الدرس الثاني والعشرون
Simple Past: Irregular Verbs
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
However, the only way to know how an irregular verb will change in the past tense is to learn all of the important verbs
The three most important irregular verbs
The three most important irregular verbs are BE, HAVE, and DO
a/ simple past of verb be (see lesson21 above
b/ simple past of verb have
I had
you had
He had
She had
It had
We had
You had
They had
c/ Simple past of verb do
I did
you did
He did
She did
It did
We did
You did
They did
Other Irregular Verbs
A/ Verbs which don't change
Examples
Put -cut - fit - hit -bet -bid-cast-cost-let ..etc
Yesterday, he cut his finger with a kinfe
The car hit the tree two days ago
B/ verbs which change their vowels
Fxamples
get : simple present = got : simple past
sit = sat
drink = drank
awake = awoke
come = came
drive = drove
know = knew
etc
She drank a cup of cold milk last Monday
They came home late yesterday
C/ Verbs which change completely
Examples
Catch : simple present = caught : simple past
Teach = taught
Eat = ate
Fight = fought
Find = found
Go = went
Keep = kept
See = saw
Etc
I saw a bad film yesterday
She went to the dentist last Friday
List of basic irregular verbs + past participle
