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5. My dog (jump) at me and barked.

6. I (live) in Delhi for five years when I was a baby.

7. I (finish) my homework yesterday.

8. We (play) football last evening.

Some verbs change their form in the simple past tense.

y Verbs ending in y, drop the y and take ied.

For example, carry—carried, try—tried.

y Some verbs double their last consonant in the simple past tense.

For example, drop—dropped, stop—stopped, wag—wagged.

y Some verbs change their form completely in the simple past tense.
For example, eat—ate, think—thought, take—took.

Study the table to learn about verbs that change their form completely.

Present tense Past tense Present tense Past tense

run ran drive drove

sit sat give gave

do did throw threw

drink drank stand stood

write wrote catch caught

go went get got

buy bought lose lost

bring brought take took

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