2.2 Past Tense
Talking about the past with regular and irregular verbs.
45 min
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Past simpleRegular verbsIrregular verbsYesterday
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Past Tense - What Happened Before
The past tense tells us about things that already happened - yesterday, last week, or a long time ago.
Past Tense - Regular Verbs
For most verbs, we add -ed to make the past tense:
- play → played (I played yesterday)
- walk → walked (She walked to school)
- watch → watched (We watched a movie)
- like → liked (He liked the food)
Note: If the verb ends in -e, just add -d:
- like → liked
- dance → danced
Irregular Verbs
Some common verbs don't follow the -ed rule. You need to learn them!
Common irregular verbs:
| Now | Past |
|---|---|
| go | went |
| see | saw |
| eat | ate |
| have | had |
| do | did |
| make | made |
| come | came |
| say | said |
| take | took |
| get | got |
✏️Example: Past Tense Sentences
Change these sentences to past tense:
1. "I play with my friends."
2. "She goes to the store."
1. "I played with my friends." (play + ed)
2. "She went to the store." (go → went, irregular)
These words often go with past tense:
- yesterday
- last week/month/year
- two days ago
- this morning
- when I was little
Example: "Yesterday, I went to the park."
📝Oppgave 1
Write the past tense of these verbs:
a
walk
b
go
c
play
d
see
📝Oppgave 2
Fill in the correct past tense verb:
"Yesterday, I (go) ____ to school. I (see) ___ my friend. We (play) ____ together."
📝Oppgave 3
Write three sentences about what you did last weekend. Use past tense.