Unit 24: Regular and irregular verbs

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A. Regular verbs

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

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

Past simple (= Unit 11)

  • I cleaned my shoes yesterday.
  • Charlie studied engineering at university.

Past participle

  • Present perfect = have/has + past participle (→ Units 15–18):
    I have cleaned my shoes.
  • Passive = be (is/are/were/has been etc.) + past participle (→ Units 21–22):
    These rooms are cleaned every day.
    My car has been repaired.

B. Irregular verbs

The past simple and past participle of irregular verbs are not -ed.

makebreakcut
past simplemadebrokecut
past participlemadebrokencut
Sometimes the past simple and past participle are the same. For example:
makefindbuycut
past simplemadefoundboughtcut
past participlemadefoundboughtcut
  • I made a cake yesterday. (past simple)
  • I have made some coffee. (past participle – present perfect)
  • Butter is made from milk. (past participle – passive present)
Sometimes the past simple and past participle are different. For example:
breakknowbegingo
past simplebrokeknewbeganwent
past participlebrokenknownbegungone
  • Somebody broke this window last night. (past simple)
  • Somebody has broken this window. (past participle – present perfect)
  • This window was broken last night. (past participle – passive past)
list of irregular verbs → APPENDIX 2-3
spelling (regular verbs) → APPENDIX 5

Examples

I cleaned my shoes yesterday.
I have cleaned my shoes.
My car has been repaired.
I made a cake yesterday.
Butter is made from milk.
Somebody broke this window.
This window was broken last night.

Exercises 24.1 – 24.4

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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.)

make → made
cut → cut
get →
bring →
pay →
enjoy →
buy →
sit →
leave →
happen →
hear →
put →
catch →
watch →
understand →
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24.2 Write the past simple and past participle of these verbs.

break → broke / broken
begin → /
eat → /
drink → /
drive → /
run → /
speak → /
write → /
come → /
know → /
take → /
go → /
give → /
throw → /
forget → /
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24.3 Put the verb in the right form.

  1. I washed my hands because they were dirty. (wash)
  2. Somebody has this window. (break)
  3. I feel good. I very well last night. (sleep)
  4. We a very good film yesterday. (see)
  5. It a lot while we were on holiday. (rain)
  6. I’ve my bag. Have you it? (see)
  7. Rosa’s bicycle was last week. (steal)
  8. I to bed early because I was tired. (go)
  9. Have you your work yet? (finish)
  10. The shopping centre was 20 years ago. (build)
  11. Ann to drive when she was 18. (learn)
  12. I’ve never a horse. (ride)
  13. Julia is a good friend of mine. I’ve her for a long time. (know)
  14. Yesterday I and my leg. (fall / hurt)
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24.4 Complete these sentences. Choose from the list and put the verb into the correct form.

cost drive fly make meet sell speak swim tell think wake up win

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

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