Participle Simple Past Tense Verbs used in sentences
1. to accept accepted He accepted the position with the firm.
2. to achieve achieved She achieved a benchmark goal at the office.
3. to act acted They acted oddly at the wedding.
4. to admit admitted He admitted defeat.
5. to affect affected The rain affected the baseball game.
6. to agree agreed They agreed to the terms of the divorce.
7. to announce announced Corporate announced the layoffs.
8. to answer answered She answered the ad for the job.
9. to appear appeared It appeared to be the answer.
10.
to apply applied She applied herself well at college, and graduated with honors.
11. to argue argued The couple argued through the night.
12. to arrive arrived The ufo arrived at midnight.
13. to ask asked The officer asked for my license and registration.
14. to attend attended He attended the wake.
15. to avoid avoided They avoided the bail this time.
16. to believe believed The President believed in the Constitution.
17. to call called They called the lost and found to check and see if their bag was found.
18. to carry carried The postal worker carried the mail through snow, sleet and rain.
19. to cause caused They caused a commotion at the airport
20. to change changed She changed her tune, once she saw the diamond.
21. to close closed The restaurant closed last summer.
22. to compare compared She was always being compared to her mother.
23. to consider considered Today is considered a holiday.
24. to contain contained They contained the fired to the third floor.
25. to continue continued To be continued at a later time.
26. to count counted They counted him as a yes vote.
27. to cover covered Is this accident covered by my policy.
28. to create created They created a music festival.
29. to decide decided They decided to recount the votes.
30. to define defined We are defined by our actions, not our intentions.
31. to determine determined The doctor determined the cause of the illness.
32. to develop developed The café developed a new beverage.
33.
to die died She died without knowing the truth.
34. to discover discovered They discovered the cure for cancer.
35. to enter entered We entered into the agreement.
36. to establish established It was established a long time ago.
37. to exist existed The dinosaurs existed first.
38. to explain explained He explained the accident to the officer.
39. to finish finished She finished her dessert.
40. to follow followed They followed the IKEA instructions perfectly
41. to form formed They formed a separate company.
42.
to happen happened It happened early in the morning.
43. to help helped She helped me with the laundry.
44. to hope hoped The children hoped for a golden retriever.
45. to imagine imagined She imagined world peace.
46. to improve improved Tesla improved their batteries.
47. to include included Is dessert included in the price?
48. to increase increased The number of severe storms has increased every year.
49. to indicate indicated The reporter indicated that there might be some problems.
50. to introduce introduced I was introduced as an innovative thinker.
51. to kill killed They killed the piano player.
52. to live lived She relived her past lives.
53. to maintain maintained The company maintained the basketball court for its employees.
54.
to mention mentioned You were mentioned in that news report.
55. to move moved They moved after the earthquake.
56. to need needed The orchestra needed a xylophone player.
57. to note noted They noted the change in behavior during the experiment.
58. to notice noticed I noticed you aren’t wearing a wedding ring anymore.
59. to occur occurred The incident occurred on school grounds.
60. to offer offered He offered her a lift to work.
61. to open opened They opened the gym at 4 am.
62. to pass passed She passed the midterm.
63. to play played Michelle mentioned that her brother played the bass.
64. to prepare prepared The chef prepared the dinner.
65. to prevent prevented The Secret Service prevented the assassination.
66. to produce produced They produced the movie themselves.
67. to protect protected The soldier protected The General.
68. to publish published She was a published author.
69. to raise raised He raised the alarm when the burglar(bur-gler) arrived.
70. to reach reached They reached the yellow brick road.
71. to receive received The student received a stipend(stahy-pend) for teaching.
72.
to recognize recognized The celebrity was recognized as soon as he entered the room.
73. to reduce reduced The chef reduced the turkey stock to make gravy.
74. to remember remembered Betsy will long be remembered for her generosity.
75. to remove removed They removed the demonstrators quickly.
76. to represent represented He represented the union in court.
77. to respond responded The audience responded to the survey.
78. to return returned The student returned the textbooks.
79. to save saved The lifeguards saved her from drowning in the ocean.
80. to seem seemed It seemed like the right thing to do.
81. to serve served They served alcohol at the restaurant in the past.
82.
to share shared He shared his love of surfing.
83. to sign signed The parent signed the report card.
84. to sound sounded The xylophone sounded broken.
85. to stay stayed Emma stayed at the hotel.
86. to stop stopped They stopped for a bathroom break.
87. to study studied He studied for the bar.
88. to suffer suffered She suffered from exhaustion.
89. to support supported He supported the troops.
90. to touch touched She touched the lion.
91. to travel traveled They traveled to the edge of the earth.
92. to treat treated We treated the illness at the clinic.
93. to try tried She tried the onion soup and loved it.
94. to use used They used the olive oil on the salad.
95. to visit visited The Doctor visited the patient in the hospital.
96. to walk walked They walked from one end of Boston to the other.
97. to want wanted I wanted to drive.
98. to watch watched The children watched as their father watered the lawn.
99. to work worked It worked the first time.
100.
to worry worried She worried about her grades, until getting an A
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