Grammar Rules _ Speak Good English Movement

Regular verbs are made past tense by adding -ed.
E.g.
• The audience laughed (past tense) loudly
at his joke. [laugh (base form) + ed ]
Irregular verbs differ from the base form as they have a
different spelling to indicate the past tense.
E.g.
• swim (base form) - swam (past tense).
Unlike the present tense, the form of a verb in the past
tense is the same whether the subject is singular or plural.
E.g.
• The girl (singular subject) drank the water.
The girls (plural subject) drank the water.
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