This document discusses verb conjugation in the past tense in English. It provides examples of regular verbs that take -ed, irregular verbs that change form completely, and a few irregular verbs like pay, lay, and say. It also includes a practice section where readers fill in blanks with the past tense forms of example verbs like hide, give, fly, bite, draw, break, do, and wear.

1. Verbs
Past Tense

2. To make a verb in the
Past Tense we add -ed
work worked
wait waited
ask asked
open opened

3. Those verbs ending in y
change to -ied
try tried
carry carried
hurry hurried
copy copied

4. These three words are
special:
pay paid
lay laid
say said

5. But some words change
completely in the Past:

6. bite bit
break broke

7. come came
creep crept

8. do did
draw drew

9. drink drank
fall fell

10. fly flew
give gave

11. hide hid
wear wore

12. Now, fill in these
sentences.

13. hid
Mark ____ the ball in
the cupboard (hide).

14. The girl _____ her mum
gave
a hug (give).

15. flew
The bird _____ away
from the cage (fly).

16. The doy _____ Susan in
bit
her leg (bite).

17. Who _____
drew
this picture? (draw).

18. The boys ______
broke
a window (break).

19. Philip ____
did
his homework well (do).

20. Jack _____
wore
his new shoes (wear).