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VERBS / ACTION WORDS

INFINITIVE VERBS

TO WALK
TO EAT
TO BUILD
TO DRINK
TO RUN
TO RAFT
TO SNEEZE
TO BE
3 BASIC TENSES OF VERBS / ACTION WORDS
TIME BASED

• PRESENT – NOW, CURRENT

• PAST – COMPLETED

• FUTURE – YET TO HAPPEN

3 BASIC TENSES OF VERBS / ACTION WORDS
TIME BASED

• SIMPLE PRESENT PRESENT CONTINUOUS PRESENT PERFECT

• SIMPLE PAST PAST CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT
• SIMPLE FUTURE FUTURE CONTINUOUS FUTURE PERFECT
VERBS / ACTION WORDS – SIMPLE TENSE

INFINITIVE VERBS SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE PAST

TO WALK I WALK/ HE WALKS I WALKED / SHE WALKED

TO EAT I EAT / SHE EATS/ THEY EAT I ATE / HE ATE/ THEY ATE
TO BUILD I BUILD / HE BUILDS/ THEY BUILD I BUILD / HE BUILT
TO DRINK I DRINK/ SHE DRINKS/ THEY DRINK I DRANK / THEY DRANK
PAST TENSE
KEEP IT SIMPLE
 HOW TO CHANGE
SIMPLE PAST TENSE THE VERB INTO
PA S T T E N S E
Is used to indicate an action
that is over, done and dusted ADD ‘ED’ TO
THE INFINITE
Borrow – Borrowed VERB
Follow – Followed
Lift – Lifted
Face – Faced
Watch – Watched
 HOW TO CHANGE
THE VERB INTO
CHANGE THIS SENTENCE INTO PA S T T E N S E
THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE
ADD ‘ED’ TO
THE INFINITE
I open the bottle.
VERB
I push the door.
I greet my teacher.
I love to watch films.
I walk in the garden.
SOME IRREGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS

EAT – EATED OR ATE ? Remember the

DRAW – DRAWED OR DREW? past participle
FLY - FLIED OR FLEW?
DRY - DRYED OR DRIED?
FRY – FRYED OR FRIED?
DO - DOED OR DID
GO- GOED OR WENT?
 For regular verbs ending in the vowel -e, add –d.

RULES FOR IRREGULAR VERBS

RULE #1: For regular verbs ending in the vowel
 -e, add –d.
base form   simple past
hate hated
seize seized
hope hoped
assume assumed
tie tied
free freed
 For regular verbs
For that
regular
endverbs
in a consonant+y,
ending in the vowel -e,
change the –y to –i and
add –d. add –ed.

RULES FOR IRREGULAR VERBS

RULE #2: For regular verbs that end in a consonant+y,
change the –y to –i and add –ed.

base form   simple past

cry cried
dirty dirtied
magnify magnified
 For regular verbs
For that
regular
endverbs
in a consonant+y,
ending in the vowel -e,
change the –y to –i and
add –d. add –ed.

RULES FOR IRREGULAR VERBS

RULE #3: IRREGULAR VERBS

base form   simple past

buy bought
do did
fly flew
forget forgot
light lit
go went
say said
EXERCISE
MAKE A SENTENCE WITH THIS VERB using the simple past tense

- TO RAIN – IT RAINED IN RISHIKESH YESTERDAY TO BAKE

- TO TALK – I TALKED TO AMAN TODAY. TO SHAKE
- TO SPEAK – I SPOKE A LOT IN ENG CLASS YDAY
- TO MAKE- I MADE A PARATHA FOR EVERYONE
- TO COOK – I COOKED FOOD FOR EVERYONE TO GO
- TO FLY – THE BIRDS FLEW YESTERDAY TO CLOSE
EXERCISE
MAKE A SENTENCE WITH THIS VERB using the simple past tense

- TO BAKE – I BAKED A CAKE THIS EVENING.

- TO SHAKE – I SHOOK A TREE.
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- TO EAT – I ATE A VEGAN BURGER.
- TO GO – I WENT TO A RESTAURANT / I WENT
RIVER RAFTING / I WENT SWIMMING
- TO CLOSE – I CLOSED THE CURTAIN.
EXERCISE
MAKE A SENTENCE WITH THESE IRREGULAR VERBS (CLICK ON THE LINK FOR THE VERB LIST)

https://eslgrammar.org/irregular-past-tense-verbs/