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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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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-
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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 -
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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buy bought buyed becomes and not
I went shopping and bought a loaf of bread, a carton of milk and some cheese.
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NOW IT’S YOUR TURN. GOODLUCK
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keep becomes kept Not keeped
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catch becomes caught Not catched
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send becomes sent Not sended
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sit becomes sat Not sitted
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spend becomes spent Not spended
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teach becomes taught Not teached
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think becomes thought Not thinked
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bring becomes brought Not bringed
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lend becomes lent Not lended
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meet becomes met Not meeted
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