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MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Unit 5, page 22-B.

Very oft en the past simple ends in -ed (regular verbs):

• I work in a travel agency now. Before that I worked in a department store.
• They invited us to their party, but we decided not to go.
• The police stopped me on my way home last night.
• Laura passed her exam because she studied very hard.

For spelling (stopped, studied etc.), see Appendix 6.

But many verbs are irregular. The past simple does not end in -ed. For example:

• write → wrote.
• Mozart wrote more than 600 pieces of music.
• see → saw.
• We saw Alice in town a few days ago.
• go → went.
• I went to the cinema three times last week.
• shut → shut.
• It was cold, so I shut the window. For a list of irregular verbs, see Appendix 1.