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present and past 1
irregular verbs with examples
| present | past |
|---|---|
| GO I go to the store on Friday mornings. My neighbor goes to the store on Sundays. | WENT I went to the store last Thursday evening. |
| HAVE I have a headache. My mom has a headache. | HAD I had a bad headache last night. |
| DO I do the laundry when my son does his homework. | DID My son and I did our homework together last night. |
| BE - am, is, are I am sick. My husband is sick, too. My children aren't sick. Thank God! | BE- was, were I was sick last week. My husband was sick too. My children weren't sick. Thank God! |
| COME I usually come to class on time. He comes to class late often. | CAME Many people came to the wedding. |
| GET I always get stuck in traffic in the evening. He gets up at dawn every morning. | GOT I got stuck in traffic last night. There was an accident. I got up early this morning. |
| TAKE The baby takes a nap at noon every day. I take the bus to work. | TOOK The baby took two naps today. I was late yesterday. I took the wrong bus. |
| GROW Children grow up fast. This plant grows better if you do not over-water it. | GREW My sisters and I grew up in Germany. |
| BEGIN Class begins at 6:30 pm. I begin class at 9:00 am sharp. | BEGAN The movie began about 15 minutes ago. |
| MAKE I make fried chicken every Tuesday evening. (cook) My daughter makes her bed every morning. | MADE He made pancakes for breakfast this morning. (cooked) |
| LEAVE I leave work around 6 every evening. He leaves the house at 7 AM on Thursdays. | LEFT I left work early today. I left my cell phone at the store. |
| SLEEP I sleep late on my day off. My husband sleeps about 7 hours a night. | SLEPT I slept late because I did not feel good. |
| LOSE I lose my car keys too often. A. The man is on a diet. B. Did he lose weight? A. Yes, 9 pounds. | LOST I lost my cell phone yesterday. He lost 9 pounds. |
| FORGET Do not forget your lunch. Judith always forgets people's names. | FORGOT I forgot my friend's birthday. Mr. Bean forgot to brush his teeth. |
| BREAK The child always breaks his crayons. In the event of fire, break the glass. You break it. You pay for it. | BROKE I broke my favorite vase yesterday. :( |
| CATCH My son wants to play catch. I throw the ball, and he catches it. I catch the train at 2. Put on your hat and gloves. Do not catch a cold. | CAUGHT My son caught the ball. I clapped. I did not drive today. I caught the train. |
| CAN/CAN'T I can go to the party. I am free that day. My children can't go to school today. They are sick. | COULD/COULDN'T I couldn't go to the party. I was too busy. My children caught bad colds. They couldn't go to school for three days. |
| PET I pet the friendly puppy every time I see it. | PET When I was at the zoo last weekend, I pet a giraffe! |
| WRITE Write these notes in your notebooks. My boss writes emails every day. | WROTE Yesterday, I wrote a letter to my friend. |
| READ I read a story to my children every night. The librarian reads stories to the kids every Saturday. | READ (SOUNDS LIKE RED) I read two books last month. |
| DRIVE I drive to work. The delivery man drives a huge vehicle. | DROVE I drove my children to school this week. |
| FEEL I feel sick right now. My mom feels sick. I will take her to see her doctor. | FELT I felt sick yesterday. I could not get up. |
| OVERSLEEP (sleep too long, sleep late) I need an alarm clock. Without it, I oversleep. My co-worker oversleeps at least once a week. | OVERSLEPT My boss was really upset yesterday. Everyone overslept. |
| HURT After training, the soccer player's legs hurt. After training, the soccer player's right leg hurts. | HURT The skater fell. She hurt her shoulder and chin. |
| SEE I see a rainbow. The baby sees his dad tear paper and laughs. | SAW After the bad thunder storm, I saw a pretty rainbow. The baby saw his dad tear the paper and laughed. |
| SING The guitar player sings at church every Sunday at 10 am. Birds sing at sunrise. | SANG We sang la da la da da. |
| HEAR The children are outside. I hear their loud voices. The child cries when she hears thunder. | HEARD I heard a noise. What was that? |
| SPEND My wife spends a lot of money on gas every week. I spend time with my family on the weekends. | SPENT I spent 100 dollars yesterday. I spent a lot of time with my dad last week. He was in the hospital. |
| SIT I sit in the front of the classroom. My sister sits at a desk all day. She is a secretary. | SAT I was tired so I sat down for a while. |
| SPEAK People speak quietly in the library. Dorothy speaks very loudly. | SPOKE I spoke to the student privately after our last class. |
| THINK I think about my family every day. She thinks about homeless people when the weather is really cold. | THOUGHT I thought about you yesterday. |
| TELL I tell the children scary stories on Halloween. The sales assistant tells her customers about discounts. | TOLD She told her parents about the bully at school. |
| EAT Many people eat turkey on Thanksgiving. Muhamed eats a lot of dates, figs, and nuts. He does not like sugary foods or coffee. | ATE Dad ate all the ice cream! |
| DRINK I drink coffee every morning, but Elena drinks tea. | DRANK It was so hot yesterday. Everyone drank a lot of water. |
| STAND Americans stand when we sing our national song. Maria stands when her back hurts. | STOOD Everyone stood and clapped after the singer's concert. She was great! |
| BUY I buy milk and eggs twice a week. Many buy bouquets of flowers for their moms on Mother's Day. | BOUGHT For my birthday, students bought me flowers and candy. |
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murmansk
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