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Unit 24 · Verb forms

Regular and irregular verbs

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A

The past simple and past participle of regular verbs is -ed:

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clean → cleaned live → lived paint → painted study → studied

Past simple (→ Unit 11):

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I cleaned my room yesterday.

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Chris studied engineering at university.

Past participle

have/has + past participle (present perfect → Units 15–18):

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I have cleaned my room.

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Tina has lived in London for ten years.

be (is/are/were/has been etc.) + past participle (passive → Units 21–22):

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These rooms are cleaned every day.

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My car has been repaired.

B

Irregular verbs

The past simple and past participle of irregular verbs do not end in -ed:

make break cut
past simple made broke cut
past participle made broken cut

Sometimes the past simple and past participle are the same. For example:

make find buy cut
past simple made found bought cut
past participle made found bought cut
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I made a cake yesterday. (past simple)

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I have made some coffee. (past participle – present perfect)

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Butter is made from milk. (past participle – passive present)

Sometimes the past simple and past participle are different. For example:

break know begin go
past simple broke knew began went
past participle broken known begun gone
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Somebody broke this window last night. (past simple)

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Somebody has broken this window. (past participle – present perfect)

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This window was broken last night. (past participle – passive past)

Exercises (4)

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24.1

Write the past simple / past participle of these verbs. (The past simple and past participle are the same for all the verbs in this exercise.)

  1. 1
    make example
  2. 2
    cut example
  3. 3
    get
  4. 4
    bring
  5. 5
    pay
  6. 6
    enjoy
  7. 7
    buy
  8. 8
    sit
  9. 9
    leave
  10. 10
    happen
  11. 11
    hear
  12. 12
    put
  13. 13
    catch
  14. 14
    watch
  15. 15
    understand
24.2

Write the past simple and past participle of these verbs.

  1. 1
    break example
  2. 2
    begin
  3. 3
    eat
  4. 4
    drink
  5. 5
    drive
  6. 6
    speak
  7. 7
    write
  8. 8
    come
  9. 9
    know
  10. 10
    take
  11. 11
    go
  12. 12
    give
  13. 13
    throw
  14. 14
    forget
24.3

Put the verb in the right form.

  1. 1
    I my hands because they were dirty. (wash)example
  2. 2
    Somebody has this window. (break)example
  3. 3
    I feel good. I very well last night. (sleep)
  4. 4
    We a really good film yesterday. (see)
  5. 5
    It a lot while we were on holiday. (rain)
  6. 6
    I've my bag. Have you it? (lose / see)
  7. 7
    Rosa's bicycle was last week. (steal)
  8. 8
    I to bed early because I was tired. (go)
  9. 9
    Have you your work yet? (finish)
  10. 10
    The shopping centre was about 20 years ago. (build)
  11. 11
    Anna to drive when she was 18. (learn)
  12. 12
    I've never a horse. (ride)
  13. 13
    Jessica is a good friend of mine. I've her for a long time. (know)
  14. 14
    Yesterday I and my leg. (fall / hurt)
  15. 15
    My brother in the London Marathon last year. Have you ever in a marathon? (run / run)
24.4

Complete these sentences. Choose from the box and put the verb into the correct form.

costdriveflymakemeetsellspeakswimtellthinkwake upwin
  1. 1
    I have some coffee. Would you like some?example
  2. 2
    Have you John about your new job?
  3. 3
    We played basketball on Sunday. We didn't play very well, but we the game.
  4. 4
    I know Gary, but I've never his wife.
  5. 5
    We were by loud music in the middle of the night.
  6. 6
    Stephanie jumped into the river and to the other side.
  7. 7
    'Did you like the film?' 'Yes, I it was very good.'
  8. 8
    Many different languages are in the Philippines.
  9. 9
    Our holiday a lot of money because we stayed in an expensive hotel.
  10. 10
    Have you ever a very fast car?
  11. 11
    All the tickets for the concert were very quickly.
  12. 12
    A bird in through the open window while we were having our dinner.