Teacher:

Isabel Flores

Past Simple affirmative Regular and Irregular verbs

We form the past simple of regular verbs

adding the suffix ed to the base form. wait-waited ask-asked play-played

Irregular verbs dont follow this rule as

they have a special form for the past simple: buy- bought drink-drank

Past Simple affirmative Regular verbs

Most REGULAR VERBS add ed (ask-asked). But dont

forget:

Those ending in e only add d. (live-lived) Verbs ending in consonant+y change y into i and add ed.

(study-studied)

One syllable verbs ending in one consonant preceded by one vowel double the final consonant. Stop-stopped Plan-planned

Pronunciation of -ED
The ed suffix has the following pronunciations: /d/ when the sound before this suffix is

voiced:b,a vowel,v,....(loved- died)

/t/ when the sound before this suffix is

voiceless:p, k,f,s,.. (looked stopped)

/id/ when the verb ends in t or d. (waited-

decided)

Past simple Interrogative

We form the interrogative of the past simple

using did+subject+ the base form of the verb. This rule is for both regular and irregular verbs. Did you wait ? Did you ask ? Did you buy ? Did you drink? Did you listen? Did you see?

Past Simple -Negative

We form the negative of the past simple

using didnt before the base form of the verb. This rule is for both regular and irregular verbs. didnt wait didnt ask didnt buy didnt drink didnt listen didnt see

USES
The past simple is used to talk about

finished actions in the past. I lived in Rome for 3 years. It is also used to talk about actions that happened one after another. He arrived home, turned on the TV and sat down.

TIME EXPRESSIONS:
YESTERDAY
LAST WEEK / MONTH / YEAR/NIGHT ON MONDAY / TUESDAY LAST MONDAY ONE DAY / WEEK / MONTH / YEAR THE OTHER DAY / IN 2007 I saw Peter two days ago. They finished the book last week.

AGO

They got married in 2002.

COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS

blow
Present Past Past Participle

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COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS

blow
Present Past Past Participle

blow

blew

blown

break
Present Past Past Participle

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break
Present Past Past Participle

break broke broken

catch
Present Past Past Participle

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catch
Present Past Past Participle

catch caught caught

choose
Present Past Past Participle

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chose
Present Past Past Participle

chose

chose chosen

come
Present Past Past Participle

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come
Present Past Past Participle

come came come

do
Present Past Past Participle

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do
Present Past Past Participle

do

did

done

draw
Present Past Past Participle

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draw
Present Past Past Participle

draw

drew drawn

drink
Present Past Past Participle

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drink
Present Past Past Participle

drink drank drunk

dream
Present Past Past Participle

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dream
Present Past Past Participle

dream

dreamt/ dreamt/ dreamed dreamed

drive
Present Past Past Participle

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drive
Present Past Past Participle

drive

drove

driven

eat
Present Past Past Participle

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eat
Present Past Past Participle

eat

ate

eaten

fall
Present Past Past Participle

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fall
Present Past Past Participle

fall

fell

fallen

forgive
Present Past Past Participle

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forgive
Present Past Past Participle

forgive forgave forgiven

get
Present Past Past Participle

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get
Present Past Past Participle

get

got

gotten

go
Present Past Past Participle

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go
Present Past Past Participle

go

went

gone

grow
Present Past Past Participle

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grow
Present Past Past Participle

grow

grew

grown

know
Present Past Past Participle

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know
Present Past Past Participle

know

knew

known

lay
Present Past Past Participle

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lay
Present Past Past Participle

lay

laid

laid

lie
Present Past Past Participle

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lie
Present Past Past Participle

lie

lay

lain

ride
Present Past Past Participle

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ride
Present Past Past Participle

ride

rode

ridden

run
Present Past Past Participle

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run
Present Past Past Participle

run

ran

run

see
Present Past Past Participle

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see
Present Past Past Participle

see

saw

seen

sing
Present Past Past Participle

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sing
Present Past Past Participle

sing

sang

sung

sit
Present Past Past Participle

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sit
Present Past Past Participle

sit

sat

sat

speak
Present Past Past Participle

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speak
Present Past Past Participle

speak

spoke

spoken

swim
Present Past Past Participle

swims

swam

swum

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swim
Present Past Past Participle

swim

swam

swum

take
Present Past Past Participle

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take
Present Past Past Participle

take

took

taken

throw
Present Past Past Participle

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throw
Present Past Past Participle

throw

threw

thrown

write
Present Past Past Participle

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write
Present Past Past Participle

write

wrote

written

Irregular Verb Goodies

Irregular Verb Guessing Game Irregular Verb Flashcards Irregular Verb Concentration Irregular Past Tense Verbs Ants Picnic Verb Concentration Irregular Verb Listing Irregular Verb Online Exercises

Exercise 1: Using Irregular Verbs Exercise 2: Using Irregular Verbs Exercise 3: Using Irregular Verbs New! Exercise 4: Using Irregular Verbs New! Exercise 5: Using Irregular Verbs New! Exercise 6: Using Lay and Lie Correctly

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