Past tense for the word are

В английском языке глаголы делятся на правильные и неправильные. Неправильные глаголы — это такие глаголы, у которых форма прошедшего времени ( Past tense form ), а также форма причастия прошедшего времени ( Past participle ) образуется не так, как у правильных глаголов. Правильные глаголы образуют эти формы путём прибавления –ed к первой форме. Подробнее про глаголы.

Нет общего правила для неправильных глаголов. Их нужно просто выучить.

Base form	Past simple	Past participle	Перевод
A
arise	arose	arisen	возникать, появляться
awake	awakened / awoke	awakened / awoken	будить, проснуться
B
backslide	backslid	backslidden / backslid	отказываться от прежних убеждений
be	was, were	been	быть
bear	bore	born / borne	родить
beat	beat	beaten / beat	бить
become	became	become	становиться, делаться
begin	began	begun	начинать
bend	bent	bent	сгибать, гнуть
bet	bet / betted	bet / betted	держать пари
bind	bound	bound	связать
bite	bit	bitten	кусать
bleed	bled	bled	кровоточить
blow	blew	blown	дуть
break	broke	broken	ломать
breed	bred	bred	выращивать
bring	brought	brought	приносить
broadcast	broadcast / broadcasted	broadcast / broadcasted	распространять, разбрасывать
browbeat	browbeat	browbeaten / browbeat	запугивать
build	built	built	строить
burn	burned / burnt	burned / burnt	гореть, жечь
burst	burst	burst	взрываться, прорываться
bust	busted / bust	busted / bust	разжаловать
buy	bought	bought	покупать
C
can	could	could	мочь, уметь
cast	cast	cast	бросить, кинуть, вышвырнуть
catch	caught	caught	ловить, хватать, успеть
choose	chose	chosen	выбирать
cling	clung	clung	цепляться, льнуть
clothe	clothed / clad	clothed / clad	одевать (кого-либо)
come	came	come	приходить
cost	cost	cost	стоить, обходиться (в какую-либо сумму)
creep	crept	crept	ползать
cut	cut	cut	резать, разрезать
D
deal	dealt	dealt	иметь дело
dig	dug	dug	копать
dive	dove / dived	dived	нырять, погружаться
do	did	done	делать, выполнять
draw	drew	drawn	рисовать, чертить
dream	dreamed / dreamt	dreamed / dreamt	грезить, мечтать
drink	drank	drunk	пить
drive	drove	driven	управлять (авто)
dwell	dwelt / dwelled	dwelt / dwelled	обитать, находиться
E
eat	ate	eaten	есть, кушать
F
fall	fell	fallen	падать
feed	fed	fed	кормить
feel	felt	felt	чувствовать
fight	fought	fought	драться, сражаться, бороться
find	found	found	находить
fit	fit	fit	подходить по размеру
flee	fled	fled	убегать, спасаться
fling	flung	flung	бросаться, ринуться
fly	flew	flown	летать
forbid	forbade	forbidden	запрещать
forecast	forecast	forecast	предсказывать, предвосхищать
foresee	foresaw	foreseen	предвидеть
foretell	foretold	foretold	предсказывать, прогнозировать
forget	forgot	forgotten	забывать
forgive	forgave	forgiven	прощать
forsake	forsook	forsaken	покидать
freeze	froze	frozen	замерзать
G
get	got	gotten / got	получать, достигать
give	gave	given	давать
go	went	gone	идти, ехать
grind	ground	ground	молоть, толочь
grow	grew	grown	расти
H
hang	hung / hanged	hung / hanged	вешать, развешивать
have, has	had	had	иметь
hear	heard	heard	слышать
hew	hewed	hewn / hewed	рубить
hide	hid	hidden	прятаться, скрываться
hit	hit	hit	ударять, поражать
hold	held	held	держать, удерживать, фиксировать
hurt	hurt	hurt	ранить, причинить боль
I
inlay	inlaid	inlaid	вкладывать, вставлять, выстилать
input	input / inputted	input / inputted	входить
interweave	interwove	interwoven	воткать
K
keep	kept	kept	держать, хранить
kneel	knelt / kneeled	knelt / kneeled	становиться на колени
knit	knitted / knit	knitted / knit	вязать
