NLH Regular/Irregular Verbs

Regular past tense

100

Present:  walk

I walk today.

Past tense:  walked

I walked yesterday,

200

Present:  Talk

I talk. 

Past:  Talked

I talked yesterday. 

300

Present:  Look

Today, I look outside. 

Past:  Looked
Yesterday, I looked out the window. 

400

Present:  Want
Today, I want to swim. 

Past: Wanted
Yesterday, I wanted to swim. 

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. 

Regular past tense

100

Present:  Pretend

My friends and I pretend we're princesses. 

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

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. 

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)

400

Present:  Ask

I will ask about the movie. 

Past tense: Asked
I asked about the movie. 

500

Present: Bake

I want to bake a cake. 

Past:
I baked a cake last week. 

Irregular past tense

100

Present:  Say

Today I say hi. 

Past:  Said

Yesterday, I said hi. 

200

Present:  See

Today, I see the sun. 

Past: Saw
Yesterday, I saw the sun. 

300

Present:  Sing
Today, I will sing. 

Past:  Sang
Yesterday, I sang. 

400

Present:  Eat

I want to eat a hamburger. 

Past:  Ate
Yesterday, I ate a salad. 

500

Present:  Take
Today, I will take a break. 

Past: Took
Yesterday, I took the M-Step

Irregular past tense

100

Present: Take
I take a bus to school. 

Past:  Took
Yesterday, I took a cab. 

200

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

Past: Flew
I flew in a plane last week. 

300

Present:  Fight

I saw a fight today. 

Past:  Fought
My cat fought another cat. 

400

Present:  Sleep

I go to sleep every night. 

Past: Slept
I slept very well last night. 

500

Present:  Forget

I used to forget to sharpen my pencil. 

Past: Forgot
I forgot to bring a pen. 

Regular or Irregular

100

What is the past tense of sit? 

Sat

Is it regular or irregular? 

200

What is the past tense of go?

Went

Regular or irregular?

300

What is the past tense of discover?
Discovered. 

Is this regular or irregular? 

400

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

Is it regular or irregular?

500

What is the past tense of forget?
Forgot. 

Is it regular or irregular?