By Jacqueline Schaalje

Fly Flew - Katmary

A student of mine asked me for a list of common verbs, with their past forms, because he keeps getting confused.

Here is the list that I made for him. You could find this useful too.

Common verbs that are regular:

Present	Past
Talk	Talked
Walk	Walked
Work	Worked
Decide	Decided
Call	Called
Phone	Phoned
Cook	Cooked
Wait	Waited
Serve	Served
Arrive	Arrived
Want	Wanted
Dance	Danced
Look	Looked
Help	Helped
Touch	Touched
Listen	Listened
Learn	Learnt (Br.), Learned (Am.)
Study	Studied
Rent	Rented
Show	Showed
Sign	Signed
Live	Lived
Love	Loved
Like	Liked
Surf (the internet or the sea)	Surfed
Suggest	Suggested
Offer	Offered
Receive	Received
Visit	Visited
Carry	Carried
Reserve	Reserved
Book	Booked
Plan	Planned
Start	Started
End	Ended
Need	Needed
Create	Created
Explain	Explained
Ask	Asked
Answer	Answered
Open	Opened
Close	Closed

 

Common irregular verbs:

Present	Past
Run	Ran
Meet	Met
Speak	Spoke
Say	Said
Tell	Told
Can	Could
Swim	Swam
Leave	Left
Go	Went
Be (am, is, are)	Was, were
Have (has)	Had
Drink	Drank
Eat	Ate
Come	Came
Sit	Sat
Stand	Stood
Understand	Understood
See	Saw
Feel	Felt
Write	Wrote
Read	Read
Cut	Cut
Buy	Bought
Pay	Paid
Fall	Fell
Fight	Fought
Get	Got
Give	Gave
Send	Sent
Begin	Began
Sell	Sold
Make	Made
Know	Knew
Put	Put
Fly	Flew

Check out these articles about present simple and past simple, if you like.

 

To practise, do this quiz.

Quiz Present and Past

Click here to do this quiz online. 

Choose a verb from the lists in this article. You can use the present or the past. You can use negatives.

1 Our company ____________ graphic designs.

2 One day we ____________ a new logo to a client.

3 The client ____________ me on the phone later that day.

4 “I _____________ my logo,” she said.

5 “Oh, did you __________ my email?” I asked.

6 “Yes, but there ___________ nothing in the email,” the client said. “Only words.”

7 I sent the logo again, and two minutes after that I __________ with the client again.

8 “Now do you ____________ the logo?” I asked.

9  “Sorry, I __________ anything,” said the client.

10 “You __________ to click on it,” I said.

11 “Click on what?” she ___________, completely surprised.

12 “You should click on the attachment,” I ____________.

13 It was the first time my client ___________ a file!

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