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What examples of verbs was not changing there past tense?

You're asking about verbs that don't change their form in the past tense. These verbs are often called irregular verbs because they don't follow the standard "add -ed" rule.

Here are some examples:

Common Irregular Verbs:

* Be: am/is/are → was/were

* Have: have/has → had

* Do: do/does → did

* Go: go → went

* See: see → saw

* Say: say → said

* Come: come → came

* Eat: eat → ate

* Give: give → gave

* Take: take → took

* Make: make → made

* Know: know → knew

* Get: get → got

* Think: think → thought

Other Irregular Verbs:

* Become: become → became

* Begin: begin → began

* Break: break → broke

* Bring: bring → brought

* Buy: buy → bought

* Catch: catch → caught

* Choose: choose → chose

* Cut: cut → cut

* Fall: fall → fell

* Find: find → found

* Fly: fly → flew

* Forget: forget → forgot

* Forgive: forgive → forgave

* Freeze: freeze → froze

* Hear: hear → heard

* Hold: hold → held

* Hurt: hurt → hurt

* Keep: keep → kept

* Leave: leave → left

* Lose: lose → lost

* Mean: mean → meant

* Pay: pay → paid

* Read: read → read

* Ride: ride → rode

* Ring: ring → rang

* Run: run → ran

* Sing: sing → sang

* Sleep: sleep → slept

* Speak: speak → spoke

* Spend: spend → spent

* Stand: stand → stood

* Steal: steal → stole

* Swim: swim → swam

* Swing: swing → swung

* Teach: teach → taught

* Tell: tell → told

* Think: think → thought

* Throw: throw → threw

* Understand: understand → understood

* Wake: wake → woke

* Wear: wear → wore

* Win: win → won

* Write: write → wrote

Important Note: There are some verbs that are considered "regular" but have irregular past forms due to pronunciation changes. For example, "learn" becomes "learned", and "smell" becomes "smelled" but are pronounced with a silent "e".

This list is not exhaustive. There are many other irregular verbs in English. However, it should give you a good starting point.

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