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Irregular verbs. verbs that we add ‘t’ instead of ‘ed’ when writing the past tense of some words!!!!!!

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1 Irregular verbs. verbs that we add ‘t’ instead of ‘ed’ when writing the past tense of some words!!!!!!

2 hand - handed posted post-
Remember we add ‘ed’ to short vowel words (a,e,i,o,u) ending in two consonants we simply add the letters e and d. hand - handed posted post-

3 hop - hopped begged beg -
Remember we double the last letter Before we add ‘ed’ to words with a short vowel, ending with one consonant. hop - hopped begged beg -

4 And we simply add the letter ‘d’ When words end in ‘e’
And we simply add the letter ‘d’ When words end in ‘e’. hike- hiked prance- pranced

5 WHEN changing some verbs to past tense, a ‘t’ is used instead of ‘ed’
WHEN changing some verbs to past tense, a ‘t’ is used instead of ‘ed’. These are called irregular verbs. Let’s have a look at some.

6 sleep slept sleeped becomes and not We don’t say:
Last night, I sleeped like a baby. We say: Last night is slept like a baby.

7 felt feel feeled becomes and not
The dirt felt soft and moist in my hands. NOT The dirt feeled soft and moist in my hands

8 build built builded becomes and not
Mitchell built a fantastic sand castle when he went to Queensland. NOT Mitchell builded a fantastic sand castle when he went to Queensland.

9 buy bought buyed becomes and not
I went shopping and bought a loaf of bread, a carton of milk and some cheese.

10 NOW IT’S YOUR TURN. GOODLUCK

11 keep becomes kept Not keeped

12 catch becomes caught Not catched

13 send becomes sent Not sended

14 sit becomes sat Not sitted

15 spend becomes spent Not spended

16 teach becomes taught Not teached

17 think becomes thought Not thinked

18 bring becomes brought Not bringed

19 lend becomes lent Not lended

20 meet becomes met Not meeted

21 Congratulations! YOU DID IT!!!!!


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