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How do you form the past of verbs?

There are a few different ways to form the past tense of verbs in English, depending on the verb's type:

Regular Verbs:

* Add "-ed" to the base form of the verb:

* walk - walked

* play - played

* jump - jumped

* like - liked

Irregular Verbs:

* These verbs have unique past tense forms that you need to memorize:

* go - went

* see - saw

* eat - ate

* do - did

* have - had

* say - said

Past Participle:

* This is the form of a verb used with "have" to form the perfect tenses (present perfect, past perfect, future perfect) or with "be" to form the passive voice:

* Regular verbs: same as the past tense (walked, played, jumped, liked)

* Irregular verbs: may be different from the past tense (gone, seen, eaten, done, had, said)

Other Notes:

* Double the consonant: If the base form of the verb ends in a consonant followed by a single vowel, double the consonant before adding "-ed" (e.g., stop - stopped, plan - planned).

* Drop the "y" and add "-ied": If the base form of the verb ends in a consonant followed by "y," drop the "y" and add "-ied" (e.g., study - studied, carry - carried).

Examples:

* Present Tense: I walk to school.

* Past Tense: I walked to school yesterday.

* Present Perfect: I have walked to school every day this week.

* Past Perfect: I had walked to school before it started raining.

* Passive Voice: The ball was thrown by the boy.

It's important to learn the past tense and past participle forms of irregular verbs, as they are used in a variety of grammatical structures. You can find lists of irregular verbs online or in grammar textbooks.

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