Simple Past Tense
Verbs
Regular
Irregular
Simple Past Tense
Regular
• Simply add –ed to the verbs
cook – cooked
smell – smelled
add - added
play – played
-> Sometimes the spelling changes
try – tr I ed
tried
copy – cop I ed
copied
How do you pronounce
the –ed?
There are 3 rules for the pronunciation of the –ed:

When the final sound of the base form is voiced
(vibration), the –ed is pronounced <d>.
cleaned
called

When the final sound of the base form is unvoiced (no
vibration), the –ed is pronounced <t>.
walked
typed

When the final sound of the base form ends in <t> or <d>,
the –ed is pronounced <id>. Also, add one syllable to the –
ed.
added
hunted
Additional regular past
tense verbs
There are over 600 regular verbs – here are just a few:
Add argue agree arrive ask bake break brush burn call
count care carry clean clear change cheat dress dance
decide end explain empty file frighten fix grab greet
harm help hurry invite include joke join kick kiss learn
like live move miss need own print plan push question
remove remember share skip sneeze start stay stop talk
turn type unite use visit wait want warn wash watch
wave whisper yawn yell zip
Practice: add –ed and write pronunciation sound
Irregular Past Tense
Verbs
These are verbs you CANNOT add
-ED to. These verbs change their
forms to create a new word OR they
remain the same.
Here’s the list
• Base form
•
be
•
become
•
begin
•
bend
•
bet
•
bite
•
blow
simple past
was/were
became
began
bent
bet
bit
blew
past participle
been
become
begun
bent
bet
bitten
blown
Base form
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
break
bring
build
buy
catch
choose
come
cost
cut
simple past
broke
brought
built
bought
caught
chose
came
cost
cut
past participle
broken
brought
built
bought
caught
chosen
come
cost
cut
Base form
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
dig
do
draw
drive
drink
eat
fall
feed
feel
fight
simple past
dug
did
drew
drove
drank
ate
fell
fed
felt
fought
past participle
dug
done
drawn
driven
drunk
eaten
fallen
fed
felt
fought
Base form
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
find
fit
fly
forbid
forget
forgive
freeze
get
give
go
simple past
found
fit
flew
forbade
forgot
forgave
froze
got
gave
went
past participle
found
fit
flown
forbidden
forgotten
forgiven
frozen
gotten
given
gone
Base form
grow
hear
hit
hold
hurt
keep
know
lay
simple past
grew
heard
hit
held
hurt
kept
knew
laid
past participle
grown
heard
hit
held
hurt
kept
known
laid
Base form
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
leave
let
lie
lose
make
mean
meet
mistake
overcome
pay
simple past
left
let
lay
lost
made
meant
met
mistook
overcame
paid
past participle
left
let
lain
lost
made
meant
met
mistaken
overcome
paid
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Base form
put
quit
read
ride
ring
rise
run
say
see
seek
sell
simple past
put
quit
read
rode
rang
rose
ran
said
saw
sought
sold
past participle
put
quit
read
ridden
rung
risen
run
said
seen
sought
sold
Base form
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
send
set
shake
shoot
shrink
shut
sing
sit
sleep
slide
simple past
sent
set
shook
shot
shrank
shut
sang
sat
slept
slid
past participle
sent
set
shaken
shot
shrunk
shut
sung
sat
slept
slid
Base form
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
speak
spend
stand
steal
stink
strike
sweep
Swim
take
simple past
spoke
spent
stood
stole
stank
struck
swept
swam
took
past participle
spoken
spent
stood
stolen
stunk
struck
swept
swum
taken
Base form
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
simple past
teach
taught
tear
tore
tell
told
think
thought
throw
threw
understand understood
upset
upset
wake
woke
wear
wore
weep
wept
past participle
taught
torn
told
thought
thrown
understood
upset
woken
worn
wept
Base form
• wind
• win
• write
simple past
past participle
wound
won
wrote
wound
won
written
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erbs.htm