The Simple Past Tense

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Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs, on the other hand, do not follow a consistent pattern when forming the past tense. They have unique forms for the past tense that do not end in “-ed.” These past tense forms need to be learned individually because they do not conform to regular rules.

GROUP 1

Order	Present	Past	Sample Sentence
1.	Be	Was/Were	I was at the beach all day yesterday.
2.	Become	Became	She became a teacher after five years of study.
3.	Begin	Began	We began our hike early in the morning to avoid the heat.
4.	Break	Broke	He broke his glasses during the soccer game.
5.	Bring	Brought	They brought homemade cookies to the party.
6.	Build	Built	My grandfather built this house in the 1950s.
7.	Buy	Bought	Last week, I bought a new laptop for work.
8	Choose	Chose	For her birthday, she chose a chocolate cake.
9.	Come	Came	Everyone came to the meeting on time.
10.	Cut	Cut	He cut his finger while cooking dinner.

GROUP 2

Order	Present	Past	Sample Sentence
1.	Do	Did	Did you do your homework yesterday?
2.	Drink	Drank	We drank iced tea on the porch in the evening.
3.	Drive	Drove	She drove to the coast for the weekend.
4.	Eat	Ate	They ate sushi for dinner last night.
5.	Fall	Fell	He fell off the ladder but wasn’t hurt.
6.	Feel	Felt	I felt very happy after hearing the good news.
7.	Find	Found	They found a lost kitten in their garage.
8.	Fly	Flew	We flew to Paris for our vacation last summer.
9.	Forget	Forgot	I forgot to bring my phone with me.
10.	Get	Got	She got a beautiful gift from her friend.

GROUP 3

Order	Present	Past	Sample Sentence
1.	Give	Gave	He gave a stunning performance at the concert.
2.	Go	Went	Last weekend, we went to the museum.
3.	Grow	Grew	The children grew so much over the summer.
4.	Have	Had	We had a great time at the beach yesterday.
5.	Hear	Heard	I heard a strange noise outside last night.
6.	Keep	Kept	She kept all the letters in a special box.
7.	Know	Knew	They knew the answer to the question immediately.
8.	Leave	Left	He left his keys on the table.
9.	Let	Let	They let us borrow their car for the weekend.
10.	Lose	Lost	I lost my wallet on the way home.

GROUP 4

Order	Present	Past	Sample Sentence
1.	Make	Made	We made pancakes for breakfast on Sunday.
2.	Meet	Met	I met some old friends for coffee yesterday.
3.	Pay	Paid	She paid the bill and left the restaurant.
4.	Put	Put	He put the book back on the shelf after reading it.
5.	Read	Read (red)	Last night, I read the first chapter of a new book.
6.	Ride	Rode	They rode their bikes through the park.
7.	Run	Ran	This morning, I ran around the lake.
8.	Say	Said	She said she would call me later.
9.	See	Saw	We saw a shooting star last night.
10.	Sell	Sold	They sold their old car and bought a new one.

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