I was raised in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.
You can't change present to past without changing words or adding words. Some irregular verb have the same form for past and present eg cut. But unless you add a time word(s) then the sentence is the same. I cut the cake. I cut the cake (last night).
connect i cut
cut your coat according to your cloth?
the branches of the tree were cut off...
Way to cut the line, nincompoop!
"I accidentally cut myself with the 'blade' of a knife."
The knife is to dull to cut anything.
You can make the compound words cutout, cutup, cut-purse, from cut.
Can you cut cute cupcakes crosswise
How should I cut your piece of cake, big, bigger, or biggest?
There is no money in the budget to buy third cut manila folders.
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