III. THE SIMPLE TENSE

4. The Simple Past Tense

4.3 How to Write Simple Past Tense

4.3.2 Spelling of Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs do not follow the regular verb forms in English. Usually, we add 'ed' to verbs to change them to the past tense. For other verbs there does not seem to be a pattern or there are several patterns. This is because English is really a mixture of many different languages, so there are sometimes more than one rule to follow. However, there are so many verbs that it is difficult to tell which language rule to follow, that it is usually easier to just memorize each one.

Exercise 1: Write the past tense forms of irregular verbs.

All verbs are irregular. Nhập câu trả lời vào ô trống.

1. Yesterday, I (1) _____ (speak) with Ajulo about the resume that he (2) _____ (submit) to our company.
(1)   (2)

2. I (3) _____ (say) that he (4) _____ (impress) me with his education at several top universities.
(3)   (4)

3. He also (5) _____ (write) a very good cover letter, which I (6) _____ (read) with interest.
(5)   (6)

4. When I later (7) _____ (question) him about his work experience, he (8) _____ (speak) about working at several small but innovative companies.
(7)   (8)

5. He also really (9) _____ (understand) the concept of teamwork. He (10) _____ (draw) me in with his sincerity.
(9)   (10)

6. It (11) _____ (be) easy to trust him, and I (12) _____ (feel) confident that he would make a good employee.
(11)   (12)

Exercise 2: Write the past tense forms of the following irregular verbs.

Nhập dạng quá khứ của các động từ bất quy tắc sau.

1. drive →

2. drink →

3. swim →

4. understand →

5. can →

6. break →

7. have →

8. run →

9. take →

10. feel →

11. fight →

12. build →

13. put →

14. say →

15. sell →

16. ride →

17. keep →

18. hang →

19. wear →

20. win →

21. think →

22. sleep →

Exercise 3: Write the past tense forms. Some are regular and some are irregular.

The same exercise found in the section on the Simple Present, but now in the past form. Nhập câu trả lời vào ô trống.

1. Sergei, Andrei, and Tatiana (1) _____ (know) each other very well. They went to elementary school together, and they also (2) _____ (play) in a band together.
(1)   (2)

2. Sergei (3) _____ (be) a very good guitar player and he (4) _____ (have) a great voice.
(3)   (4)

3. Andrei (5) _____ (have) very good rhythm, so he (6) _____ (lay down) the beat.
(5)   (6)

4. Tatiana (7) _____ (sing) very well and has a powerful voice. Sometimes, Andrei and Tatiana (8) _____ (collaborate) together and write music.
(7)   (8)

5. Sometimes they (9) _____ (play) some traditional music from their region because this music (10) _____ (be) what their mother (11) _____ (continue) to sing.
(9)   (10)   (11)

6. One thing that (12) _____ (inspire) them, however, is to write songs about love and harmony. These three friends (13) _____ (travel, often) to small towns in their region to give concerts of their music.
(12)   (13)

7. Now, however, they are thinking about their future life. They (14) _____ (make, don't) a lot of money with their band.
(14)

8. In addition, Tatiana (15) _____ (plan) to get married to her boyfriend in the following summer. They (16) _____ (want) to start a family someday.
(15)   (16)