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Past tense verbs refer to actions or events in the past. They can be regular verbs that end with a "d" or an "ed", or they can be irregular and change their spelling to show the past tense.
Example:
If you can add the ending "d" or "ed" to the word to make the past tense, then the verb is the regular verb.
Present Tense | Past Tense | Future Tense |
| accept | accepted | will accept |
| add | added | will add |
| admire | admired | will admire |
Irregular verbs are verbs that don't take on the regular –d, -ed, or -ied spelling patterns of the past simple or past participle. But Irregular verbs usually change the spelling for their past tense form.
Example:
Base Form of Verb | Past Tense | Past Participle |
| awake | awoke | awoken |
| begin | began | begun |
| choose | chose | chosen |
Examples of past tense verbs in sentences:
1. We get out of the school bus.
We got out of the school bus.
2. The bell ring and everyone rush to class.
The bell was ringing and everyone was rushing to class.
The bell was ringing and everyone was rushing to class.
3. The traffic stop. Some people sit on the road and they shout slogans.
The traffic stopped. Some people were sitting on the road and they were shouting slogans.
Examples of past tense verbs from the lesson "A Short Monsoon Diary":
Base Form of Verb | Past Tense | Past Participle |
know | knew | known |
fall | fell | fallen |
awake | awoke | awoken |
begin | began | begun |
break | broke | broken |
bring | brought | brought |
buy | bought | bought |
come | came | come |
see | saw | seen |
feel | felt | felt |
give | gave | given |
go | went | gone |
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