The past tense of the verb bring is brought.
To understand why we use brought as the past tense form, it’s important to recognize that bring is an irregular verb. Unlike regular verbs that typically add -ed to their base form to create the past tense (like walk becoming walked), irregular verbs change their form in different ways.
For example, in a sentence like, “She brought the cake to the party,” the verb clearly indicates that the action took place in the past. The history of the word stems from Old English, where the verb ‘bringan’ underwent changes over time, leading to the modern form we use today.