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Master the past tense of the 100 most common English verbs.

100 Most Common Verbs — Past Tense

#	Verb	Past Tense	Example
1	be	was/were	She was very happy yesterday.
2	have	had	They had a great time at the park.
3	do	did	He did his homework after school.
4	say	said	She said goodbye to her friends.
5	go	went	We went to the beach last summer.
6	get	got	I got a new bicycle for my birthday.
7	make	made	Mom made delicious cookies.
8	know	knew	He knew all the answers.
9	think	thought	She thought it was a good idea.
10	take	took	Dad took us to the zoo.
11	see	saw	I saw a rainbow after the rain.
12	come	came	They came to visit us last week.
13	want	wanted	She wanted a puppy for her birthday.
14	look	looked	He looked out the window.
15	use	used	We used crayons to draw pictures.
16	find	found	She found a pretty shell on the beach.
17	give	gave	He gave his friend a nice gift.
18	tell	told	Mom told us a bedtime story.
19	work	worked	They worked hard on the project.
20	call	called	She called her grandmother.
21	try	tried	He tried to climb the tall tree.
22	ask	asked	She asked the teacher a question.
23	need	needed	They needed more time to finish.
24	feel	felt	I felt happy about the surprise.
25	become	became	The caterpillar became a butterfly.
26	leave	left	We left the park at sunset.
27	put	put	She put the book on the shelf.
28	mean	meant	He meant to say thank you.
29	keep	kept	She kept her promise to help.
30	let	let	Mom let us stay up late.
31	begin	began	The show began at seven o'clock.
32	seem	seemed	It seemed like a really fun game.
33	help	helped	He helped his little sister.
34	show	showed	She showed us her new painting.
35	hear	heard	I heard a bird singing outside.
36	play	played	They played in the garden all day.
37	run	ran	The dog ran across the big field.
38	move	moved	We moved to a new house.
39	live	lived	They lived near the school.
40	believe	believed	She believed in fairy tales.
41	bring	brought	He brought snacks to share.
42	happen	happened	It happened very quickly.
43	write	wrote	She wrote a letter to her pen pal.
44	sit	sat	We sat under the big oak tree.
45	stand	stood	He stood at the front of the line.
46	lose	lost	They lost the game by one point.
47	pay	paid	She paid for the ice cream.
48	meet	met	I met my new teacher today.
49	include	included	The set included all the pieces.
50	continue	continued	The rain continued all afternoon.
51	set	set	He set the table for dinner.
52	learn	learned	We learned about dinosaurs today.
53	change	changed	The weather changed very suddenly.
54	lead	led	She led the team to victory.
55	understand	understood	He understood the math lesson.
56	watch	watched	They watched a funny movie.
57	follow	followed	The puppy followed me home.
58	stop	stopped	The bus stopped at our corner.
59	create	created	She created a beautiful drawing.
60	speak	spoke	He spoke clearly to the class.
61	read	read	I read a great book last week.
62	allow	allowed	The teacher allowed extra time.
63	add	added	She added sprinkles to her cake.
64	spend	spent	We spent the day at the beach.
65	grow	grew	The sunflowers grew very tall.
66	open	opened	He opened the present excitedly.
67	walk	walked	They walked to school together.
68	win	won	Our team won the big game.
69	offer	offered	She offered to help clean up.
70	remember	remembered	He remembered all his lines.
71	love	loved	She loved playing with her cat.
72	consider	considered	They considered all the options.
73	appear	appeared	A rainbow appeared in the sky.
74	buy	bought	Dad bought us new sneakers.
75	wait	waited	We waited for the school bus.
76	serve	served	She served lunch to everyone.
77	send	sent	He sent a postcard from vacation.
78	expect	expected	We expected it to be sunny.
79	build	built	They built an amazing sandcastle.
80	stay	stayed	She stayed at her friend's house.
81	fall	fell	Leaves fell from the tall trees.
82	cut	cut	He cut the paper with scissors.
83	reach	reached	She reached the top of the hill.
84	remain	remained	One cookie remained on the plate.
85	suggest	suggested	He suggested we play outside.
86	raise	raised	She raised her hand to answer.
87	pass	passed	The parade passed by our house.
88	sell	sold	They sold lemonade at their stand.
89	decide	decided	We decided to go swimming.
90	pull	pulled	He pulled the heavy door open.
91	eat	ate	She ate a delicious sandwich.
92	drive	drove	Mom drove us to school today.
93	teach	taught	The teacher taught us fractions.
94	carry	carried	He carried his backpack to class.
95	hold	held	She held the baby kitten gently.
96	sing	sang	They sang songs around the campfire.
97	draw	drew	He drew a picture of his family.
98	catch	caught	She caught the ball with one hand.
99	swim	swam	We swam in the lake all afternoon.
100	fly	flew	The kite flew high in the sky.
101	wear	wore	She wore her favorite red dress.