Simple past

To talk about something in the past, use the (simple) past or past tense.
Use the past simple to talk about something that happened in the past at a certain point in time.

With regular verbs you make the simple past by placing a '-d' or '-ed' behind the entire verb.
There are exceptions to this rule. These are the irregular verbs (also see the verbs section).

Examples regular verbs

• I love - I loved.

A verb ending in '-y' gets '-ied' in the past tense.

• We carry - We carried.

Sometimes you have to double the letter at the end of the word.

• They stop - They stopped

Examples irregular verbs

• I buy - I bought
• He can - He could
• We come - We came
• They drink - They drank

Study the past tense and past participle of the irregular verbs.