Simple Present and Simple Past Tense: REGULAR VERBS “ed” endings pronounced ‘t’ “ed” endings pronounced ‘d’ “ed” endings pronounced ‘id’ dance: dance - danced call: call - called start: start - started watch: watch - watched clean: clean - cleaned visit: visit - visited work: work - worked play: play - played want: want - wanted 1. Present: I dance very well. 2. Past: I danced all night. 1. Present: The class starts today. 2. Past: It started last month. 1. Present: I call my dad every day. 2. Past: Yesterday I called my dad. 1. I watch TV. She watches TV. 2. Yesterday, we watched TV. 1. Today I visit my mother. He visits. 2. Yesterday I visited my mother. 1. He cleans every day. 2. I cleaned her house yesterday. 1. I work five days a week. He works. 2. I worked six days last week. 1. Today I visit my mother. He visits. 2. Yesterday I visited my mother. 1. I play soccer. 2. I played soccer last summer. Simple Present and Simple Past Tense: 25 common IRREGULAR VERBS verb Today... Yesterday... be I am. He is. We are. I/he was. We were. bring bring brought Please bring the money. He brought the money. buy bought I buy food. He buys food. He bought food. come came Please come here. She came to the show. do did I do my homework. I did my homework. drink I drink coffee, she drinks coffee. drank I drank coffee, sell eat ate speak She eats dinner. She ate dinner. feel felt I feel ok. He feels good. I felt ok. He felt good. get got I get up at 7 am. I got up at 7 am give gave I give you $10. I gave you $10. go I go to work at 9 am. went I went to work think I have two cats, he has one. had I had two cats, he had one. understand know knew write He knows the answer. He knew the answer. buy come do drink eat feel get give go He goes to work at 1 pm. have know have verb Today... Yesterday... leave leave left The train leaves at 8. The train left. make made make say see she drank tea. spend take tell at 9 am. He went to work. He makes mistakes. He made mistakes. say said I say “Hello”. I said “Hello”. see saw I see. She sees. I saw. She saw. sell sold I sell insurance. I sold insurance. speak spoke I speak English. I spoke with him. spend I spend $100 on food every week. spent I spent $50 take took I take medication. I took medication. tell told I tell him a story. I told him a story. think thought I think about you. He thought about moving to NY. understand understood I understand Spanish. He understood. write We write wrote We wrote emails every day. on food last week. emails every day. To practice: Fold the paper so you only see the “verb” columns. Say or write the correct forms, then check. www.EnglishYoyo.com
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