Read & Listen: Simple Past Tense Verbs
OVERVIEW
On this page, you will learn about past tense verbs.
- First, read the text and study the charts.
- Then, listen to audio of the text.
READ & LISTEN
Read:
Verbs show action or condition. Use simple past tense to talk about things that happened and finished in the past at some time before now.
Add ed to a regular verb to make it past tense. There are different ways to add ed. Study the chart below for examples.
Listen:
The ed can be pronounced different ways. It can sound like t, d, or ed. You will practice the pronunciation more in face-to-face class.
Read:
Some verbs are irregular. That means that you do not add ed at the end to make them past tense. Instead, they become different words. Study the chart to learn more about irregular verbs:
| Basic Form of Verb | Example | Past Tense Verb | Example |
| be (am, is are) |
I am a mechanic. They are nurses. |
was / were |
I was a mechanic. They were nurses. |
| go / goes | We go to work. | went | We went to work yesterday. |
| have / has | The store has positions open. | had | The store had positions open. |
| do / does | We do our homework. | did | We did our work last night. |
| come / comes | He comes to work every day. | came | He came to work on Thursday. |
IRREGULAR PAST TENSE VERB CHART