Kunci Jawaban Bahasa Inggris Kelas 8 Halaman 31 32 Section 4 Kurikulum Merdeka: Simple Past Verbs

For example, they ask the students to recount their last holiday experiences or their activities on the last Independence Day.

To recount these past experiences, we need to use Past Simple verbs. The Past Simple verbs are usually formed by adding ‘d’, ‘ed’, or ‘ied’ to the base verb. Look at the following examples:

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Celebrate + d → celebrated

Participate + d → participated

Try + [change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ ] + ed → tried

We call these regular verbs.

Many other verbs, however, are irregular. These irregular verbs do not really follow any rules. They need to be learned. See the following examples:

Win → won

Make → made

Hold → held

Have a look at the following examples taken from the previous dialogues.

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Regular verbs

I participated in a tandem race, tug of war, Panjat Pinang, and sack race.

I jumped up onto my friends’ shoulders

Irregular verbs