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Infinitive

The document provides rules for forming the past simple tense of regular and irregular verbs in English. For regular verbs, it lists common spelling patterns like adding "ed", changing "y" to "i" and adding "ed", or doubling the final consonant and adding "ed". It then provides examples of irregular verb forms that do not follow typical spelling patterns, including was/were, began, drank, etc.

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Infinitive

The document provides rules for forming the past simple tense of regular and irregular verbs in English. For regular verbs, it lists common spelling patterns like adding "ed", changing "y" to "i" and adding "ed", or doubling the final consonant and adding "ed". It then provides examples of irregular verb forms that do not follow typical spelling patterns, including was/were, began, drank, etc.

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Past Simple / Regular Verbs

Spelling Rules Examples


Base form + ed Walk walked
play played
Verbs ending in e + d Like liked
move moved
Verbs ending in a consonant +Y. Carry carried
change Y in i add ed (+ ied) Study studied
Verbs ending in a vowel + a single consonsonant Plan planned
Double the last letter + ed Stop stopped

Past Simple / Irregular Verbs

infinitive Past infinitive Past


Be Was/were Let let
Become Became Lose Lost
Begin Began Make Made
Bring Brought Meet Met
Buy Bought Pay Paid
Choose Chose Put Put
Come Came Read Read
Do Did Run Ran
Drink drank Say Said
Draw Drew See Saw
Eat Ate Sell Sold
Fall Fell Send Sent
Feel Felt Sing Sang
Find Found Sit Sat
Fly Flew Sleep Slept
Forget Forgot Speak Spoke
Get Got Stand Stood
Give Gave Swim Swam
Go Went Take Took
Have Had Teach Taught
Hear heard Tell Told
Keep Kept Think Tought
Know Knew Understand Understood
Leave Left wear Wore
lend lent write wrote

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