Past Tense

ATE
BOTHERED
BOUGHT
CALCULATED
CARRIED
DANCED
DID
DROVE
EMAILED
FOLLOWED
HAD
INSPECTED
MADE
PRETENDED
SANG
SHOUTED
TALKED
THOUGHT
TOOK
WAITED
WALKED
WAS
WASHED
WERE

Look at the list of verbs (make a separate list of the present tense of the verbs listed) and find their past tense forms in the puzzle.

Try to find all 24 words on this board.

B O T H E R E D J Y F P T R T
O W I A E Z G B M J L P E D F
U E P D K R D E I R R A C E J
G H F E V X E M N E T A Z T K
H Q D D D D E W O L L O F I P
T M E N E E U T A C B S E A S
E Z T E L K R E U L F S A W O
O G U T I L D L Y K K R Q A C
F I O E A A A M O W V E C S G
S G H R M T H O U G H T D H Y
I N S P E C T E D T S Q W E D
G Q A D A N C E D R E G B D E
N Q N P I O H A J D O L T K C
Q K G M F D V E F D Y V V F K
S Y D S X Y G W U U H P E L Q
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Answer Key for Past Tense

X
Y
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1B O T H E R E D # # # # # # #
2O # # A E # # # # # # # # D #
3U # # D # R D E I R R A C E #
4G # # E # # E # # E T A # T #
5H # D D D D E W O L L O F I #
6T # E N E E # # A C # # # A #
7# # T E L K # E U L # S A W #
8# # U T I L D L # K K # # A #
9# # O E A A A # O # # E # S #
10# # H R M T H O U G H T D H #
11I N S P E C T E D # # # # E #
12# # A D A N C E D R # # # D #
13# # N # I # # # # # O # # # #
14# # G # # D # # # # # V # # #
15# # # # # # # # # # # # E # #
Word X Y Direction
ATE  124w
BOTHERED  21e
BOUGHT  11s
CALCULATED  88sw
CARRIED  133w
DANCED  412e
DID  412se
DROVE  911se
EMAILED  511n
FOLLOWED  115w
HAD  41s
INSPECTED  511e
MADE  510ne
PRETENDED  411n
SANG  311s
SHOUTED  311n
TALKED  610n
THOUGHT  610e
TOOK  711ne
WAITED  147n
WALKED  85se
WAS  147w
WASHED  147s
WERE  85nw