Level 03 – Step 02 : Past Simple Irregular Verbs (He went to school. They ate lunch.)
/Level 03 – Step 02 : Past Simple Irregular Verbs (He went to school. They ate lunch.)
🚪 Let’s Begin
/🚪 Let’s Begin
🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn about irregular verbs in the past — verbs that change their form in special ways.
/🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn about irregular verbs in the past — verbs that change their form in special ways.
🐧Igupen: Like go → went and eat → ate?
/🐧Igupen: Like go → went and eat → ate?
Those look different from regular -ed verbs.
/Those look different from regular -ed verbs.
🦉Professor Owl: Ho ho ho.
/🦉Professor Owl: Ho ho ho.
Yes.
/Yes.
Irregular verbs don’t follow one rule, so we learn common ones and practice them with stories and sentences.
/Irregular verbs don’t follow one rule, so we learn common ones and practice them with stories and sentences.
Listen and try the examples.
/Listen and try the examples.
📚 Lesson
/📚 Lesson
What are irregular past verbs?
/What are irregular past verbs?
Irregular past verbs are verbs whose past forms do not end in -ed.
/Irregular past verbs are verbs whose past forms do not end in -ed.
Many common verbs are irregular: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had.
/Many common verbs are irregular: go → went, eat → ate, see → saw, have → had.
We use the past simple with irregular verbs to talk about finished actions in the past: He went to school yesterday.
/We use the past simple with irregular verbs to talk about finished actions in the past: He went to school yesterday.
How to learn them
/How to learn them
Memorize the most common ones first and practice in short sentences.
/Memorize the most common ones first and practice in short sentences.
Group verbs with similar changes e.g., sing → sang; ring → rang to help remember.
/Group verbs with similar changes e.g., sing → sang; ring → rang to help remember.
Read and listen to stories using past forms and repeat the sentences aloud.
/Read and listen to stories using past forms and repeat the sentences aloud.
Common patterns and examples
/Common patterns and examples
Vowel change: sing → sang; swim → swam.
/Vowel change: sing → sang; swim → swam.
Same form for base and past: put → put; cut → cut.
/Same form for base and past: put → put; cut → cut.
Unique past form: buy → bought; bring → brought.
/Unique past form: buy → bought; bring → brought.
When to use the past simple irregular
/When to use the past simple irregular
Use it for actions that happened at a specific time in the past: They ate lunch at noon.
/Use it for actions that happened at a specific time in the past: They ate lunch at noon.
Use with time words: yesterday, last week, two days ago.
/Use with time words: yesterday, last week, two days ago.
🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
/🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
Focus on small groups of verbs and practice 5–10 irregular verbs until you can say their past forms quickly.
/Focus on small groups of verbs and practice 5–10 irregular verbs until you can say their past forms quickly.
Use them in short spoken sentences about your day.
/Use them in short spoken sentences about your day.
Quick checks inside the lesson
/Quick checks inside the lesson
Present: go → Past: went.
/Present: go → Past: went.
Example: He went to school.
/Example: He went to school.
Present: eat → Past: ate.
/Present: eat → Past: ate.
Example: They ate lunch.
/Example: They ate lunch.
Present: see → Past: saw.
/Present: see → Past: saw.
Example: I saw a bird.
/Example: I saw a bird.
🌼 Sample Sentences
/🌼 Sample Sentences
No.01 He went to school yesterday.
/No.01 He went to school yesterday.
No.02 They ate lunch at noon.
/No.02 They ate lunch at noon.
No.03 I saw a rainbow after the rain.
/No.03 I saw a rainbow after the rain.
No.04 She took a picture of the flower.
/No.04 She took a picture of the flower.
No.05 We wrote a letter to our friend.
/No.05 We wrote a letter to our friend.
No.06 He bought a new book last week.
/No.06 He bought a new book last week.
No.07 The children swam in the pool yesterday.
/No.07 The children swam in the pool yesterday.
No.08 I heard a strange noise last night.
/No.08 I heard a strange noise last night.
No.09 She gave him a present for his birthday.
/No.09 She gave him a present for his birthday.
No.10 They drove to the park on Sunday.
/No.10 They drove to the park on Sunday.
🎓 Practice exercises
/🎓 Practice exercises
Note: Think first, then check the answers.
/Note: Think first, then check the answers.
Q1: Change to past simple (irregular): I go to the store.
/Q1: Change to past simple (irregular): I go to the store.
Q2: Change to past simple (irregular): He eats his breakfast.
/Q2: Change to past simple (irregular): He eats his breakfast.
Q3: Choose the correct past form: A) I goed to the shop. B) I went to the shop.
/Q3: Choose the correct past form: A) I goed to the shop. B) I went to the shop.
Q4: Change to past simple: She takes a photo.
/Q4: Change to past simple: She takes a photo.
Q5: Fill in the blank with past irregular: Yesterday I _____ (see) a cat.
/Q5: Fill in the blank with past irregular: Yesterday I _____ (see) a cat.
Q6: Change to past simple: They swim every summer.
/Q6: Change to past simple: They swim every summer.
Q7: Choose the correct sentence: A) He buyed a toy. B) He bought a toy.
/Q7: Choose the correct sentence: A) He buyed a toy. B) He bought a toy.
Q8: Make a past sentence with these words: I / hear / that / yesterday.
/Q8: Make a past sentence with these words: I / hear / that / yesterday.
Q9: Change to past simple: We drive to school every day.
/Q9: Change to past simple: We drive to school every day.
Q10: True or False: Some verbs do not change form in the past, for example cut → cut.
/Q10: True or False: Some verbs do not change form in the past, for example cut → cut.
Answers
/Answers
A1: I went to the store.
/A1: I went to the store.
A2: He ate his breakfast.
/A2: He ate his breakfast.
A3: B is correct: I went to the shop.
/A3: B is correct: I went to the shop.
A4: She took a photo.
/A4: She took a photo.
A5: Yesterday I saw a cat.
/A5: Yesterday I saw a cat.
A6: They swam last summer.
/A6: They swam last summer.
A7: B is correct: He bought a toy.
/A7: B is correct: He bought a toy.
A8: I heard that yesterday.
/A8: I heard that yesterday.
A9: We drove to school.
/A9: We drove to school.
A10: True
/A10: True
🦉 Closing
/🦉 Closing
🦉Professor Owl: Great work today learning irregular past verbs.
/🦉Professor Owl: Great work today learning irregular past verbs.
They don’t follow one rule, so steady practice and short daily sentences help a lot.
/They don’t follow one rule, so steady practice and short daily sentences help a lot.
🐧Igupen: I will pick five irregular verbs and practice them every day!
/🐧Igupen: I will pick five irregular verbs and practice them every day!
Keep practicing by telling short stories about what you did.
/Keep practicing by telling short stories about what you did.
Little steps every day make the irregular verbs feel natural.
/Little steps every day make the irregular verbs feel natural.
