Tip 36: Past Tense

Present Tense	Past Tense
is	was
are	were
speed	sped
spit	spat
beat	beat
carry	carried
reply	replied
throw	threw
teach	taught
add	added
keep	kept
bend	bent
bite	bit
break	broke
blow	blew
bring	brought
carry	carried
catch	caught
come	came
cry	cried
cut	cut
dig	dug
do	did
draw	drew
drink	drank
drop	dropped
eat	ate
fall	fell
fight	fought
fly	flew
get	got
give	gave
go	went
grow	grew
hang	hung
hide	hid
hit	hit
hold	held
hurry	hurried
leave	left
lose	lost
make	made
met	met
put	put
read	read
write	wrote
ring	rang
rise	rose
run	ran
say	said
see	saw
sell	sold
send	sent
shake	shook
shine	shone
shut	shut
sing	sang
sit	sat
skip	skipped
sleep	slept
speak	spoke
stand	stood
steal	stole
take	took
teach	taught
tear	tore
tell	told
think	thought
tie	tied
wake	woke

 

Tip 35: Animal Sounds

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Tip 34: Sentence Variations

Example: The biggest coincidence that day happened when Jackie and I ended up sitting next to each other at the concert.

Possible Revisions:

• Coincidentally, Jackie and I ended up sitting right next to each other at the concert.

• In an amazing coincidence, Jackie and I ended up sitting next to each other at the concert.

• Sitting next to Jackie at the Super Bowl was a tremendous coincidence.

• But the biggest coincidence that day happened when Jackie and I ended up sitting next to each other at the concert.

• When I sat down at the concert, I realized that, by sheer coincidence, I was directly next to Jackie.

• By sheer coincidence, I ended up sitting directly next to Jackie at the concert.

• With over 50,000 fans at the concert, it took an incredible coincidence for me to end up sitting right next to Jackie.

• What are the odds that I would have ended up sitting right next to Jackie at the concert?

• Jackie and I, without any prior planning, ended up sitting right next to each other at the concert.

• Without any prior planning, Jackie and I ended up sitting right next to each other at the concert.

• At the crowded concert, packed with 50,000 screaming fans, Jackie and I ended up sitting right next to each other by sheer coincidence.

• Though I hadn't made any advance arrangements with Jackie, we ended up sitting right next to each other at the concert.

• Many amazing coincidences occurred that day, but nothing topped sitting right next to Jackie at the concert.

• Unbelievable, I know, but Jackie and I ended up sitting right next to each other at the concert.

• Guided by some bizarre coincidence, Jackie and I ended up sitting right next to each other at the concert.