A. They watch TV every evening (Present Simple).
They watched TV yesterday evening (Past Simple).
The Past Simple is often -ed (regular verbs). For example:
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work → worked dance → danced start → started clean → cleaned stay → stayed need → needed |
Let us look at these examples below:
- I clean my teeth every morning. This morning I cleaned my teeth.
- Terry worked in a bank from 2005 to 2011.
- Yesterday, it rained all morning. It stopped at lunchtime.
- We enjoyed the party last night. We danced a lot and talked to a lot of people. The party finished at midnight.
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try → tried study → studied copy → copied stop → stopped plan → planned |
B. Some words are irregular (= not regular). The past simple is not -ed. Here are some important irregular verbs:
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begin → began break → broke bring → brought build → built buy → bought catch → caught come → came do → did drink → drank eat → ate fall → fell find → found fly → flew forget → forgot get → got go → went have → had know → knew leave → left lose → lost make → made meet → met pay → paid put → put read → read (pronounced as 'red') ring → rang say → said see → saw sell → sold sleep → slept speak → spoke stand → stood take → took tell → told think → thought win → won write → wrote |
A few examples:
- I usually get up early, but this morning I got up at 9 o'clock. We did a lot of work yesterday.
- Caroline went to the cinema three times last week.
- James came into the room, took off his coat and sat down.
Tip: Remembering irregular verbs can be tricky because there's no fixed rule for how they change. The best way to learn them is through practice and exposure to the language. Over time, you'll become more familiar with these irregular forms and how to use them correctly in sentences.
Try this exercise to test your grammar.
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A1-A2 Grammar : Worked/Got/Went Etc. (Past Simple)
Choose the correct word.