A Table of Changes in the Past Tense of VerbsThe rules of the past tense were divided into regular and irregular:
** 1. Rule Change **
1. Generally, add-ed at the end of the word, for example, want-wanted, work-worked, need-needed, clean-cleaned.
2. Add a-d to the end of the word if it ends with a silent e, for example: like liked, live lived, use used, move moved, smile smiled, hope hoped. (Note: ie ends with a verb, directly add d, such as: died, tied)
3. For a stressed, closed-syllable verb that ends in a syllable and a syllable, double-write the final syllable and add-ed, for example: stop-stopped, trip-tripped, plan-planned.
4. Verbs that end with a syllable and a y, first change the y to i, then add-ed, for example: study-studied, carry-carried, hurry-hurried, marry-married, worry-worried.
** 2. Irregular Changes **
1. Words ending in't 'have the same past tense as their original form, such as' put ',' let ',' cut ',' beat ',' read 'and' must'.
2. Words ending in d, change d to t, such as build-built, lend-lent, send-sent, spend-spent.
3. Some of the verb forms had special variations, such as:
- There was a double E in the middle, so remove the E and add a T. At the end, the D had to become a T.
- Ow and aw would become ew.
- Some three-letter verb forms were the same as the past tense and past tense, such as rid-rid-rid (v. get rid of), bet-bet-bet (v. bet), put-put (v. put), etc.
- There were also specially-inflected verb forms such as think, think, fight, and buy.
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