Past tense

THE PAST TENSE

(Mitvergangenheit)

Regular verbs

How to form: Infinitive + ed = 2^nd form

Examples:

walk + ed

walked

laugh + ed

laughed

want + ed

wanted

Note:
cry - cried

y >> i

carry - carried y >> i

love - loved no e

hope - hoped e fällt weg

stop - stopped if you speak a short vowel >> doubling

drop -dropped Bei kurz gesprochenen Vokal >> Verdopplung

Key words: yesterday, last week (month, Monday, October,...), in 1984, ago

Irregular verbs

Examples:

1^st form

2^nd form

1^st form

2^nd form

am, is

was

see

saw

are

were

do

did

get

got

take

took

go

went

have

had

IRREGULAR VERBS LIST

Negation: didn't (= did not) + 1^st form

He didn't go to her last party. They didn't like his story.

BUT: was not (wasn't), were not (weren't), could not (couldn't)

Question: did + 1^st form

Did he go to her last party? Did they like his story?

BUT: Was he angry? Were they late? Could they swim?

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Examples:	walk + ed	walked
	laugh + ed	laughed
	want + ed	wanted
Note:	cry - cried	y >> i
	carry - carried	y >> i
	love - loved	no e
	hope - hoped	e fällt weg
	stop - stopped	if you speak a short vowel >> doubling
	drop -dropped	Bei kurz gesprochenen Vokal >> Verdopplung

Examples:	1^st form	2^nd form	1^st form	2^nd form
	am, is	was	see	saw
	are	were	do	did
	get	got	take	took
	go	went	have	had