know	knew	known	знать, иметь представление (о чем-либо)
L
lay	laid	laid	класть, положить
lead	led	led	вести, руководить, управлять
lean	leaned / leant	leaned / leant	опираться, прислоняться
leap	leaped / leapt	leaped / leapt	прыгать, скакать
learn	learnt / learned	learnt / learned	учить
leave	left	left	покидать, оставлять
lend	lent	lent	одалживать, давать взаймы
let	let	let	позволять, предполагать
lie	lay	lain	лежать
light	lit / lighted	lit / lighted	освещать
lose	lost	lost	терять
M
make	made	made	делать, производить, создавать
may	might	might	мочь, иметь возможность
mean	meant	meant	значить, иметь ввиду
meet	met	met	встречать
miscast	miscast	miscast	неправильно распределять роли
misdeal	misdealt	misdealt	поступать неправильно
misdo	misdid	misdone	делать что-либо неправильно или небрежно
misgive	misgave	misgiven	внушать недоверия, опасения
mishear	misheard	misheard	ослышаться
mishit	mishit	mishit	промахнуться
mislay	mislaid	mislaid	класть не на место
mislead	misled	misled	ввести в заблуждение
misread	misread	misread	неправильно истолковывать
misspell	misspelled / misspelt	misspelled / misspelt	писать с ошибками
misspend	misspent	misspent	неразумно, зря тратить
mistake	mistook	mistaken	ошибаться
misunderstand	misunderstood	misunderstood	неправильно понимать
mow	mowed	mowed / mown	косить
O
offset	offset	offset	возмещать, вознаграждать, компенсировать
outbid	outbid	outbid	перебивать цену
outdo	outdid	outdone	превосходить
outfight	outfought	outfought	побеждать в бою
outgrow	outgrew	outgrown	вырастать из
output	output / outputted	output / outputted	выходить
outrun	outran	outrun	перегонять, опережать
outsell	outsold	outsold	продавать лучше или дороже
outshine	outshone	outshone	затмевать
overbid	overbid	overbid	повелевать
overcome	overcame	overcome	компенсировать
overdo	overdid	overdone	пережари(ва)ть
overdraw	overdrew	overdrawn	превышать
overeat	overate	overeaten	объедаться
overfly	overflew	overflown	перелетать
overhang	overhung	overhung	нависать
overhear	overheard	overheard	подслуш(ив)ать
overlay	overlaid	overlaid	покры(ва)ть
overpay	overpaid	overpaid	переплачивать
override	overrode	overridden	отменять, аннулировать
overrun	overran	overrun	переливаться через край
oversee	oversaw	overseen	надзирать за
overshoot	overshot	overshot	расстрелять
oversleep	overslept	overslept	проспать, заспаться
overtake	overtook	overtaken	догонять
overthrow	overthrew	overthrown	свергать
P
partake	partook	partaken	принимать участие
pay	paid	paid	платить
plead	pleaded / pled	pleaded / pled	обращаться к суду
prepay	prepaid	prepaid	платить вперед
prove	proved	proven / proved	доказывать
put	put	put	класть, ставить, размещать
Q
quit	quit / quitted	quit / quitted	выходить, покидать, оставлять
R
read	read	read	читать
rebind	rebound	rebound	перевязывать
rebuild	rebuilt	rebuilt	перестроить
recast	recast	recast	изменять, перестраивать
redo	redid	redone	делать вновь, переделывать
rehear	reheard	reheard	слушать вторично
remake	remade	remade	переделывать
rend	rent	rent	раздирать
repay	repaid	repaid	отдавать долг
rerun	reran	rerun	выполнять повторно
resell	resold	resold	перепродавать
reset	reset	reset	возвращать
resit	resat	resat	пересиживать
retake	retook	retaken	забирать
retell	retold	retold	пересказывать
rewrite	rewrote	rewritten	перезаписать
rid	rid	rid	избавлять
ride	rode	ridden	ездить верхом
ring	rang	rung	звонить
rise	rose	risen	подняться
run	ran	run	бегать
S
saw	sawed	sawed / sawn	пилить
say	said	said	сказать, заявить
see	saw	seen	видеть
seek	sought	sought	искать
