Used for things that happened
and finished in the past.
Words to look out for are
• yesterday
• last week
• last month
• last year
Normally formed by adding -ed
the base of the verb, but there
are irregulars!
1.
2.
The negative
Use the base of the ver and
past of do + not.
Note there is no need to add
-ed
Examples:
I did not walk
He did not walk
3. The question form
Formed by putting Did at the
start of the sentence
followed by the subject +
base of the verb
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The Positive:
I walked
You walkedHe/She/It walkedYou walkedWe walkedThey walked
The negative
I did not walk
You did not walk
He/She/It did not walk
You did not walk
We did not walk
They did not walk
The question:
Did I walk?
Did you walk?
Did he/she/it walk?
Did you walk?
Did we walk?
Did they walk?

5.
More irregular verbs
6.
Even more irregular verbs!
For a full list of irregular
verbs visit
PrivateEnglishClasses.com/
verbs.pdf
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To go
In positive - Went - I wentTo eat
In positive - ate - I ateTo pay
In positive - paid - I paidTo drinkIn positive - drank - I drank
To make
In positive - made - I made
To do
In positive - did - I did
4.
To buy
In positive - bought - I bought
To fly
In positive - flew - I flew
To give
In positive - gave - I gave
To know
In positive - knew - I knew
Irregular verbs
There are many
irregular verbs that
don’t follow any
pattern regarding
forming the past
tense.
The most important are
listed here