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Chapter 6, Book 3BPrimary Longman Express

Regular verbs

Some verbs are regular and we put edon the the verbs to form the past form.

play

kick

pull

played

kicked

pulled

Some verbs are irregular and we have to be careful!

go

eat

find

Sometimes the past form of a verb istotally different from its present form:

went

ate

found

Practice

Present form Past form

eat

go

do

have

draw

ate

went

did

had

drew

Present form Past form

make

gave

ride

see

took

sing

made

give

rode

saw

take

sang

Some verbs have the same present form and past form.

cut

put

read

cut

put

read

drop

hop

skip

dropped

hopped

skipped

Sometimes we have to repeat the last letter before ed.

If the verb end with the letter y, we have to change it into ied in its past form.

cry

study

tidy

cried

studied

tidied

However, there are some exceptions:

playenjoy

playedenjoyed

I played basketball.

What did you do yesterday?

Past tense

We make questions with did.

Don’t change the verb after did.

Practice

I went to the beach.

What did you do last week?

go to the beach

They _______ a picnic.

What ____ the Lee family do last week?

have a picnic

had

did

I _______ dim sum at a restaurant.

What _____ you do yesterday?

eat dim sum

ate

did

I _______ the newspaper.

What _____ you do last Monday?

read thenewspaper

read

did

She ________________.

What ______ Sandy do last week?

go shopping

went shopping

did

I ________________________.

What ______ you do yesterday?

make the bed

made the bed

did

We ________________________.

What ______ you do last summer?

swim in the swimming pool

swam in the swimming pool

did

Revision

1. Sam ______ (give) me a watch last year.

2. Katie ______ (make) a birthday card for her mum last Friday.

3. Mary ______ (fly) a kite yesterday.

4. I ______ (send) him a card yesterday.

5. We ______ (build) a sandcastle on the beach last Saturday.

6. I ______ (buy) a ball last month.

gave

made

flew

sent

built

bought

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