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    The document discusses using the simple past tense in English. It provides examples of changing regular verbs into the past tense by adding "-ed" or "-d" and changing verbs ending in "y" to add "-ied". It also notes that some irregular verbs are changed in the past tense, like "lead" becoming "led", while others like "cut" stay the same. It includes two tables, one listing common irregular verb changes from present to past tense, and another matching verbs to their correct past tense forms.

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    The document discusses using the simple past tense in English. It provides examples of changing regular verbs into the past tense by adding "-ed" or "-d" and changing verbs ending in "y" to add "-ied". It also notes that some irregular verbs are changed in the past tense, like "lead" becoming "led", while others like "cut" stay the same. It includes two tables, one listing common irregular verb changes from present to past tense, and another matching verbs to their correct past tense forms.

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    The document discusses using the simple past tense in English. It provides examples of changing regular verbs into the past tense by adding "-ed" or "-d" and changing verbs ending in "y" to add "-ied". It also notes that some irregular verbs are changed in the past tense, like "lead" becoming "led", while others like "cut" stay the same. It includes two tables, one listing common irregular verb changes from present to past tense, and another matching verbs to their correct past tense forms.

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    SIMPLE PAST TENSE

    We use the Simple Past Tense to


    talk about a past action.
    Examples :
    1. Last month, we climbed Gunung
    Ledang.
    2. Yesterday, the dog saved its master.
    3. My mother bought two train tickets
    just now.

    Changing verbs into the simple past tense


    Regular verbs
    Add ed to regular verbs
    paint - painted
    wash - washed
    Add d to regular verbs that end in e
    save - saved
    love - loved

    Replace y with ied for regular verbs which end


    in y
    carry - carried
    dry - dried
    *********************************************************
    Irregular verbs
    Some irregular verbs are changed
    lead - led
    swim - swam
    Some irregular verbs are not changed
    cut - cut
    hit - hit

    Present Tense
    feel
    break
    leave
    drive
    bring
    blow
    spend
    send
    hold
    put

    Past Tense
    felt
    broke
    left
    drove
    brought
    blew
    spent
    sent
    held
    put

    Present Tense
    go
    see
    hear
    stand
    tell
    sit
    take
    eat
    find
    hang

    Past Tense
    went
    saw
    heard
    stood
    told
    sat
    took
    ate
    found
    hung

    bring

    ran

    run

    brought

    come

    thought

    choose

    kept

    keep

    came

    think

    chose

    Match correctly

    draw

    left

    leave

    dreamt

    sweep

    drew

    dream

    swept

    see

    went

    go

    saw

    sing

    held

    hold

    slept

    buy

    sang

    drive

    swam

    sleep

    bought

    swim

    drove

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