NAME : ___________ YEAR _____

DATE: __________

SOME COMMON PAST TENSE VERBS YOU CAN MEMORISE AND USE IN
YOUR WRITING
accepted cared could enjoyed happened led opened reduced settled taught
accounted carried counted examined hated learned ordered referred shook told
achieved caught covered existed had left reflected tended acted caused created
expected headed lent owned refused shared tested tasted added changed crossed
experienced heard let passed regarded shot thanked admitted charged cried
explained helped lied paid related thought affected checked cut expressed hid liked
performed released shouted threw afforded chose damaged extended hit limited
picked remained showed touched agreed claimed danced faced held linked placed
remembered shut trained aimed cleaned dealt failed hoped listened planned
removed sang travelled allowed cleared decided fell hurt lived played repeated sat
treated answered climbed delivered fastened identified looked pointed replaced slept
tried appeared closed demanded fed imagined lost preferred replied smiled turned
applied collected denied felt improved loved prepared reported sorted understood
argued came depended fought included made presented represented sounded used
arranged committed described filled increased managed pressed required spoke
arrived compared designed found indicated marked prevented rested stood visited
asked complained destroyed finished influenced mattered produced resulted started
voted attacked completed developed fitted informed promised returned stated
waited avoided concerned died flew intended meant protected revealed stayed
walked based confirmed disappeared folded introduced measured proved rang stuck
wanted was connected discovered followed invited met provided rose stopped
warned beat considered discussed forced involved mentioned published rolled studied
washed became consisted divided forgot joined might pulled ran succeeded watched
began contacted did forgave jumped minded pushed saved suffered wore believed
contained drew formed kept missed put said suggested belonged continued dressed
found kicked moved raised saw suited won broke contributed drank gained killed
reached seemed supplied wished built controlled drove got knocked needed read
sold supported wondered burned cooked dropped gave knew noticed realised sent
supposed worked bought copied ate went lasted obtained received separated
survived worried called corrected enabled grew laughed occurred recognised served
How to handled
Memorise
these
Verbsrecorded
and Improve
Writing
took could cost encouraged
laid
offered
setyour
talked
wrote would
1. Read each verb. 2. Use a dictionary to check the definition of each verb
3.
Choose and highlight/underline as many verbs as you would like to use in your
writing (you may use ALL of these verbs if you want to!).
4. Now memorise
the verbs you chose 5. Now cover this page and write sentences which contain
these verbs you memorized
6. As a final test, try to write a short story using
all the verbs you memorized.
7. If you memorized these verbs correctly,
including correct SPELLING, your writing mark should increase by up to 50%!