Irregular Past Tense

Many verbs in English have an irregular past tense. This lesson introduces some of the more common ones.

The English verb be is very irregular in both the present and past tense. The following table shows the past tense of the verb be.

I was
he was
she was
it was
we were
you were
they were

उदाहरण

I was at the store.	मैं दुकान पर था।
He was tired.	वह थका हुआ था।
They were happy.	वे खुश थे।
We were at home.	हम घर पर थे।
Were they at the beach?	क्या वे समुद्र तट पर थे?
They were not at the beach.	वे समुद्र तट पर नहीं थे।
The car was dirty.	कार गंदा थी।
The windows were dirty.	खिड़कियां गंदे थीं।

A lot of other very common English verbs also have an irregular past tense. The following table shows the past tense for some very common English verbs. Unlike for the verb be, there is only one form of the past tense for these verbs.

Verb	Past Tense
bring	brought	लाना
buy	bought
choose	chose	पीने के लिए
do	did	करना
drink	drank	पीने के लिए
eat	ate	को खाने के
find	found	ढूंढना
go	went	जाना
get	got	प्राप्त करने के लिए, बनना, समझना
give	gave	देना
have	had	स्वामी होना, कब्जा करने के लिए
hold	held	रखना, पकड़ (हाथों में)
make	made	बनाना, बनाने
run	ran	चलाने के लिए
sit	sat	बेठना
say	said	बोलना
stand	stood	खड़ा रहना, सहन करना
take	took	लेना
tell	told	बताना
think	thought	सोचना

उदाहरण

We brought some cookies.	हम कुछ कुकीज़ ले आए।
She drank the coffee.	उसने कॉफी पी ली।
I found the keys.	मैं कुंजी पाया।
The cat sat by the window.	बिल्ली खिड़की से बैठ गई।
I thought you said something.	मुझे लगा कि तुमने कुछ कहा।