yes/No Questions

• Structure: Did + subject + base form of the verb?


• Example:
• Did you walk to the store?
• Did she study for the exam?

WH-Questions

• Structure: WH-question word + did + subject + base form of the verb?


• Example:
• When did you walk to the store?
• What did she study for the exam?
2. Using Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs do not follow the standard rules for forming the past tense. Each irregular
verb has its own unique past form.

Positive Form

• Structure: Subject + past form of the irregular verb


• Example:
• I went to the store.
• She saw the movie.

Negative Form

• Structure: Subject + did not (didn't) + base form of the irregular verb
• Example:
• I did not (didn't) go to the store.
• She did not (didn't) see the movie.

Yes/No Questions

• Structure: Did + subject + base form of the irregular verb?


• Example:
• Did you go to the store?
• Did she see the movie?

WH-Questions

• Structure: WH-question word + did + subject + base form of the irregular verb?
• Example:
• When did you go to the store?
• What did she see at the cinema?
3. List of Common Irregular Verbs

Here’s a list of 20 commonly used irregular verbs in their base form and past form:

Base Form Past Form


1. go went
2. see saw
3. take took
4. come came
5. get got
6. make made
7. know knew
8. think thought
9. say said
10. give gave
11. find found
12. tell told
13. become became
14. begin began
15. drink drank
16. drive drove
17. write wrote
18. sing sang
19. run ran
20. buy bought

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