Hey there! Thanks for reaching out with your question. The past tense of "hope" is "hoped". For example, if you wanted to talk about something you were hopeful for in the past, you might say, "I hoped that I would get the job, but unfortunately I didn't."
It's worth noting that in English, regular verbs typically form their past tense by adding "-ed" to the base form (also known as the infinitive form) of the verb. "Hope" just happens to be an irregular verb, which means it doesn't follow this usual pattern. Other irregular verbs include "go" (past tense: "went"), "eat" (past tense: "ate"), and "see" (past tense: "saw").
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