ENGLISH GRAMMAR
PAST SIMPLE TENSE (Koha e Kryer e Thjeshte/ koha e shkuar)
IRREGULAR VERBS (Foljet e parregullta)
The simple past is used to describe an action that happened and was completed in the past. (Koha e Kryer e
Thjeshte tregon nje veprim i cili ka perfunduar ne te shkuaren, pra veprimi ka perfunduar)
Irregular verbs in the simple past do not end in –ed. (Foljet e parregullta ne kohen e Kryer te Thjeshte
nuk marrin – ed ne fund)
EXP: Alison came home by train. The simple past of come is came NOT camed.
(Koha e Kryer e Thjeshte e foljes Come (vi) eshte Came (erdha) por asnjehere Camed.
To form the past tense of the irregular verbs, we change completely the structure (root) of the verbs .
(Per te formuar kohen e Kryer te Thjeshte te foljeve te parregullta, ne e ndryshojme krejtesisht strukturen
(rrenjen) e foljeve).
You have to study and memorize the past simple form of the Irregular verbs .These forms are the same
for every person (1st/2nd or 3rd singular/plural). (Ju duhet ti mesoni dhe ti mbani mend format e foljeve
ne Kohen e Kryer e Thjeshte. Keto forma jane te njejta ne te gjitha vetat: 1re/2te ose e 3te njejes/shumes
EXP: Go - went He went to the park. They went to school.
The verb be is the only one that has 2 forms in the past simple: (Folja jam eshte e vetmja qe ka dy forma
ne te kryeren e thjeshte) WAS (I/ HE/SHE/ IT) WERE (YOU/WE/THEY)
VERB infinitive SIMPLE PRESENT SIMPLE PAST
(forma e pazgjedhuar e foljes) (koha e Tashme) (koha e Kryer e Thjeshte)
Affirmative Affirmative
I am I was
You are You were
TO BE (folja Jam) He/ She/ It is He/ She/ It was
We are We were
You are You were
They are They were
SPELLING RULES
Irregular verbs that don’t change in Simple past. Irregular verbs that have a different form/spelling
( folje te parregullta qe nuk ndryshojne ne te from the base form (folje te parregullta qe kane forme/
kryeren e thjeshte) shqiptim te ndryshem)
Be – was / were
Put- put Begin- began
Cut- cut Go- went
Read - read Eat- ate
Hit – hit Come- came
Let – let Write- wrote
Cost- cost See- saw
Shut- shut Have- had
Say- said
When we conjugate irregular verbs in affirmative (simple past), they don’t change.
(Kur ne zgjedhojme foljet e parregullta ne pohore ne kohen e Kryer e Thjeshte, forma e foljes nuk
ndryshon, pra folja eshte e njejte ne te gjitha vetat)
When we conjugate irregular verbs in simple past, in negative and interrogative we use did (for questions)
or didn’t (for negatives) and the base form of the verb. (Kur ne zgjedhojme foljet e parregullta ne kohen e
Kryer e Thjeshte, ne mohore dhe pyetese, ne perdorim foljen DID dhe DIDN’T plus formen baze te
foljes, pra folja na kalon ne formen e saj te pazgjedhuar)
DID + base form of the verb DIDN’T + base form of the verb
Example: Did you go the park yesterday? I didn’t go to the park yesterday
Wrong: Did you went to the park yesterday? I didn’t went to the park yesterday
VERB SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE PAST
Infinitive- simple (koha e Kryer e thjeshte) (koha e Kryer e Thjeshte) (koha e Kryer e Thjeshte)
past Affirmative Negative Interrogative
Write- wrote I wrote I didn’t write Did I write?
You wrote You didn’t write Did you write?
He/ She/ It wrote He/ She/ It didn’t write Did he/ she/ it write?
We wrote We didn’t write Did we write?
You wrote You didn’t write Did you write?
They wrote They didn’t write Did they write?
Say- said I said I didn’t say Did I say?
You said You didn’t say Did you say?
He/ She/ It said He/ She/ It didn’t say Did he/ she/ it say?
We said We didn’t say Did we say?
You said You didn’t say Did you say?
They said They didn’t say Did they say?
List of irregular verbs in English
To do:
Study the list and memorize the past forms of the irregular verbs
Listen the recording and complete exercise 1 on page 65.
Make a story in exercise 3 (in your notebook)
Write 10 sentences about what you have done during the last 2 weeks.
