The past tense of the verb ‘spread’ is also ‘spread’. This is an example of an irregular verb that does not change its form in the past tense.
To provide some context, the term ‘spread’ can refer to distributing something over an area or extending something over a surface. For example, you might say, ‘She spread the butter on her toast.’ In the past tense, this action would still be expressed as ‘She spread the butter on her toast yesterday.’
It’s important to remember that while many verbs follow a regular pattern of adding -ed to form the past tense, some verbs like ‘spread’, ‘put’, and ‘cut’ remain the same in both present and past forms. Understanding these irregularities is key to mastering verb tenses in English.