11 de septiembre

Regular verbs
Rule #1

If a verb ends in -e, add -d.

 like → liked
 arrive → arrived
 decide → decided

Rule #2

If a verb ends in consonant + -y, change -y to -i and add -ed.

 carry → carried
 try → tried
 study → studied

Rule #3

If a verb ends in vowel + -y, add -ed.*

 play → played
 stay → stayed
 enjoy → enjoyed

Rule #4

If a verb ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) pattern, double the final

consonant and add -ed.**

 hug → hugged
 plan → planned
 stop → stopped

Rule #5

For all other verbs, add -ed.

 watch → watched
 ask → asked
 clean → cleaned

Notes
*Note 1:

There are some exceptions to Rule #3:

 pay → paid
 lay → laid

**Note 2:

Rule #4 is true only for verbs that have the stress on the final syllable. Notice the
difference below:

 prefer → preferred
 visit → visited

REGULAR VERBS LIST

BASE FORM SIMPLE PAST

Accept Accepted

Achieve Achieved

Add Added

Admire Admired

Admit Admitted

Adopt Adopted

Advise Advised

Agree Agreed

Allow Allowed

Announce Announced

Appreciate Appreciated

Approve Approved

Argue Argued

Arrive Arrived

Ask Asked
Assist Assisted

Attack Attacked

Bake Baked

Beg Begged

Behave Behaved

Boil Boiled

Borrow Borrowed

Brush Brushed

Bury Buried

Call Called

Challenge Challenged

Change Changed

Chase Chased

Cheat Cheated

Cheer Cheered

Chew Chewed

Clap Clapped

Clean Cleaned

Collect Collected

Compare Compared

Complain Complained

Confess Confessed

Construct Constructed

Control Controlled

Copy Copied

Count Counted
Create Created

Cry Cried

Cycle Cycled

Damage Damaged

Dance Danced

Deliver Delivered

Destroy Destroyed

Divide Divided

Drag Dragged

Earn Earned

Employ Employed

Encourage Encouraged

Enjoy Enjoyed

Establish Established

Estimate Estimated

Exercise Exercised

Expand Expanded

Explain Explained

Fry Fried

Gather Gathered

Greet Greeted

Guess Guessed

Harass Harassed

Hate Hated

Help Helped

Hope Hoped
Identify Identified

Interrupt Interrupted

Introduce Introduced

Irritate Irritated

Joke Joked

Jump Jumped

Kick Kicked

Kill Killed

Kiss Kissed

Laugh Laughed

Lie Lied

Like Liked

Listen Listened

Love Loved

Marry Married

Measure Measured

Move Moved

Murder Murdered

Need Needed

Obey Obeyed

Offend Offended

Offer Offered

Open Opened

Paint Painted

Park Parked

Phone Phoned
Pick Picked

Play Played

Pray Prayed

Print Printed

Pull Pulled

Punch Punched

Punish Punished

Purchase Purchased

Push Pushed

Question Questioned

Race Raced

Relax Relaxed

Remember Remembered

Reply Replied

Retire Retired

Return Returned

Rub Rubbed

Scold Scolded

Select Selected

Smoke Smoked

Snore Snored

Stare Stared

Start Started

Study Studied

Talk Talked

Thank Thanked
 Travel Travelled

Trouble Troubled

Type Typed

Use Used

Visit Visited

Wait Waited

Walk Walked

Want Wanted

Warn Warned

Wink Winked

Worry Worried

Yell Yelled

EXERCISES 1
put the verb in past.
base form in presente past simple
help
wash
live
arrive
play
enjoy
study
cry
stop
plan

EXERCISES 2
Complete the sentences.
Use the past simple form of the verb in brackets.
1. You (arrive) in England last week.
2. My mum (study) Russian at university.
3. I (phone) you yesterday, but you weren't at home.
4. Last night, Marga and Alice (plan) their holiday.
5. Tom (invite) us to his birthday party.
6. The children (carry) the books to the classroom.
7. We  (finish) the exam at half past three.
8. I (chat) to Jane about films and fashion.
EXERCISES 3

Write the VERB IN PAST

1. cry
2. decide
3. walk
4. sob
5. enjoy
6. wash
7. hurry
8. refer
9. clean
10. free
11. pour
12. check
13. visit
14. dye
15. smile
16. bake
17. admit
 18. love
19. pray
20. listen

HOMEWORK
A. Complete the sentences in simple past tense.

1. I   my teeth. (brush)

2. Tom   tennis with his friends. (play)

3. They   for their exam. (study)

4. Susan   to me quietly. (talk)

5. Thomas   me with my homework. (help)

6. Daniel   his car. (wash)

7. The baby   a lot. (cry)

8. The man   so fast. (walk)

9. The mechanic   the car. (fix)

10. My mother   the flowers. (water)

IRREGULAR
English irregular verbs A – E
Verb (infinitive) Past simple form Past participle

