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Simple Past: Irregular Verbs

The document discusses irregular verbs in English and their simple past tense forms. It notes that while many verbs form their past tense with "-ed", some irregular verbs do not follow this pattern. The three most important irregular verbs - be, have, and do - are outlined, with their unique past tense forms. Other irregular verbs are categorized as either not changing, changing their vowel, or changing completely to form the past tense.

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Simple Past: Irregular Verbs

The document discusses irregular verbs in English and their simple past tense forms. It notes that while many verbs form their past tense with "-ed", some irregular verbs do not follow this pattern. The three most important irregular verbs - be, have, and do - are outlined, with their unique past tense forms. Other irregular verbs are categorized as either not changing, changing their vowel, or changing completely to form the past tense.

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Simple Past: Irregular Verbs

Introduction
Although many verbs in English form their past tense with -ED, some do not. These are called irregular verbs, and they include some of the most basic verbs in English.

1. The three most important irregular verbs


The three most important irregular verbs are BE, HAVE, and !. The simple past forms for BE are different depending on the subject. Pronoun I ou !e " she " it #e They BE was were was were were HAVE had had had had had ! did did did did did

". !ther irregular verbs


$ther irregular verbs fall into three main categories% #ategor$ &erbs which don't change E%amples cut - cut hit - hit fit - fit get - got sit - sat drin( - dran( catch - caught bring - brought teach - taught

&erbs which change their vowel

&erbs which change completely

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