Verbs: Simple Tenses © Bea There are three ways to pronounce the ed ending of regular verbs in the simple past tense. D/ sound for verbs [i sound for verbs ul a re raneat eprom | Meer meee (I smn fo wets sh, thorxsound bE ear jets ad tind (unvoiced consonants) a peas robbed batted stopped loved unearthed. used relaxed vetoed Irregular past tense verbs Some verbs do not end in ed in ‘the simple past tense. They are called irregular verbs, These verbs do not follow any specific rule. Here area few examples: take—took eatate forget forgot Gees, regular Verbs Chart Two important irregular verbs are be and have. The chart below shows how they are conjugated. simple pastenseothe verb be simplepast tense of ever hve “Twas “Thad | Youwere “You had | He/She /Tewas “He/She/It had | affirmative | Wewere We had You were “You had “They were “They had They were excited to seethe movie. She had a lat of homework. 24 ‘The Grammar Guide Unit 4 eee eee |