PAST SIMPLE Regular and Irregular Verbs The Past

PAST SIMPLE Regular and Irregular Verbs

The Past Simple is used v. For an action which started and finished at a specific time in the past. The time is mentioned or can be easily understood: I played football yesterday. v. For repeated or habitual actions in the past: He often drove quickly when he was young.

The Past Simple is used v. For actions which happened one after the other in the past: George got up very early yesterday. He had breakfast, got dressed and left for work.

Form: The form of the past simple is the same for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc. ) Affirmative I You He She It We You They worked came

Form: The form of the past simple is the same for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc. ) Negative I You He She It We You They did not work didn’t come

Form: The form of the past simple is the same for all persons (I, you, he, she, etc. ) Interrogative Did I you he she it we you they work? come?

Spelling of Regular verbs) 1. Verb + -ed (past tense) wait – waited watch – watched 2. Verb + d live – lived move – moved 3. Changing –y to –i carry – carried 4. We don’t change –y to –i after a vowel pray – prayed play - played Exceptions: pay – paid say – said

Spelling of Regular verbs 5. Doubling final consonants a) If a one-syllable word ends in one vowel + one consonant, we double the final consonant before –ed prefer – preferred admit – admitted b) If the final syllable isn’t stressed, the final consonant isn’t doubled. open (‘open) – opened visit (‘visit) - visited Exception: In British English, we double –l at the end of a word even if the final syllable isn’t stressed. travel (‘travel) – travelled cancel (‘cancel) – cancelled

Irregular Verbs have different affirmative past simple forms come came see saw go went