5 Common Irregular Past Tense Verbs

Hey guys, I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on five common

irregular past tense verbs. Now, students always ask me, "Teacher, Alex, what verbs

do I need to speak English? What verbs are common, are necessary for me to exist and

survive in an English-speaking world?" Now, you need all the verbs, a lot of verbs. Now,

some are more common than others. In this lesson, I will review some of the more common

English verbs that you will need to know in order to speak, again, in the present, but

more specifically, in the past, because as you know, not all verbs are regular. Not all

verbs end in -ed in the past. Now, you know walked, played, stopped, verbs like this.

These are past tense regular verbs. These verbs are irregular, which means that you

don't just add -ed. You change the spelling, you change the pronunciation. Here, we have

go, make, take, get, and have. All very common. I use these words every day, okay? Here, we

have a present sentence and a past sentence, but the past verb is blank. So, if you know

the verb, wonderful. If you don't, you will learn it today. Go. In the present, I go shopping

on Saturdays. A habit, regular, everyday behavior. Not every day, in this case, on Saturdays.

It's a habit, regardless. Now, in the past, I, hmm, shopping yesterday. Okay, one mistake

that many beginners make is that they say, "I was go." Now, if you watch the lesson on

the be verb, you will know we do not say be verb plus another verb. Like, no was, no am,

plus another verb. Okay? Now, here, we need the verb. What is the past tense verb? I went.

Oh, sorry about that, guys. I'm going to fix that w. Okay, you can see it, right? It's

w-e-n-t. Okay? So, the past of go is went. So, if your friend asks you, "What did you

do this weekend?" You don't say, "Oh, this weekend, I go shopping. I go my friend's house.

I went." Okay? I went shopping. I went to the store. I went to visit my mother, etc.

Next, we have make. She makes really good cookies. She makes really good cookies. This

could be about your mother or a friend from school. I had a friend in university who made

awesome cookies. Okay? And I'm thinking of her right now as I write this. In the past,

she, hmm, a small mistake. She, not she makes, she made. She made a small mistake. Maybe

you make a mistake on a test or something like this. So, she wrote her test and she

made a small mistake. Maybe I'll give her half a mark off. That's it.

Next, we have take. Present, he takes his allergy meds in the morning. Meds is just

a short form for medication, right? His allergy medication, allergy meds in the morning. Past

of take is not "taked" but "took." He took his driving test this afternoon. He took it

in the past, just this afternoon. Get, present, we get a lot of customers on weekends, regularly

behavior, okay? Habitual. The past of get, not "getted," got. For example, this is

G-O-T. We got a dog for Christmas. Now, again, get is really common and it has many, many

uses. We follow it with many things, but one of the meanings of get is to receive something.

So, we got a dog for Christmas to acquire or receive it. Have. They have a big family.

Past of have, same for every subject. We know in the present, we say, "I have, you have,

he, she, it has, we have, they have." In the past, we just say, "I, you, he, she, it, we,

they, had, had, had, had, had, had, had." H-A-D. H-A-D. They had a really nice time

together. Okay, so just to review, guys, the past form of go is "went." Okay, so if you're

talking about what you did yesterday, where you went yesterday, please say, "I went,"

not, "I was go." No. Okay, make, she, made. Made is the past. Take, took, get, got, and

finally, have, had. Okay, guys, just to test your understanding one more time of these

five irregular past tense verbs, check out the quiz on www.engvid.com. Good luck and

take care.