Past Simple - Regular verbs

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PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS

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we use the past simple to...

Talk about an action or event that happened in the past.

I visited London last year.

I studied a lot when I was in school. My parents were not rich and I needed to complete the course.

Talk about regular actions, conditions and circumstances in the past.

Talk about something that was true for some time in the past.

Last year I went to England, enrolled in a language school and started learning English.

PAST SIMPLE - REGULAR VERBS

SUBJECT + VERB + D/ED

He visited Paris.

They loved the city.

PAST SIMPLE - REGULAR VERBS

AFFIRMATIVE

I YOU HE/SHE / IT WE YOU THEY

VISITED DANCED LOVED

PAST SIMPLE - REGULAR VERBS

NEGATIVE

I YOU HE/SHE / IT WE YOU THEY

DID +NOT + INFINITIVE

DIDN'T

SHE DIDN'T LIKE PARIS.

PAST SIMPLE - REGULAR VERBS

INTERROGATIVE

I YOU HE/SHE / IT WE YOU THEY

DID +

+ INFINITIVE

DID SHE LIKE PARIS?

PAST SIMPLE - REGULAR VERBS

SPELLING RULES

• VERBS ENDING IN A CONSONANT + Y

STUDY - STUDIED

• VERBS ENDING IN CONSONANT AFTER A STRESSED VOWEL, DOUBLE THE CONSONANT

STOP- STOPPED

Question 1/5

lET'S PRACTISE

I cleared my working table and _______ working.

STARTED

NOT START

START

Question 2/5

lET'S PRACTISE

Jack ____________ tennis last week.

plays

plaied

played

Question 3/5

lET'S PRACTISE

They __________ the news on TV.

watched

watchd

watch

Question 4/5

lET'S PRACTISE

I ____________ my mother.

help

helps

helped

Question 5/5

lET'S PRACTISE

I ____________ my mother.

help

helps

helped