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Collin County Community College ESL G300: Simple Past Tense

Instead of learning verb forms for individual verbs, it is easier to learn them in groups that have similar forms. Below are several groups of verbs (the basic form and the simple past form). Use these lists to help you learn the simple past forms of these irregular verbs.

Base Form Simple Past begin began drink drank ring rang sing sang sink sank swim swam

Base Form Simple Past buy bought bring brought catch caught fight fought teach taught think thought

Base Form Simple Past blow blew grow grew know knew throw threw

Base Form Simple Past feed fed feel felt keep kept lead led leave left meet met read read sleep slept Base Form Simple Past lend lent send sent spend spent bend bent build built

Base Form Simple Past break broke choose chose sell sold tell told speak spoke steal stole drive drove ride rode wake woke write wrote

Base Form Simple Past cost cost cut cut hit hit hurt hurt put put quit quit shut shut let let