1. What is the Past Tense?

• The past tense describes actions that have already happened.
• For regular verbs, we usually add -ed, but irregular verbs change in special ways.

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2. Irregular Verbs (Set 4)

• More examples of irregular verbs and their past tense forms:
  • See → Saw
  • Stand → Stood
  • Swim → Swam
  • Throw → Threw
  • Wake → Woke
  • Wear → Wore
  • Write → Wrote
  • Eat → Ate
  • Fly → Flew
  • Hide → Hid

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3. Using Irregular Past Tense Verbs

• These verbs change form in the past tense, so they don’t follow the regular -ed rule.
• Examples:
  • She saw a beautiful bird. (Past tense of “see”)
  • They woke up early. (Past tense of “wake”)
  • We ate dinner at 6 PM. (Past tense of “eat”)

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4. How to Identify Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense

• Look for verbs that don’t have -ed at the end but still talk about the past.
• Examples:
  • He wrote a story. (Past tense of “write”)
  • The dog hid under the table. (Past tense of “hide”)

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5. Practice: Fill in the Blanks

• Use the correct past tense form of the irregular verb:
  1. We _ (see) the movie last week. → Saw
  2. She _ (throw) the ball to her friend. → Threw
  3. The bird _ (fly) over the trees. → Flew

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6. Review Questions

• What is the past tense of “swim”? (Answer: Swam)
• What is the past tense of “wear”? (Answer: Wore)
• Can you create a sentence using the past tense of “write”? (Answer: “I wrote a letter.”)