Unit 5 : Rosemary and the Four Gutsy drink drank

Gnomes Base Word Past Tense

Focus Skill : Grammar (Page 48 & 49) dig dug
eat ate
SIMPLE PAST TENSE fall fell
feel felt
fight fought
We use simple past tense to show an find found
action that took place in the past fly flew
(already happened). forget forgot
Irregular verbs are part of Simple Past freeze froze
Tense. get got
They do not end with –d or –ed in the give gave
past tense. go went
grow grew
has had
Base Word Past Tense hear heard
are were hide hid
become became hold held
begin began is was
bite bit am was
blow blew keep kept
break broke kneel knelt
bring brought know knew
buy bought lay laid
catch caught lead led
choose chose learn learnt
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come came Base Word Past Tense
do did leave left
draw drew
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 lose lost throw threw
make made wake woke
meet met win won
pay paid write wrote
ride rode
ring rang Some verbs do not change form. They
run ran remain the same in the present and past
say said tense. They are also called irregular
see saw
verbs.
send sent
shake shook
shine shone Base Word Past Tense
shoot shot put put
sing sang cut cut
sink sank hurt hurt
sit sat let let
sleep slept
read read
speak spoke
spend spent 4
stand stood
steal stole
sweep swept 3
swim swam
take took
Base Word Past Tense
teach taught
tear tore
tell told
think thought