The four forms of past tense are
How to form past tense?
Just change the verb(action word to its past tense form).
Negative and Question form.
– Just add did not or didn’t after the subject and before the verb.
– To form a question, start your sentence with Did, followed by the subject and then the base form of the verb.
– In the negative and question form, DO NOT change the verb to past tense. The verb should be in the base form.
types of main verbs
1. regular and irregular verbs.
Regular verbs: Verbs that form their past tense form and past participle by adding ‘d’ or ‘ed’ to the base form are called regular verbs.
- The kitten plays with a ball of wool. (present tense)
- The kitten played with a ball of wool. (past tense)
- The kitten has played with a ball of wool. (past participle)
Irregular verbs: Irregular verbs form their past tense and past participle in many different ways. There is no fixed pattern to make the past tense and past participle of irregular verbs. The only way is to learn them is with practice.
There are 3 types of irregular verbs.
- Verbs with all the three forms (the base, the past tense form, the past participle) identical.
- Verbs with two parts identical. These verbs can be either regular or irregular with a ‘t’ suffix.
- Verbs with all three parts different.
All three forms are the same.
Two of the forms are the same.
Two of the forms are the same.
All three forms are different.
