ESL 3 – Simple Past
Irregular Past Tense Verbs
BASE FORM
SIMPLE PAST
BASE FORM
SIMPLE PAST
1. be
2. beat
3. become
4. begin
5. bend
6. bet
7. bite
8. blow
9. break
10. bring
11. build
12. burn
13. buy
14. catch
15. choose
16. come
17. cost
18. cut
19. dig
20. do
21. draw
22. dream
23. drive
24. drink
25. eat
26. fall
27. feel
28. fight
29. find
30. fly
31. forget
32. forgive
33. freeze
34. get
35. give
36. go
37. grow
38. hang
39. have
40. hear
was, were
beat
became
began
bent
bet
bit
blew
broke
brought
built
burned
bought
caught
chose
came
cost
cut
dug
did
drew
dreamt
drove
drank
ate
fell
felt
fought
found
flew
forgot
forgave
froze
got
gave
went
grew
hung
had
heard
41. hide
42. hit
43. hold
44. hurt
45. keep
46. know
47. learn
48. leave
49. lose
50. make
51. meet
52. pay
53. put
54. read
55. ride
56. ring
57. rise
58. run
59. say
60. see
61. sell
62. send
63. show
64. sing
65. sit
66. sleep
67. speak
68. stand
69. swim
70. take
71. teach
72. tell
73. think
74. throw
75. understand
76. wake
77. wear
78. win
79. write
hid
hit
held
hurt
kept
knew
learned
left
lost
made
met
paid
put
read
rode
rang
rose
ran
said
saw
sold
sent
showed
sang
sat
slept
spoke
stood
swam
took
taught
told
thought
threw
understood
woke
wore
won
wrote
ESL 3 – Simple Past
Regular Past Tense Verbs
1. For most verbs, add d or –ed.
rent – rented
walk – walked
save – saved
live – lived
2. If a verb ends in a consonant + y , change the y to ied.
try – tried
study – studied
3. If a verb ends in a consonant + vowel + consonant, double the final consonant and add
ed.
stop – stopped
rob - robbed
4. If a verb ends in w, x or y, do not double the consonant. Add ed.
play – played
relax – relaxed
snow – snowed
 Rule – subject + past tense verb…
I
You
He / she / it
They
We
worked yesterday.
 Questions
Base
form
Did you go to school yesterday?
 Negative
Base
form
-
Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.
What did you learn?
I did not finish my test.
I didn’t finish my test.
ESL 3 – Simple Past