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Simple Past Tense

The document discusses using the simple past tense in English. It provides examples of changing regular verbs into the past tense by adding "-ed" or "-d" and changing verbs ending in "y" to add "-ied". It also notes that some irregular verbs are changed in the past tense, like "lead" becoming "led", while others like "cut" stay the same. It includes two tables, one listing common irregular verb changes from present to past tense, and another matching verbs to their correct past tense forms.

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Simple Past Tense

The document discusses using the simple past tense in English. It provides examples of changing regular verbs into the past tense by adding "-ed" or "-d" and changing verbs ending in "y" to add "-ied". It also notes that some irregular verbs are changed in the past tense, like "lead" becoming "led", while others like "cut" stay the same. It includes two tables, one listing common irregular verb changes from present to past tense, and another matching verbs to their correct past tense forms.

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SIMPLE PAST TENSE

We use the Simple Past Tense to


talk about a past action.
Examples :
1. Last month, we climbed Gunung
Ledang.
2. Yesterday, the dog saved its master.
3. My mother bought two train tickets
just now.

Changing verbs into the simple past tense


Regular verbs
Add ed to regular verbs
paint - painted
wash - washed
Add d to regular verbs that end in e
save - saved
love - loved

Replace y with ied for regular verbs which end


in y
carry - carried
dry - dried
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Irregular verbs
Some irregular verbs are changed
lead - led
swim - swam
Some irregular verbs are not changed
cut - cut
hit - hit

Present Tense
feel
break
leave
drive
bring
blow
spend
send
hold
put

Past Tense
felt
broke
left
drove
brought
blew
spent
sent
held
put

Present Tense
go
see
hear
stand
tell
sit
take
eat
find
hang

Past Tense
went
saw
heard
stood
told
sat
took
ate
found
hung

bring

ran

run

brought

come

thought

choose

kept

keep

came

think

chose

Match correctly

draw

left

leave

dreamt

sweep

drew

dream

swept

see

went

go

saw

sing

held

hold

slept

buy

sang

drive

swam

sleep

bought

swim

drove

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