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@ Regular verbs Ifa verb is regular, the past simple and past participle endl in -ed. For example: infinitive lean finish use paint stop carry past simple ast participle For speling rules, see Appendix 6 For the past simple (| cleaned / they finished / she carried etc), see Units. cleaned finished used — painted -— stopped -—carried ‘We use the past participle to make the perfect tenses and all the passive forms. Perfect tenses (have/has/had cleaned): (© Ihave cleaned the windows. (present perfect ~ see Units 7-8) © They were still working. They hadnt finished. (past perfect - see Unit 15) Passive (is cleaned / was cleaned etc): ) He was carried out of the room. (past simple passive) ‘ This gate has just been painted. (present perfect passive) } nine 42= told: O Can you tell me what to do? (infinitive) She told me to come back the next day. (past simple) Have you told anybody about your new job? (past participle — present perfect) | was told to come back the next day. (past participle ~ passive) ‘With other irregular verbs all thee forms are different. For example, wake —> woke/woken: © Mliwake you up. (infinitive) ©. woke up in the middle ofthe night. (past simple) ) The baby has woken up. (past participle - present perfect) ) Iwas woken up by 2 loud noise. (past participle — passive) The following verbs can be regular or irregular: burn — bummed or bume smell smelled or smele © rear 5 reamed or dreamt (arern* spell —> spelled or spelt lean leaned or leant {lent} spill — spiled or spit learn —> leamed or learnt spoil —> spoiled oF spi | + yomunciation So you can say eant out ofthe window. or |eaned out of the window. © The dinner has been spoiled. or The dinner has been spoilt. In British English the irregular form (burnt/learnt etc) is more usval. For American English, see Appendix 7.Appendix 1 infinitive past simple past participle infinitive ‘past simple ast participle | be wasiwere been light lic lic beat beat beaten | Tose lost lose | become became become make made made begin began begun ean meane meant | bend bent bene meet met met | bet bet pay paid paid bie bitten put put pu | blew blown read read|red]’ read (red* broke broken fide rode fidden broughe broughe ring fang tung broadcast broadcast, rise rose fsen | built bul run fan fun burst burse boughe Doughe aid aid eo caughe caughe sought sought | chose chosen sold sold came come sent sent | crepe crept sewed sewmisewed | cur cue shook staken eat dealt shone shone | ug dug sho shor da done showed shown/showed | crew drawn shank shrunk