Regular Past Tense Verbs and Rules

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Most regular verbs form their past tense by adding '--' to the base form.

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ed

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Past tense of 'play'

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played

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Correct past tense of 'walk'

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walked

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Past tense of "dance"?

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danced

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Verbs Ending in Consonant + 'y': Example: cry

Back

Change 'y' to 'i' and add '-ed': cried

Front

Past tense of "try"?

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tried

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Past tense of "apply"?

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applied

Front

R_________ verbs add '-ed' for past tense; irregular verbs have unique forms.

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Regular

Front

For verbs ending in '-e', e.g., bake

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Add '-d' for past tense: baked

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For verbs ending in a vowel + consonant with stress on the final syllable (e.g., stop):

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Double the final consonant and add '-ed'.