1. What is the Past Tense?

• The past tense describes actions that happened in the past.
• Regular verbs form the past tense by adding -ed, but irregular verbs change in unique ways.

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2. Irregular Verbs (Set 5)

• Examples of more irregular verbs and their past tense forms:
  • Begin → Began
  • Break → Broke
  • Drink → Drank
  • Drive → Drove
  • Fall → Fell
  • Give → Gave
  • Ring → Rang
  • Run → Ran
  • Sing → Sang
  • Take → Took

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3. Using Irregular Past Tense Verbs

• Irregular verbs don’t follow the regular rule of adding -ed. They change their form completely.
• Examples:
  • She began her homework early. (Past tense of “begin”)
  • He drove to the store yesterday. (Past tense of “drive”)
  • They ran across the field. (Past tense of “run”)

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4. Identifying Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense

• To find irregular past tense verbs in sentences, look for verbs that don’t follow the -ed pattern.
• Examples:
  • She gave her friend a gift. (Past tense of “give”)
  • The phone rang loudly. (Past tense of “ring”)

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5. Practice: Fill in the Blanks

• Use the correct past tense form of the irregular verb in these sentences:
  1. He _ (drive) to the city. → Drove
  2. The singer _ (sing) a beautiful song. → Sang
  3. I _ (give) my book to the teacher. → Gave

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6. Review Questions

• What is the past tense of “break”? (Answer: Broke)
• What is the past tense of “fall”? (Answer: Fell)
• Can you make a sentence using the past tense of “ring”? (Answer: “The alarm rang at 7 AM.”)

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7. Key Takeaways

• Irregular past tense verbs don’t use the regular -ed form. Instead, they change completely.