Past Simple: Regular and Irregular Verbs

• Use the past simple to talk about actions that finished yesterday or last week. For regular verbs, add -ed. Irregular verbs change completely.
• Verb Type
• Base Form
• Past Simple Form
• Example
• Regular
• deliver
• delivered
• We delivered the load in Chicago.
• Regular
• arrive
• arrived
• The truck arrived at the gate.
• Irregular
• get
• got
• He got loaded in Dallas.
• Irregular
• leave
• left
• Mark left the warehouse at noon.
• Remember
• Use regular verbs by adding -ed to talk about finished past actions.
• Use irregular verb forms like got, left, and drove for past events.
• Use did for negative sentences and questions in the past.
• Examples
• Driver Brian delivered freight in Houston yesterday.
• The broker agent called the customer on Friday.
• She arrived at the Dallas yard at 8 AM.
• Common mistakes
• He arrive at the yard yesterday.
• He arrived at the yard yesterday.
• They get loaded in Atlanta last night.
• They got loaded in Atlanta last night.

Complete the sentences

• Yesterday, the dispatcher (call) ____ the driver in Boston.
• The truck (arrive) ____ at the Chicago warehouse late.
• Mark (get) ____ loaded in Philadelphia yesterday.
• She (leave) ____ the Seattle terminal at noon.
• We (deliver) ____ the cargo in Miami on time.
• The guard (check) ____ the papers at the gate.

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