Maribel Moreno MartínezCEIP Salvador Dalí (Villalbilla)

Irregular verbs are the ones you have to study from the list of irregular verbs. The past form is on the second column.

INFINITIVE PAST PAST PARTICIPLE  

Be was/were been

Become became become

Begin began begun

Bring brought brought

To write the affirmative form you only have to write the subject (I, You… Mary…) and then the verb in the past using the form from the second column.

Ex. I wrote a letter yesterday Laura bought some bread

AffirmativeI was

You wereHe was

She was It was

We wereYou were They were

Fill in the gaps using the correct form of the verb to be in the past tense (was / were)

1. Laura _______________ my friend.

2. We _______________ in the kitchen an hour ago

3. You _______________ sad yesterday

4. I ___________ looking for my pencil

5. Susan and Peter ___________ dancing

AffirmativeI wrote

You readHe boughtShe caught

It ran

We tookYou understood

They saw

Write the past tense of the following verbs

* Be ________________ * Break _________________

* Buy ________________ * Understand _____________

* Read _______________ * See ___________________

* Cut _________________ * Get ___________________

* Write ________________ * Leave _________________

* Begin ________________ * Do ____________________

* Go __________________ * Drink __________________

Regular verbs are not on the list. These verbs follow certain rules to form the past.

They add “ed” to the verb to form the past.

ex. Listen (present) – listened (past)look (present) – looked (past)

These are the rules you have to take into account:

1. If the verbs ends in “-y” and has a vowel before it, you have to change the “-y” by “-i” and then add “ed”

ex. Study - studied try – tried

2. If the verb ends in “-y” but before it has a vowel, you add “ed” without changing anything

ex. Play - played

If the verb ends in “-e” you only add “-d”

ex. Move - moved

Sometimes you have to double the last letter (double the consonant when you have a consonant after a short stressed vowel at the end of the word)

ex. Stop – stopped plan - planned

AffirmativeI looked

You studiedHe cried

She stoppedIt moved

We clappedYou listened

They watched

Fill in the gaps using the verb in brackets in the past tense (some of them are regular and others irregular)

1. Mary ____________ (come) to my house2. You _____________ (listen) to the radio this

morning3. The cat ___________ (drink) milk4. The baby __________ (clap) his hands5. Peter _____________ (study) maths6. I ___________ (go) to the cinema7. The dog ____________ (break) its leg8. We ___________ (dance) all night long