For regular verbs, just add -ed to make the past tense:
- I work from 9 AM to 5:00 PM every day.
- Yesterday, I worked until 6:00 PM.
Many common English verbs are irregular in the past:
| Verb | Past – Positive | Past – Negative |
| be | was / were | wasn’t / weren’t |
| become | became | didn’t become |
| begin | began | didn’t begin |
| break | broke | didn’t break |
| bring | brought | didn’t bring |
| build | built | didn’t build |
| buy | bought | didn’t buy |
| can | could | couldn’t |
| come | came | didn’t come |
| cost | cost | didn’t cost |
| choose | chose | didn’t choose |
| do | did | didn’t do |
| drink | drank | didn’t drink |
| drive | drove | didn’t drive |
| eat | ate | didn’t eat |
| fall | fell | didn’t fall |
| feel | felt | didn’t feel |
| find | found | didn’t find |
| forget | forgot | didn’t forget |
| get | got | didn’t get |
| give | gave | didn’t give |
| go | went | didn’t go |
| grow | grew | didn’t grow |
| have | had | didn’t have |
| hear | heard | didn’t hear |
| leave | left | didn’t leave |
| let | let | didn’t let |
| lose | lost | didn’t lose |
| make | made | didn’t make |
| meet | met | didn’t meet |
| pay | paid | didn’t pay |
| put | put | didn’t put |
| read | read (pronounced “red”) |
didn’t read |
| run | ran | didn’t run |
| say | said | didn’t say |
| see | saw | didn’t see |
| sell | sold | didn’t sell |
| send | sent | didn’t send |
| sit | sat | didn’t sit |
| sleep | slept | didn’t sleep |
| speak | spoke | didn’t speak |
| stand | stood | didn’t stand |
| take | took | didn’t take |
| teach | taught | didn’t teach |
| tell | told | didn’t tell |
| think | thought | didn’t think |
| understand | understood | didn’t understand |
| wake | woke | didn’t wake |
| wear | wore | didn’t wear |
| win | won | didn’t win |
| write | wrote | didn’t write |
Irregular Past Verbs
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Question 1 |
_______ your father happy when he _________ the news?
Were / hear | |
Was / did hear | |
Was / heard |
Question 2 |
Jimmy and Sean _________ a window while playing baseball inside the house.
built | |
bought | |
broke |
Question 3 |
The students ____________ their homework.
didn't did | |
didn't | |
didn't do |
Question 4 |
What ___________ your girlfriend for her birthday last year?
gave you | |
you gave | |
did you give |
Question 5 |
We _________ really late yesterday.
sleeped | |
slipt | |
slept |
Question 6 |
When I was a teenager, my parents __________ me drive their car.
didn't let | |
didn't letted | |
don't let |
Question 7 |
My favorite basketball team _______ the championship last year.
wan | |
wore | |
won |
Question 8 |
Where _________ last Saturday night at 10 PM?
you're | |
were you | |
was you |
Question 9 |
Mrs. Johnson ___________ us about World War II in history class.
learned | |
thought | |
taught |
Question 10 |
I ___________ enough time to finish the project.
didn't have | |
hadn't | |
didn't had |
Question 11 |
When ____________ their house?
did they sell | |
was they sell | |
did they sold |
Question 12 |
What ___________ at the store?
did you buy | |
you bought | |
you did buy |
Question 13 |
I __________ understand the movie we watched in English class.
couldn't | |
can't | |
didn't can |
Question 14 |
My boss ________ me an important e-mail this morning.
said | |
sent | |
spent |
Question 15 |
We _________ tickets to the show.
isn't get | |
didn't get | |
didn't got |
Question 16 |
Everyone _____ cake at Harold's birthday party on Saturday.
eat | |
ate | |
eated |
Question 17 |
How long ____________ you to read the book?
did it took | |
did it told | |
did it take |
Question 18 |
I _______ the president at a conference in 2007.
was meet | |
did meet | |
met |
Question 19 |
Aaron and Barbara _____________ out after work yesterday.
didn't went | |
didn't go | |
didn't gone |
Question 20 |
I _____ the eggs and milk in the refrigerator.
paid | |
putted | |
put |
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