Level A1
Past Simple: Irregular verbs
Some action words have a special past form: go → went, see → saw, eat → ate.
They went to school yesterday.
Yesterday is the past, and go becomes went: They went to school.
Forms
go → went · see → saw · eat → ate— not goed: a new wordI went · she went · they went— the same form with I, you, he, she, we, theyDid they go? · They didn't go.— with did, the action word is go again
A common mistake
Wrong: They goed to school.
Right: They went to school.
Not goed: go has a special past. They went to school.
More examples
We saw a big dog in the park.
See becomes saw.
She ate an apple and drank some water.
Eat becomes ate, drink becomes drank.