Regular Verb- just add /d/ or /ed/ speaks speak Spoke
verb ending in e - just add /d/ tells tell Told
Present Past bites bite Bit play Played takes take Took jump Jumped wakes wake Woke walk Walked lays lay Laid use used leads lead Led prove Proved means mean Meant hire hired reads read Read loses lose Lost Irregular verb – change the spelling shoots shoot Shot Example: child – children knows know Known lets let let Present Past sets set Set Singular Plural shuts shut Shut Breaks break Broke sits sit Sat Builds build Built seeks seek sought Comes come Came says say said Does do Did wears wear Wore Drinks drink Drank understand understand understoo Buys buy Bought s d Eats eat Ate takes take Took falls fall Fell fights fight Fought Present time expression finds find Found Ex. always every Sunday goes go Went every time every day flies fly Flew grows grow Grew Past time expression has have Had Ex. a while ago last week last Friday makes make Made long time ago yesterday last year rides ride Rode the day before yesterday Sells sell Sold Sends send Sent Future time expression Writes write Wrote Ex. next Monday tomorrow stands stand Stood this morning the day after tomorrow drives drive Drove in year on Monday gets get Got gives give Gave brings bring Brought thinks think Thought spends spend Spent draws draw Drew leaves leave Left keeps keep Kept sweeps sweep Swept sleeps sleep Slept sings sing Sang runs run Ran begins begin Begun teaches teach Taught catches catch Caught