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Use past tense to describe a completed action, an action that is completely finished.

I walked to class yesterday.
He lived in France form 1975 to 1980.
They were at a party last night.

Add –ed to regular verbs to form the past tense. If the verb ends in –e, just add –d. there is no
–s form in the past tense.

Walk walked live lived
Brush brushed use used

Spelling

1. The rule for adding –ed to verbs that end in –y is the same as the rule for adding –s to
nouns. If there is a consonant before the –y, change the y to i and add –ed. If there is a
vowel before the –y just add –ed.
Study studied play played
2. The 1-1-1 (one-one-one) rule.
if a verb has 1 syllable with 1 vowel followed by 1 consonant, double the consonant
and add –ed.
Shop shopped BUT: help helped
Plan planned clean cleaned

C. Irregular verbs

Some verbs are irregular in the past tense. Learn these verb forms.

Be – was, were go – went have – had drive – drove
Eat – ate take – took write – wrote spend – spent
Do – did get – got leave – left buy – bought

C1. Write the past tense for each verb.

Study take write
Drop go plan
Eat get have
Hurry be talk
Leave do attend
Stay

C2. Fill in each blank with the past tense of a verb from C.

1. Yesterday Pat _____________ up at 7:00.

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