sell	sold	sold	продавать
send	sent	sent	посылать
set	set	set	ставить, устанавливать
sew	sewed	sewn / sewed	шить
shake	shook	shaken	трясти
shave	shaved	shaved / shaven	бриться
shear	sheared	sheared / shorn	стричь
shed	shed	shed	проливать
shine	shined / shone	shined / shone	светить, сиять, озарять
shoot	shot	shot	стрелять, давать побеги
show	showed	shown / showed	показывать
shrink	shrank / shrunk	shrunk	сокращаться, сжиматься
shut	shut	shut	закрывать, запирать, затворять
sing	sang	sung	петь
sink	sank / sunk	sunk	тонуть, погружаться (под воду)
sit	sat	sat	сидеть
slay	slew / slayed	slain / slayed	убивать
sleep	slept	slept	спать
slide	slid	slid	скользить
sling	slung	slung	бросать, швырять
slink	slunk	slunk	красться, идти крадучись
slit	slit	slit	разрезать, рвать в длину
smell	smelled / smelt	smelled / smelt	пахнуть, нюхать
sow	sowed	sown / sowed	сеять
speak	spoke	spoken	говорить
speed	sped / speeded	sped / speeded	ускорять, спешить
spell	spelled / spelt	spelled / spelt	писать или читать по буквам
spend	spent	spent	тратить, расходовать
spill	spilled / spilt	spilled / spilt	проливать, разливать
spin	spun	spun	прясть
spit	spit / spat	spit / spat	плевать
split	split	split	расщеплять
spoil	spoiled / spoilt	spoiled / spoilt	портить
spread	spread	spread	распространиться
spring	sprang / sprung	sprung	вскочить, возникнуть
stand	stood	stood	стоять
steal	stole	stolen	воровать, красть
stick	stuck	stuck	уколоть, приклеить
sting	stung	stung	жалить
stink	stunk / stank	stunk	вонять
strew	strewed	strewn / strewed	усеять, устлать
stride	strode	stridden	шагать, наносить удар
strike	struck	struck	ударить, бить, бастовать
string	strung	strung	нанизать, натянуть
strive	strove / strived	striven / strived	стараться
sublet	sublet	sublet	передавать в субаренду
swear	swore	sworn	клясться, присягать
sweep	swept	swept	мести, подметать, сметать
swell	swelled	swollen / swelled	разбухать
swim	swam	swum	плавать, плыть
swing	swung	swung	качать, раскачивать, вертеть
T
take	took	taken	брать, взять
teach	taught	taught	учить, обучать
tear	tore	torn	рвать
tell	told	told	рассказать
think	thought	thought	думать
throw	threw	thrown	бросить
thrust	thrust	thrust	колоть, пронзать
tread	trod	trodden / trod	ступать
U
unbend	unbent	unbent	выпрямляться, разгибаться
underbid	underbid	underbid	снижать цену
undercut	undercut	undercut	сбивать цены
undergo	underwent	undergone	испытывать, переносить
underlie	underlay	underlain	лежать в основе
underpay	underpaid	underpaid	оплачивать слишком низко
undersell	undersold	undersold	продавать дешевле
understand	understood	understood	понимать, постигать
undertake	undertook	undertaken	предпринять
underwrite	underwrote	underwritten	подписываться
undo	undid	undone	уничтожать сделанное
unfreeze	unfroze	unfrozen	размораживать
unsay	unsaid	unsaid	брать назад свои слова
unwind	unwound	unwound	развертывать
uphold	upheld	upheld	поддерживать
upset	upset	upset	опрокинуться
W
wake	woke / waked	woken / waked	просыпаться
waylay	waylaid	waylaid	подстерегать
wear	wore	worn	носить (одежду)
weave	wove / weaved	woven / weaved	ткать
wed	wed / wedded	wed / wedded	жениться, выдавать замуж
weep	wept	wept	плакать, рыдать
wet	wet / wetted	wet / wetted	мочить, увлажнять
win	won	won	победить, выиграть
wind	wound	wound	заводить (механизм)
withdraw	withdrew	withdrawn	взять назад, отозвать
withhold	withheld	withheld	воздерживаться, отказывать
withstand	withstood	withstood	противостоять
wring	wrung	wrung	скрутить, сжимать
write	wrote	written	писать

