Learn the past tense for the following basic verbs and practice using them with different pronouns and vocabulary.
| Present Tense | Past Tense |
| be / am / is / are | was / were |
| Singular | Plural |
| First Person | (I) am | (We) are |
| Second Person | (You) are | (You) are |
| Third Person | (He/She/It) is | (They) are |
| Subject (Pronoun) | Verb (Past Tense) | Feeling (adjective) |
| I | was | happy |
| You | were | sad |
| He | was | angry |
| She | was | sleepy / tired |
| It | was | lazy |
| We | were | hungry |
| You | were | thirsty |
| They | were | surprised |
| Subject (Pronoun) | Verb (Past Tense) | Object (fruit) |
| I | have (had) | an apple |
| You | eat (ate) | an orange |
| He | drink (drank) | a coconut |
| She | see (saw) | a grape |
| It | smell (smelt) | a durian |
| We | touch (touched) | a melon |
| You | give (gave) | a banana |
| take (took) | a peach |
