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PAST SIMPLE

Index

SPELLING RULES

ED PRONUNCIATION

USE

REGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS

TIME EXPRESSIONS

PRACTICE

USE

We use the past tense to talk about: something that happened once in the past: I met my wife in 1983. We went to Spain for our holidays. something that happened several times in the past: When I was a boy, I walked a mile to school every day. We swam a lot while we were on holiday. something that was true for some time in the past: I lived abroad for ten years. He enjoyed being a student.

REGULAR VERBS

The simple past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding “-ed” to the infinitive form of the verb (e.g., “cook” becomes “cooked”). I cooked. I didn't cook. Did I cook? You cooked. you didn't cook. Did you cook? He/she/ it cooked. he/ she / it didn't cook. Did he/she/it / cook? We cooked we didn't cook. Did we cook? They cooked. they didn't cook. Did they cook?

spelling rules

  • Vowel + y: ed. Enjoy-enjoyed
  • Consonant + y:ied study-studied
  • One-syllable: vowel + consonant -double consonant. stop-stopped
  • Two syllable with stress on second syllable and ending in consonant: double consonant. admit- admitted

IRREGULAR VERBS

THERE IS JUST A SECRET. LEARN IT!EXAMPLE: GO-WENT I WENT TO LONDON LAST Y EAR. SUBJECT+ 2ND COLUMN I DIDN'T GO TO LONDON LAST YEAR. SUBJECT + DIDN'T + 1ST COLUMN DID YOU GO TO LONDON LAST YEAR? DID + SUBJECT + 1ST COLUMN

THE VERB TO BE I AM - I WAS YOU ARE -YOU WERE

FULL LIST OF IRREGULAR VERBS

TIME EXPRESSIONS

YESTERDAYLAST WEEK LAST MONTH ONE WEEK AGO TWO MONTHS AGO THREE YEARS AGO IN 1990 THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY IN MARCH ON SUNDAY WHEN I WAS BORN

ED-PRONUNCIATION

PRACTICE

  1. I __________my maths homework yesterday. (to do)
  2. _____________Susan to England by plane? (to go)
  3. They _______________a farm two weeks ago. (to visit)
  4. Jenny and Peggy__________________ their brother. (not/to help)
  5. The children__________________ at home last weekend. (not/to be)
  6. When_______________ this wonderful skirt? (you/ to design)
  7. My mother _______________into the van. (not/to crash)
  8. The boys _______________the mudguards of their bicycles. (to take off) __________________ your aunt last week? (they/to phone)
  9. He___________________ milk at school. (not/to drink)

Thanks!

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