Present vs Simple Past


1	Present	Simple Past	Example Sentence
2	pad	padded	The panther padded over the bridge.
3	contact	contacted	Have you contacted your family?
4	need	needed	We needed a costume that was beaded.
5	study	studied	They studied the pages that were muddied.
6	visit	visited	I visited my Aunt in New York.
7	want	wanted	He wanted a house that was haunted.
8	hunt	hunted	George punted. Robert hunted.
9	act	acted	The actor acted and the rainbow refracted.
10	paint	painted	I saw what he painted; then I fainted.
11	accept	accepted	She expected she would be accepted and protected.
12	protect	protected	She expected she would be accepted and protected.
13	advertise	advertised	Do you mind that you were assigned.
14	ask	asked	They asked that theybe tasked.
15	assign	assigned	I hosed the door that was closed.
16	camp	camped	We camped at the entrance which was ramped.
17	clean	cleaned	They cleaned the house every Monday.
18	close	closed	We posed at the closed door.
19	cook	cooked	First he cooked, then was fully booked.
20	explain	explained	He explained, she refrained.
21	explore	explored	I was bored and so I explored.
22	finish	finished	Was the script finished and was it diminished?
23	learn	learned	As for the password, I learned it then burned it.
24	like	liked	I liked the trend that spiked.
25	listen	listened	The frost glistened while I listened.
26	love	loved	We were loved. The mannequin was gloved.
27	open	opened	My brother opened the door then hoped for more.
28	pay	paid	We paid the bill but we were afraid.
29	relax	relaxed	You're too relaxed. You will be taxed.
30	ski	skied	Then you skied but now you read.
31	stay	stayed	He would have stayed but wasn't paid.
32	tour	toured	The boat was moored while he toured.
33	travel	traveled	My sweatter unraveled whileI traveled.
34	watch	watched	The project was botched while I watched.
35	work	worked	The car first jerked but then it worked.
36	jump	jumped	I lumped the dumplings into the stew then jumped.
37	manag	managed	They managed the building which was damaged.
38	match	matched	We matched those chicks which had hatched.
39	pack	packed	I packed the clothes that you lacked.
40	pass	passed	We passed a desert which was vast and a ship with a tall mast.
41	use	used	They are used and abused.
42	bake	baked	The cake is baked and the leaves are raked.
43	behave	behaved	My friend raved, "Your dog's well behaved."
44	confus	confused	I'm confused. Which words were used?
45	follow	followed	I hollowed the pumpkin and followed directions.
46	knock	knocked	We knocked on the door but were blocked from the house that was well stocked.
47	mark	marked	The angels harked the path that was well marked.
48	shop	shopped	We stopped and shopped.
49	order	ordered	I ordered them all 'cause they bordered the mall.
50	turn	turned	I turned the meat but anyway it burned.
51	worry	worried	Don't get worried. Don't get flurried.
52	dress	dressed	My clothes were messed but I got dressed.
53	end	ended	The metal was bended and the job had ended.
54	guess	guessed	You had guessed she was a pest.
55	show	showed	The video showed the train had slowed.
56	fix	fixed	Is this project fixed or nixed?
57	mix	mixed	Is this salad mixed or fixed?
58	pick	picked	I picked the one the dog licked.
59	join	joined	Jane joined the juniors last June.
60	die	died	The flowers dried, then they died and everyone cried.
61	dry	dried	The fish all dried, then they were fried.
62	fry	fried	I fried the fish then went for a ride.
63	look	looked	I looked and saw the appointments were booked.
64	be	was
65	buy	bought
66	do	did
67	drink	drank
68	eat	ate
69	fly	flew
70	get	got
71	go	went
72	have	had
73	hear	heard
74	know	knew
75	read	read
76	ride	rode
77	say	said
78	sell	sold
79	send	sent
80	sleep	slept
81	swim	swam
82	teach	taught
83	think	thought
84	write	wrote