Unit 6.1
32 Past Simple - Irregular
Verbs
The past simple is the tense used to talk about situations that occurred in the past and have now concluded.
Many common verbs have irregular past forms.
There is not a rule that explains how to obtain the irregular form of the past simple. Below you can see a list of the most common irregular verbs:
| VERB | PAST SIMPLE OF VERB |
|---|---|
| become | became |
| break | broke |
| bring | brought |
| buy | bought |
| do | did |
| draw | drew |
| drink | drank |
| eat | ate |
| feel | felt |
| find | found |
| go | went |
| have | had |
| hear | heard |
| keep | kept |
| read | read |
| run | ran |
| say | said |
| see | saw |
| teach | taught |
| write | wrote |
- I bought a cheap shirt yesterday.
- He drank a lot last night.
- They bought a lot of chocolates last week.
The irregular past simple is used in the same way as the regular one, but it is formed differently.
We use the past simple tense when we wish to talk about situations that occurred in the past and have now concluded. There are many verbs which are irregular in the past.
For example:
— “I wrote a letter to my favourite writer.” / “I writed a letter to my favourite writer.“ = The verb write changes to wrote because it is an irregular verb.
Let’s revise this content within the {Form} section. Take a look at the {Example} section that shows its use within a context.