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Past simple
Finished, over, done — and the good news: one form for everybody, whatever your gender.
First page · the regulars, and the families of the irregulars
The forms
No change at all
cut → cutput → putcost → costlet → lethit → hit
-ought / -aught
buy → boughtthink → thoughtbring → broughtteach → taughtcatch → caught
i → a
sing → sangdrink → drankswim → swambegin → begangive → gave
-ew
know → knewgrow → grewfly → flewthrow → threwdraw → drew
-old / -eld
tell → toldsell → soldhold → held
Alone in the world
go → wentbe → was / werehave → haddo → didsee → sawmake → madetake → took
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| Verb ends in… | Rule | Example | Sound of -ed |
| most verbs | add -ed | work → worked | /t/ after p, k, f, s, sh, ch |
| -e | add only -d | live → lived · like → liked | /d/ or /t/ |
| consonant + -y | -y becomes -ied | study → studied · try → tried | /d/ |
| one vowel + one consonant, stressed | double the consonant | stop → stopped · plan → planned | /t/ or /d/ |
| -t or -d | add -ed | want → wanted · need → needed | /ɪd/, one more syllable |
Golden rule
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