פעלים רגילים: + ed
מילים שרומזות: yesterday, last week, last year, two days ago, in 2020, when I was young.
| חוק | דוגמאות |
|---|---|
| רוב הפעלים: + ed | play → played, walk → walked |
| נגמר ב-e: + d | like → liked, dance → danced |
| עיצור + y: ied | study → studied, cry → cried |
| תנועה + y: + ed | play → played, stay → stayed |
| עיצור-תנועה-עיצור קצר: מכפילים | stop → stopped, plan → planned |
פעלים חריגים — הכי חשובים
| בסיס | עבר | עברית |
|---|---|---|
| be | was / were | היה |
| go | went | הלך |
| come | came | בא |
| eat | ate | אכל |
| drink | drank | שתה |
| see | saw | ראה |
| have | had | היה ל- |
| do | did | עשה |
| make | made | הכין |
| take | took | לקח |
| give | gave | נתן |
| get | got | קיבל |
| buy | bought | קנה |
| bring | brought | הביא |
| think | thought | חשב |
| catch | caught | תפס |
| write | wrote | כתב |
| read | read | קרא (נשמע "רֶד") |
| run | ran | רץ |
| swim | swam | שחה |
| sing | sang | שר |
| sit | sat | ישב |
| sleep | slept | ישן |
| feel | felt | הרגיש |
| find | found | מצא |
| know | knew | ידע |
| say | said | אמר |
| tell | told | סיפר |
| speak | spoke | דיבר |
| break | broke | שבר |
| fly | flew | טס / עף |
| leave | left | עזב |
| meet | met | פגש |
| put | put | שם |
| begin | began | התחיל |
| win | won | ניצח |
| lose | lost | הפסיד / איבד |
| forget | forgot | שכח |
| fall | fell | נפל |
| hear | heard | שמע |
was או were?
I / he / she / it — was. we / you / they — were.
I was tired. They were at school.
שלילה ושאלה עם did
ה-did כבר "מראה" שזה עבר, ולכן הפועל חוזר לבסיס: Did you see? (ולא Did you saw?).
| מבנה | דוגמה | |
|---|---|---|
| שלילה | didn't + פועל בסיס | I didn't go. |
| שאלה | Did + מי + פועל בסיס? | Did you go? |
| תשובה קצרה | Yes, I did. / No, I didn't. |