A    

arise arose arisen

awake awoke awoken

B    

bear bore borne

beat beat beaten

become became become

begin began begun

bend bent bent

beset beset beset

bet bet/betted bet

bid bid bid

bind bound bound

bite bit bitten

bleed bled bled

blow blew blown

break broke broken

breed bred bred

bring brought brought

broadcast broadcast broadcast

build built built

burn burnt/burned burnt/burned

burst burst burst

buy bought bought

Verb (infinitive) Past simple form Past participle

C    

cast cast cast

catch caught caught

choose chose chosen

cling clung clung

come came come

cost cost cost

creep crept crept

cut cut cut

Verb (infinitive) Past simple form Past participle

D    

deal dealt dealt

dig dug dug

dive dived/dove (AmE) dived

do did done

draw drew drawn

dream dreamt /dreamed dreamt /dreamed

drink drank drunk

drive drove driven

E    

eat ate eaten

Verb (infinitive) Past simple form Past participle

F    

fall fell fallen

feed fed fed

feel felt felt

fight fought fought

find found found

fit fit, fitted fit, fitted

flee fled fled

fling flung flung

fly flew flown

forbid forbade forbidden

forget forgot forgotten

forgo /forego forwent, forewent forgone, foregone

forgive forgave forgiven

forsake forsook forsaken

foretell foretold foretold

freeze froze frozen

G    

get got got (BrE) /gotten (AmE)

give gave given

go went gone

grind ground ground

grow grew grown

H    

hang hung hung

hang hanged hanged

have had had

hear heard heard

hide hid hidden

hit hit hit

hold held held

hurt hurt hurt

K    

keep kept kept

kneel knelt knelt

know knew known

Verb (infinitive) Past simple form Past participle

L    

lay laid laid

lead led led

lean leant /leaned leant /leaned

leap leapt /leaped leapt /leaped

learn learnt /learned learnt /learned

leave left left

lend lent lent

let let let

lie lay lain

light lit /lighted lit /lighted

lose lost lost

Verb (infinitive) Past simple form Past participle

M    

make made made

mean meant meant

meet met met

misspell misspelt /misspelled misspelt /misspelled

mistake mistook mistaken

mow mowed mowed/mown

O    

overcome overcame overcome

overdo overdid overdone

overtake overtook overtaken

overthrow overthrew overthrown

P    

pay paid paid

plead pleaded/ pled pleaded/ pled

prove proved proved/proven

put put put

Q    

quit quit quit

R    

read read read

rid rid rid

ride rode ridden

ring rang rung

rise rose risen

run ran run

Verb (infinitive) Past simple form Past participle

S    

saw sawed sawn /sawed

say said said

see saw seen

seek sought sought

sell sold sold

send sent sent

set set set

sew sewed sewn/sewed

shake shook shaken

shear sheared sheared/shorn

shed shed shed

shine shone shone

shoot shot shot

show showed shown

shrink shrank shrunk

shut shut shut

sing sang sung

sink sank sunk

sit sat sat

sleep slept slept

slay slew slayed /slain

slide slid slid

sling slung slung

slit slit slit

smell smelt /smelled smelt /smelled

smite smote smitten

sow sowed sown /sowed

speak spoke spoken

speed sped /speeded sped /speeded

spell spelt /spelled spelt /spelled

spend spent spent

spill spilt /spilled spilt /spilled

spin spun spun

spit spat spat

split split split

spoil spoilt /spoiled spoilt /spoiled

spread spread spread

spring sprang sprung

stand stood stood

steal stole stolen

stick stuck stuck

sting stung stung

stink stank stunk

stride strode stridden

strike struck struck

strive strove striven

swear swore sworn

sweep swept swept

swell swelled swelled /swollen

swim swam swum

swing swung swung

Verb (infinitive) Past simple form Past participle

T    

take took taken

teach taught taught

tear tore torn

tell told told

think thought thought

thrive thrived /throve thrived /thriven

throw threw thrown

thrust thrust thrust

tread trod trodden /trod

U    

understand understood understood

uphold upheld upheld

upset upset upset

W    

wake woke woken

wear wore worn

weave wove /weaved woven /weaved

wed wedded /wed wedded /wed

weep wept wept

win won won

wind wound wound

withdraw withdrew withdrawn

withhold withheld withheld

withstand withstood withstood

wring wrung wrung

 write wrote written

EXERCISES 1

Put in the verbs in the correct forms.

1. go →   → 
2. say →   → 
3. do →   → 
4. come →   → 
5. have →   → 
6. stand →   → 
7. make →   → 
8. buy →   → 
9. sit →   → 
10. swim →   → 
11. speak →   → 
12. see →   → 
13. write →   → 
14. sing →   → 
15. run →   →
EXERCISES 2
Change the verb into the past simple

1) I (hear) a new song on the radio.

2) I read) three books last week.

3) They (speak) French to the waitress.

4) He understand) during the class, but now he doesn't
understand

5) I (forget) to buy some milk

6) She (have) a baby in June.

7) You (lose) your keys last week.

8) They (swim) 500m.

9) I (give) my mother a CD for Christmas.

10) At the age of 23, she (become) a doctor.

11) I (know) the answer yesterday.

12) He (tell) me that he lived in Toronto.

13) We (lend) John £200.

14) She (drink) too much coffee yesterday.

15) The children (sleep) in the car.

16) He (keep) his promise.

17) I (choose) steak for dinner.

18) The film (begin) late.

19) We (fly) to Sydney.

20) They (drive) to Beijing.

21) He (teach) English at the University.

22) I (send) you an email earlier.

23) We (leave) the house at 7am.

24) He (feel) terrible after eating the prawns.

25) She (bring) some chocolates to the party.

EXERCISES 3

Fill in the correct forms of the irregular verbs.

 Infinitive Simple Past Past Participle

drank

read

left

drew

came

do

got

felt

knew

saw

HOMEWORK
  Complete the sentence. Write the correct past form of the verb. Good
Luck!

1 .    Mr. Fox    a lot of jokes when he was younger.( know)

 
2  .   My friends   me a nice present for my birthday. (give)
 
3. They   me a new bike.(buy)
 

4.   We always   English in the summer camp in Spain.(speak)

 
5. The man   us the truth.(tell)
 

6.   My brother   his homework in the afternoon. (do)

 
7. Then he   a glass of orange juice.(drink)
 

8. I   my keys at home yesterday.(forget)

 
9.  My uncle   me a lovely postcard last week.(write)
 

10. Last Sunday my sister   off her bike in the yard.(fall)