PAST SIMPLE

REGULAR VERBS

(AFFIRMATIVE)

What did they do last

week?

Every weekend,

Tom plays football.

Last weekend,

TOM

PLAYED FOOTBALL

TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PAST:TIME EXPRESSIONS:

YESTERDAY

LAST WEEK

LAST MONTH

LAST YEAR

LAST NIGHT

THREE DAYS AGO

YESTERDAY …I PLAYED FOOTBALL

YOU PLAYED FOOTBALL

HE PLAYED FOOTBALL

SHE PLAYED FOOTBALL

IT PLAYED FOOTBALL

WE PLAYED FOOTBALL

YOU PLAYED FOOTBALL

THEY PLAYED FOOTBALL

He painted a picture last weekend.

Sue

kissed her boyfriend

last Friday.

Tom surfed the Internet.

What did Tom do?

Last Monday

it rained.

My mother

cooked dinner.

My brother

watched TVall day.

My cousin

jumped.

My uncle

crashed his car

last week.

My aunt

washed

the dishes.

My father

laughed.

PAINT

KISS

SURF

RAIN

COOK

WATCH

JUMP

CRASH

WASH

LAUGH

PAINTED

KISSED

SURFED

RAINED

COOKED

WATCHED

JUMPED

CRASHED

WASHED

LAUGHED

My sister

studied.

The baby

cried.

Tim

carried

a lot of books.

My neighbour

hurried

to work.

PAY ATTENTION!

STUDY

carry

CRY

HURRY

STUDIED

carried

CRIED

HURRIED

consonant + y > -ied

but…

vowel + y + ed

play

stay

played

stayed

What did he do

yesterday?

He played the guitar.

What did she do last Saturday?

She danced.

Tom

parachuted

last Sunday.

Peter

smiled.

Lucy

phoned

her friends.

Alice

celebrated

her birthday.

REMEMBER THIS:

PARACHUTE

SMILE

DANCE

PHONE

CELEBRATE

PARACHUTED

SMILED

DANCED

PHONED

CELEBRATED

Kathy

chatted

with her friends.

They

stopped.

A SPECIAL CASE:STRESSED VOWEL + CONSONANT > double consonant

chat

stop

chatted

stopped

My

parents

worked

last week.

Tracey

stayed

at home

last weekend.

What did they do last Saturday?They washe

dtheir car.

Anne

listened to music.

The boys

cleaned

their bedroom.

THE CHILDREN PUSHEDTHE

CAR.

Mary and Sally

visited

their grandmother.

Joe

walked

the dogs.

Somebody

knocked

at the door.

MY FRIENDS

WAITED

FOR THE BUS.

SANDY

OPENED

HER PRESENTS.

ALEX

FINISHED

HIS HOMEWORK.

remember!MOST VERBS: INFINITIVE + ED:

VISIT VISITED

WORK WORKED

WASH WASHED

LISTEN LISTENED

COOK COOKED

PAY ATTENTION!

STUDY

CRY

HURRY

STUDIED

CRIED

HURRIED

but…

vowel + y + ed

play

stay

played

stayed

REMEMBER THIS:PARACHUT

E

SMILE

DANCE

PHONE

CELEBRATE

PARACHUTED

SMILED

DANCED

PHONED

CELEBRATED

A SPECIAL CASE:STRESSED VOWEL + CONSONANT > double consonant

chat

stop

chatted

stopped

What did they do yesterday?

What did they do yesterday?

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