Regular past tense
Regular past tense
Irregular past tense
Irregular past tense
Regular or Irregular
100

Present:  walk

I walk today.

Past tense:  walked

I walked yesterday,

100
Present:  Pretend

My friends and I pretend we're princesses. 

Past:  Pretended
I pretended I was a butterfly to entertain my grandmother. 

100

Present:  Say

Today I say hi. 

Past:  Said

Yesterday, I said hi. 

100

Present: Take
I take a bus to school. 

Past:  Took
Yesterday, I took a cab. 

100

What is the past tense of sit? 

Sat

Is it regular or irregular? 

200

Present:  Talk

I talk. 

Past:  Talked

I talked yesterday. 

200
Present:  Dry

I dry my dishes every day. 

Past tense: Dried (note that y becomes i in this instance, but it is still regular)

I dried my hair this morning. 

200
Present:  See

Today, I see the sun. 

Past: Saw
Yesterday, I saw the sun. 

200

Present:  Fly
I'm going to fly in a helicopter soon!

Past: Flew
I flew in a plane last week. 

200

What is the past tense of go?

Went

Regular or irregular?

300
Present:  Look

Today, I look outside. 

Past:  Looked
Yesterday, I looked out the window. 

300
Present: Fry

I like to fry potatoes. 

Past: Fried
Yesterday, she fried an egg. (note:  y becomes i - it is still regular past tense)

300

Present:  Sing
Today, I will sing. 

Past:  Sang
Yesterday, I sang. 

300
Present:  Fight

I saw a fight today. 

Past:  Fought
My cat fought another cat. 

300

What is the past tense of discover?
Discovered. 

Is this regular or irregular? 

400

Present:  Want
Today, I want to swim. 

Past: Wanted
Yesterday, I wanted to swim. 

400

Present:  Ask

I will ask about the movie. 

Past tense: Asked
I asked about the movie. 

400
Present:  Eat

I want to eat a hamburger. 

Past:  Ate
Yesterday, I ate a salad. 

400
Present:  Sleep

I go to sleep every night. 

Past: Slept
I slept very well last night. 

400

What is the past tense of know?
It is knew. 

Is it regular or irregular?

500

Present: Try
Today, I will try to do one more thing. 

Past:  Tried (note - "try" ends in a "y" so we change it to "i" and add "ed."  It is still regular.)
Yesterday, I tried sushi for the first time. 

500

Present: Bake

I want to bake a cake. 

Past:
I baked a cake last week. 

500

Present:  Take
Today, I will take a break. 

Past: Took
Yesterday, I took the M-Step

500
Present:  Forget

I used to forget to sharpen my pencil. 

Past: Forgot
I forgot to bring a pen. 

500

What is the past tense of forget?
Forgot. 

Is it regular or irregular?