Past Simple: Regular and Irregular Verbs

• Use the past simple to talk about finished actions and situations in the past. Regular verbs add -ed, but irregular verbs change their form completely.
• Verb Type
• Base Form
• Past Simple Form
• Example
• Regular
• apply
• applied
• She applied for a job in Seattle.
• Regular
• work
• worked
• He worked in Austin last year.
• Irregular
• get
• got
• I got the job in New York.
• Irregular
• make
• made
• We made a mistake in Chicago.
• Remember
• Use regular verbs with -ed for finished actions.
• Change the spelling of some regular verbs (e.g., apply -> applied).
• Memorize past forms of common irregular verbs like get, make, learn, and draw.
• Use did / didn't for questions and negatives with all subjects.
• Examples
• I started my career in Boston.
• She got an internship in San Francisco.
• We didn't print the posters in Denver.
• Common mistakes
• She didn't got the job in Miami.
• She didn't get the job in Miami.
• He work in a London studio last year.
• He worked in a London studio last year.

Complete the sentences

• Mark (apply) ____ for an internship in Chicago yesterday.
• Sarah (get) ____ her first job in Seattle last month.
• We (make) ____ a big mistake in Boston.
• David (learn) ____ Figma in his new studio in Austin.
• Jessica (be) ____ very nervous before the interview in New York.
• They (work) ____ in San Francisco last year.

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