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I sleep. You sleep. He/She sleeps.

I do. You do. He/She does.

To show that a verb which ends in –y, is in the present tense, we either use
the verb as it is or usually drop the final –y and add –ies to the verb.

I cry. You cry. He/She cries.

I try. You try. They cry

Simple Past Tense

To form the past tense of a verb, we usually add -ed to the verb.

call + -ed = called walk + -ed = walked
show + -ed = showed talk + -ed = talked

The last letters of some verbs are doubled when -ed is added to them.

knit + -ed = knitted fan + -ed = fanned

drop + -ed = dropped sob + -ed = sobbed

1. I played cricket. 2. They sang a song.
3. He walked on foot. 4. You wanted a good book.

Read the given present and past forms of the verbs

Present Past Present Past

abuse abused bark barked

catch caught come came

buy bought earn earned

hate hated like liked
sit sat play played

climb climbed yell yelled

Test Yourself

A. Add -ed to these verbs.
1. help __________ 2. fill __________

3. fear __________ 4. jump __________

5. walk __________ 6. fix __________

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