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Past simple - Regular verbs
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Regular verbs
Past Simple
We use the past simple to talk about things that happened in the past.
- Yesterday
- last week/month/year
- a year ago
- the day/week before
- in 2015
Time expressions
Look at these time expressions! They are used with the past simple
played
played
We, you, they
He, she, it
played
Affirmative
Look at these examples to make affirmative sentences in simple past!
Rule 4
Rule 3
Rule 1
Rule 2
Rule 5
Rule #5For all other verbs, add -ed. - watch → watched - ask → asked - clean → cleaned
Rule #4If a verb ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC), double the final consonant and add -ed.** - hug → hugged - plan → planned - stop → stopped
Rule #3If a verb ends in vowel + -y, add -ed.* - play → played - stay → stayed - enjoy → enjoyed
Rule #2If a verb ends in consonant + -y, change -y to -i and add -ed. - carry → carried - try → tried - study → studied
Rule #1 If a verb ends in -e, add -d. - like → liked - arrive → arrived - decide → decided
Spelling rules
Rule 3
Rule 5
Rule 4
Rule 2
Rule 1
Examples :
Spelling rules
PRACTICE
It's your turn!
NOW
play work watch
Subject + didn’t + infinitive
didn’t
didn’t
We, you, they
He, she, it
didn’t
Negative
Look at these examples to make negative sentences in simple past!
She didn’t listen to music last night.
They didn’t study for the maths test two days ago.
Examples:
PRACTICE
Making negative sentences
PRACTICE
didn't.
did.
we, you, they
he, she, it
No,
Yes,
we, you, they
he, she, it
Did
Did
Did
play? work? like?
Did + subject + infinitive
Interrogative
Look at these examples to make interrogative sentences and short answers in simple past!
No, she didn’t. She didn't walk to school.
Did Kate walk to school?
Yes, they did.
Did they visit London last year?
Examples:
PRACTICE
Example
LET’S PRACTICE
Yes, she did. She visited it.
Did Emily visit the Coliseum in Rome?
it./ she did. She / Yes, / visited
Emily / visit / Did / ? / the Coliseum in Rome
EXAMPLE