‹Simple past›: common irregular verbs
How it works
In English there are many irregular verbs whose forms in the tense ‹simple past› are not formed by adding ‹-ed›. Instead, they have their own past forms, which often have to be memorized. Examples are ‹go› with the past form ‹went›, ‹see› with ‹saw› and ‹have› with ‹had›. Correct use of these forms is important in order to speak or write about the past correctly. For example, the sentence ‹Yesterday I went to the park.› shows a past form of ‹go›. There are no fixed rules for how the irregular forms are formed, so practice is especially important.
Irregular verbs have their own forms in the tense ‹simple past› that have to be memorized. The base form and the past form often differ clearly. Example: ‹eat› → ‹ate›.
An example
Choose the correct form: ‹Yesterday, I (go) to school.›
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