at the end; their spelling is changed instead. get – got write – wrote ride – rode sing - sang swim - swam say – said think – thought go - went wear - wore speak - spoke draw - drew sleep - slept eat - ate freeze - froze give - gave come - came fight - fought sit - sat meet - met take - took make - made feed - fed tell - told lead - led There are some verbs that do not change in spelling even if they are in the past tense. cut – cut put - put hurt – hurt read - read hit – hit