Past Form
The past form of a verb is the form used to show
that the action
took place in the past. For regular verbs, the past form can be
created by adding "-ed", "-d" or "-t" to the basic
form.
However, irregular verbs form their past forms in a number of different
ways. (These do not normally cause problems for native English
speakers.)
Examples:
 play (basic
form) > played (past form - regular
verb)
lift (basic
form) > lifted (past form - regular
verb)
grow (basic
form) > grew (past form - irregular
verb)
run (basic
form) > ran (past form - irregular
verb)
sing (basic
form) > sang (past form - irregular
verb)
teach (basic
form) > taught (past form - irregular
verb)
See also:
Glossary of grammatical terms
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