Form Simple Past Past Perfect Simple 2nd co lumn of irregular verbs Example : I spoke Example : I spoke had + 3rd column of irregular verbs Example: I had spoken regular verbs: infinitive + ed Example: I worked regular verbs: form of have + infinitive + ed Example: I had worked Exceptions Exceptions when adding ed : when the final letter is e , only add d Example: love - love d after a short, stressed vowel, the final consonant is doubled Example: admit - admi tt ed final l is always doubled in British English (not in American English) Exampl e : Example : travel - travelled after a consonant, final y becomes i (but: not after a vowel) Example: worry - worr i ed but: play - pla y ed See also explanations on Simple Past and Past Perfect Simple Use We use Simple Past if we give past events in the order in which they occured. However, when we look back from a certain time in t