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Past Participle - exercises. Simple past tense and past participle tense. Past participle of regular and irregular verbs in English.Videos, worksheets and free exercises online. Teaching and learning resources

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The simple past expresses an action in the past taking place once, never, several times. It can also be used for actions taking place one after another or in the middle of another action.

Form of Simple Past

For irregular verbs, use the past form (see list of irregular verbs, 2nd column). For regular verbs, just add "ed".

Exceptions in Spelling when Adding 'ed'

Exceptions in spelling when adding ed

Example

final consonant after a short, stressed vowel
or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled

admit - admitted
travel - travelled

final y after a consonant becomes i

hurry - hurried

Use of Simple Past

action in the past taking place once, never or several times
Example: He visited his parents every weekend.

actions in the past taking place one after the other
Example: He came in, took off his coat and sat down.

action in the past taking place in the middle of another action
Example: When I was having breakfast, the phone suddenly rang.

if sentences type II (If I talked, ...)
Example: If I had a lot of money, I would share it with you.

Signal Words of Simple Past

yesterday, 2 minutes ago, in 1990, the other day, last Friday

If-Satz Typ II (If I talked, ...)

Exercises on Simple Past

Tests

Grammar in Texts

Comparison with other Tenses

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Simple Past (Past Simple), short explanation and exercises

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English Grammar Rules

Part One

The following is a list of Irregular Verbs in English:

* HANG - Hang has two different meanings. The first is "to attach (or hang) something in a high position" (e.g. on the wall or on a hook). In this case we use the above verbs Hang-Hung-Hung.

BUT when Hang means "to kill someone by putting a rope around someone's neck and leaving them in a high position without any support", we use different verbs: Hang-Hanged-hanged. This verb is typical of public executions in the past. (e.g. They hanged him in the main square.)

** LIE - Lie has two meanings. When it means "to put your body in a horizontal position" (normally on a bed) it uses the Lie-Lay-Lain verbs.

BUT it is regular Lie-Lied-Lied when it has the other meaning of "not to say the truth".

*** READ - Even though they are written the same, the pronunciation is different in the Past Tense and Past Participle form.

Part Two

The following verbs can be regular or irregular:

The second form (burnt, dreamt etc.) is more common in British English.

Part Three

Verbs that have the same form in Present, Past and Past Participle form:

All of the verbs above are written and pronounced the same in the three forms EXCEPT for Read which is written the same but pronounced differently.

101 Irregular Past Tense Verbs in English

Next activities

Try our interactive English Grammar Games about:
Past Tense - Irregular Verbs & Past Participles

And see our Grammar Notes about:
Simple Past Tense, Past Participles & To Be - Past Tense

English Teacher Resource

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The following is a list of Irregular Verbs in English: * HANG - Hang has two different meanings. The first is "to attach (or hang) something in a high position" (e.g. on the wall or on a hook). In this case we use the above verbs Hang-Hung-Hung.

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http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/english-grammar/verbs/past-tense