Decided
The players decided to win.
The word decided is a verb. It is the past tense of the verb decide.
Decision is a noun. The verb form is decide, and the past tense is decided.
The past tense of the verb 'am' is 'was' or 'were.' The verb 'am' is derived from the verb 'to be.'
The past tense verb for "do" is "did."
By is not a verb and does not have a past tense. Buy is a verb, and the past tense is bought.
The verb is still "to be", regardless of the tense. It is an irregular verb, and the past tense forms are was for I and he/she/it, and were for we, you, and they.
"Shook" is the past tense of the verb, "to shake".
The past tense of the verb to promise is promised.
The past tense of the verb take is took
reside is the verb. Resided is the past tense.
The abbreviation for the past tense verb is "past."