Mechanics · Irregulars

High-Frequency Base to Past

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be → was/were

do → did · make → made · take → took

find → found

bring → brought · drive → drove · read → read

go → went

say → said · see → saw · know → knew

think → thought

leave → left · have → had · get → got

come → came

give → gave · buy → bought · eat → ate

drink → drank

write → wrote · tell → told · run → ran

No hay -ed; memoriza grupos pequeños y recupéralos con frecuencia.

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Tips

High-Frequency Base to Past

  1. Los pasados irregulares no aceptan -ed; memoriza base y past dentro de una oración.
  2. Agrupa y recupera pares frecuentes: go/went, buy/bought, think/thought, run/ran.
  3. Read se escribe igual en presente y pasado, pero el contexto y la pronunciación cambian.