The past simple tense is used to talk about completed actions or states. The way it is formed differs depending on whether it is using the verb to be or other verbs and whether it is a regular or irregular verb. 

This lesson takes a look at:

• to be and other verbs in the past simple
• Irregular and regular verbs
• When to use the past simple

To Be and Other Verbs

Verbs other than to be

To make a past simple tense affirmative statement with verbs other than to be, we use the past tense form:

• Affirmative: She went out 

However, to make negatives or questions, we have to use did / did not + base form of the verb:

• Negative: She didn’t (did not) go out 
• Yes / No Question: Did she go out? 
• Question Word: When did she go out? 

The table below illustrates the way the past simple is formed when not using the verb to be. It shows this according to affirmative statements, negative statements, and questions. 

To be

With the verb to be, we use was/wasn’t for the first person (I) and the third person (he/she/it).

• Affirmative: I was late 
• Negative: I wasn’t late 
• Yes / No Question: Was he late? 
• Question Word: Why was he late?

For plurals (we/they) simply switch was for were. e.g. we were late.

The table below illustrates the different ways that we contruct the past simple tense with the verb to be.

Download Past Simple Tense Tables

Regular and Irregular Verbs

You also need to be aware of regular and irregular verb differences when you use the past simple tense as this affects the ending of the verb. 

Regular Verbs

Some verbs are regular as they have a definite pattern to their endings. 

For verbs ending in a consonant or a vowel (other than e), add the letters -ed to the end. For example:

• laugh = laughed
• work = worked
• stay = stayed
• iron = ironed

For verbs ending in -e, add -d:

• cope = coped
• love = loved
• live = lived
• weave = weaved

For verbs ending in a consonant plus -y, the -y is replaced with an i, then -ed is added.

• hurry = hurried
• bury = buried 
• try = tried
• clarify = clarified

Don’t forget, if it is a vowel plus -y, then it fits the first pattern e.g. play = played.

Irregular Verbs

Irregular verbs are called so because they don’t fit a particular pattern. This means that you just have to get to know and learn over time how the past tense form is created. 

There are many of course, but here are some examples:

Try these quizzes on irregular past simple verbs:

Irregular Verbs Quiz 1

Irregular Verbs Quiz 2

When do we use the past simple tense?

Finished periods of time

We use the past simple tense for completed actions, events or states. These will have taken place within a finished period of time. 

These are common phrases to see with the past simple and that show we are talking about something that has already finished:

• I saw him last week / night / weekend / year (etc)
• It rained at the weekend
• I bought the jacket in 2005 / June / winter (etc)
• It was 10 years / days / weeks ago (etc) that we met
• We ate lunch when we were at the park

The finished time can also be implied rather than stated explicitly:

• It was a great holiday (we know the holiday is finished)
• Did you get there safely? (we know the person has arrived already)

Longer past periods of time

The past simple tense is also used to talk about certain periods of finished time. In some cases these can be specific:

• I dated her for 7 years / months / weeks (etc)
• He was a teacher from 2015 to 2019 / February to December (etc)
• They were a famous band in the 1980s

It can also used for time periods that are less specific. For example,

• I dated her for ages
• We lived together for a long time
• We were together for many years

Exact details

We commonly use the past simple tense to give more precise details about an event and explain things such as where, when, how etc. 

You can see in this example how it starts off with the present simple to say how the person now feels, then the past simple to give more details about their day (i.e. completed events of their day):

I’m feeling very tired today. I had to take the kids to school at 7am and then get to work. I arrived at work quite early and worked hard all day until 9pm. It was a really tough day. 

Narratives

When telling stories we may use a mix of tenses, but you will commonly see the past simple tense as it is used as a ‘time anchor’ to set out the time frame of events (e.g. «It was a Saturday afternoon») as well as to describe the key events that move the story forward (e.g. «Allie decided it was time to paint…»). 

Here is an example story (also note how the quote is in the present as it is an example of direct speech):

Now have a practice in these past simple quizzes

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Howdy everyone!

