The simple past tense of most verbs ends in -ed. These verbs are called regular verbs.
Base Form Simple Past
aim aimed
bake baked
open opened
happen happened
pull pulled
push pushed
scold scolded
shout shouted
visit visited
wait waited
walk walked
work worked
Mom opened the door for us.
Sally petted the dog.
That event happened long ago.
We visited our uncle last week.
They walked to school together yesterday.
They worked until twelve last night.
Dad tried to fix the light.
William Tell aimed at the apple on his son’s head.
The simple past form of some verbs does not end in -ed.
Such verbs are called irregular verbs.
The simple past tense of some irregular verbs does not
change at all.
David hurt his foot when he
jumped over the drain.
The worker cut down the
tree this morning.
Base Form Simple Past
beat beat
burst burst
cost cost
cut cut
hit hit
hurt hurt
put put
read read
split split
shut shut
Most irregular verbs, however, take a different form in
the simple past tense.
Base Form Simple Past
bend bent
break broke
bring brought
buy bought
fall fell
fly flew
get got
hear heard
keep kept
lose lost
sell sold
shoot shot
sleep slept
I lost my pen on the bus.
We sold our car last week.
The baby slept right thought the night.
Peter got a watch for his birthday.
I heard a noise in the night.
He brought his pet mouse to school.
My book fell off the desk.
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