Past Tense Regular Verbs Rules

​Regular Past Verbs and Rules

​Simple Past Tense

​Teacher Daniel Skultety

Regular past tense verbs ​refer actions or events in the past. They can be verbs that simply en with a "d" or an "ed".

​What are Regular Past Verbs_

• To form the past tense of a verb, add -ed to the end of the root form of the verb. ...

• If the verb ends in -e, just add a -d to the end of the root form. ...

• If the verb ends in -y, we turn the -y into an -i and add -ed. ...

• If a one-syllable verb ends in consonant-vowel-consonant, we double the final consonant

• To form the past tense of a verb, add -ed to the end of the root form of the verb. ...

​1st Rule

Infinitive Simple Past Regular​

Work Worked (+ed)​

Play Played​ (+ed)​

• If the verb ends in -e, just add a -d to the end of the root form. ...

2nd Rule

Infinitive Simple Past Regular​

Decide Decided (+d)​

Taste Tasted (+d)​

• If the verb ends in -y, we turn the -y into an -i and add -ed. ...

3rd Rule

Infinitive Simple Past Regular​

Try Tried (+ied)​

Cry Cried (+ied)​

• If a one-syllable verb ends in consonant-vowel-consonant, we double the final consonant

4th Rule

Infinitive Simple Past Regular​

Shop Shopped (+ped)​

Pet Petted (+ted)​