We are sure you love learning English so we always want to make it interesting and useful for you. In today’s post we are going to look at the past simple form of the present tense expressions “there is” and “there are”.

How do we express “there is” and “there are” in past?

Let’s start with “there is” which we use for a singular object in the present tense. To say this in the past simple tense we use “there was”.

Examples:

There was a fire in the town centre.

There was something about it on the TV news.

When we are referring to plural objects in the present tense we say “there are”, however to express this in the past simple tense we use “there were”.

Examples:

There were fire engines and police cars everywhere.

There were ten people injured and there was a lot of building damage.

Now that we have seen examples of “there was” and there were” in affirmative in past simple, it’s now time to look at how we form them in the negative. To do this we simply add the word “not” after the conjugated part of the verb “to be” or in this case, after the words “was” or “were”.

Structure:

There was not (There wasn’t)

There were not (There weren’t)

Examples:

There weren’t any eggs for breakfast this morning.

There wasn’t any sugar for my coffee.

There wasn’t any money in the kitty.

There wasn’t anybody to talk to.

There weren’t any new ideas in that conference

How to form questions with “there was” and “there were”

Like in the present tense with “there is” and “there are”, forming questions in the past simple with “there was” and “there were” is very easy as all we have to do is invert the subject and the verb. “There was” becomes “was there?” in interrogative form and “there were” becomes “were there?”.

Examples:

Q: Was there any bread left?

A: Yes there was / No there there wasn’t.

Q: Were there any biscuits in the tin?

A: Yes there were / No there weren’t.

Question tags with “there was” and “there were”

First of all, let’s remind ourselves why we use question tags in English. We use them because we want the interlocutor to confirm what we are saying.

Examples:

There was a good film on TV last night, wasn’t there?

There wasn’t any time to have a meeting, was there?

There were a lot of people here today, weren’t there?

There weren’t any letter for me this morning, were there?

It is vital to remember that if the sentence is affirmative, the question tag will then be negative and if the sentence is negative, the question tag will be affirmative.

This grammar point is not the most difficult part of English grammar, although like all grammar points, until memorised and used well without thinking, there will be challenges. Don’t panic and just learn as much as you can at a steady pace and you will achieve your goal. Remember if you would like more information on “there was” and “there were” in past simple, you can check out unit 64 of the complete ABA course.

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The question possibly (unintentionally) mis-represents the position. The following is the quotation from the news item indicated in the question:

Prosecutors allowed to join ‘Million People March’—De Lima
By Jamie Elona, INQUIRER.net
11:05 am | Monday, August 26th, 2013

MANILA, Philippines – Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said prosecutors were allowed to join the “Million People March” calling for the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund or “pork barrel” Monday.

“Our prosecutors have the right to join any peaceful assembly and express their sentiments on, and support to, any legitimate cause, such as abolition of the pork barrel,” De Lima said in a text message.

The event pushed through despite President Benigno Aquino III’s announcement last Friday that it was time to abolish the pork barrel system.
As of posting time, Superintendent Orlando Abellera Mirando Jr. said the number of participants was estimated at 60,000.

[The actual times of the event/march are not stated in the news article, but my answer is based on OP’s statement that «the event was from 9am to 2pm.».]

The news item was written/posted at 11:05 am and reported that:

Justice Secretary … [had previously] said prosecutors were allowed to join the [march].

It went on to report her words from a text message as:

“Our prosecutors have the right to join any peaceful assembly and express their sentiments on, and support to, any legitimate cause, …”

What we do not know is when she sent that text message — but clearly it was some time prior to 11:00 am because the news item had to be written and posted. So, in fact, we do not know whether the text message was sent before or after the march started.

In any case:

1. The Justice Secretary’s message said «Our prosecutors have the right …» (present tense). It is clearly an on-going right and there is no indication that it is a new right as of the time of the message.

2. The first paragraph of the news item is reporting what the Justice Secretary had previously ‘said’/written. It was not — as the question appeared to me to suggest — an announcement at 11:00 am of what was then permitted. It was merely a report of a past event — her statement.

3. I venture to suggest, moreover, that the news item was using, not the past tense, but the subjunctive form of the verb.

Hence the question appears to be based on a false assumption and/or on a mis-reading of the news item.