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Past Simple Tense: Regular Verbs with -ed, be Verbs was/were, and Memorizing the 11 Most Common Irregular Verbs

The Past Simple tense is used to talk about things that happened 'yesterday, last week, that year.' While it seems simple, there are two major pitfalls: not knowing irregular verbs well, and forgetting to revert the verb back to its base form when did/didn't is used. This article uses a 'signal word' method to help you master regular verbs with -ed and the be verbs was/were, and then memorize the most common irregular verbs like go→went and have→had as a complete set. After reading this, you'll confidently speak about the past.