Simple Past Tense: regular and irregular verbs

Use the simple past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past.

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I traveled to London last year.

Ex.: I traveled to London last year.

(verb travel + ED)

REGULAR FORM(verb + ed)

REGULAR VERBSdie – died

cry – cried

watch – watched

listen – listened

learn – learned

travel – traveled

study – studied

play – played

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IRREGULAR FORMVerbs that do not follow the general rule of forming the past tense (-ED).

I broke my leg.

IRREGULAR VERBSWRITE – WROTE

TAKE – TOOK

EAT – ATE

SPEAK – SPOKE

FALL – FELL

MEET – MET

BUY – BOUGHT

SLEEP – SLEPT

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THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT.

REGULAR

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HE SWAM FOR TWO HOURS.

IRREGULAR

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I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT OUR MEETING.

IRREGULAR