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SIMPLE PAST TENSE
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AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Verbs can be:
REGULAR or …
Irregular!(You got that one right)
Affirmative of Regular Verbs
All Persons add –ED to the Base Form:
I played
You laughed
He listened
She watched
We waited
They rememebered
SPELLING the –ED ending
Regular verbs ending in :- E : Add –D:I lived , you decided , he liked, …- Consonant + Y: IED:I studied, He tidied, …(vs: I played)
- 1 Vowel + 1 consonant: Double the consonant: She planned , they stopped, … (vs: he waited)
Pronouncing the –ED:
Three possibilities:
- /d/ as in cleaned
- /t/ as in kicked
- /id/ as in decided
Plenty of pronunciation practice:http://englishteachermargarita.blogspot.com/2009/10/pronouncing-ed-2009-10.html
Affirmative of Irregular Verbs
You must learn them by heart:
A List: http://www.mansioningles.com/gram53.htm
An Irregular Verbs in Groups List:http://safasexto.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/irregularverbsingroups1.pdf
I wentYou readHe spokeWe heardThey came
All Persons are the same - as in Regular Verbs.
NEGATIVE FORM
All Verbs (Regular and Irregular) and all persons are the same:
SUBJECT + Did not (didn’t) + Base Form
I drank but he didn’t drink
We went but she didn’t go
She phoned but I didn’t phone
We studied but they didn’t study
INTERROGATIVE FORM
Did + SUBJECT + Base Form + … ?
Did you see that?
Did they go out yesterday?
Why did you tell me that?
Where did you meet him?
USE & TIME EXPRESSIONS
We use the Simple Past Tense for finished actions before the present.
You will see it with Time expressions showing Past:
Yesterday, last week / month/ … , in 2002,
2 hours / 3 days / a week/ …ago , When, etc