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One of his most famous paintings

Vincent Van Gogh is a much-celebrated artist today.He was an unknown in histime. He was poor and lived in a cramped room. All he possessed was his easel,paint, brushes, a little money and talent. He used dierent kinds of lines in hisartwork and painted landscapes, still life and portraits.

He always signed his paintings. However, he hardly sold any of his works.Vincent lived a sad life. He slowly became insane. He even cut o his ear. !inally,he shot himself in the chest when he was "# years old. $oday, his works,,%&un'owers% and %&tarry, starry night% are known as masterpieces. $hey cost aforyune and often become the focus of attention at e(hibitions and auctions.

Verbs in the Simple PastVerbs are words that show actions, states or experiences.

'Be' Verb

It is used to show a state or experience. 'Be' verbs in the simple past are was (singular) and were

(plural). It is also followed by a noun, pronoun or adective.

!xamples"He was an unknown in his time, (noun)

Mr and Mrs Tan were happy to receive their grand prize - a brand new car.(adjective)

That bicyce was mine unti my !ather took it away !rom me. (pronoun) '#o' Verb

It is used to show an action. $ll verbs other than 'be' verbs are considered 'do' verbs.

!xamples"He used di!!erent kinds o! ines in his artwork ...

"he visited her cousin in #erth ast month.

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Regular Verbs

%egular verbs ta&e on the suffix 'ed' or'd' in the past form. oo& at the following examples thatcan be found in the passage on Van ogh.

V)*+ &/) A&$ !O*/ive /ivedossess ossessed&ign &ignedaint ainted0se used

Irregular Verbs

$hese are action words that are spelt and pronounced dierently in thesimple past form. /ook at the e(amples that can be found in the passage onVan Gogh.

Simple Past Tense

1 $his tense is used to talk about events, actions or situations which

happened in past and are now 2nished.

1 3e have to say or imply when the action happened, so we use timereferences si asyesterday, lastetc.

)(ample4Iforgot to shut the windowslast night.

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1 &ome words like %cut%, %put% and

%hit% are also classi2ed as

irregular verbs. $he spelling

and pronunciation of these

words do not change no

matter which tense they are

in.

&ome words have two simple past

forms, e.g. burn - burned7burnt

learn - learned7learnt

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&ell &old

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+ecome +ecame

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