Simple Past (Reg Verbs

Simple Past

Talking about the past

Regular verbs

The Simple Past

The past simple is the most common way of talking about things that happened in the past, it uses words like:

Yesterday

Last Week

2 years ago

How to form the Simple Past?

• For regular verbs we add "ed" at the end of the verb. Example:

• Start = Started

• Jump = Jumped

Multiple Choice

We use the simple past to talk about the..........

• Present

• Future

• Past

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option:

Yesterday I ................... a tree. (climb)

• climb

• climbed

• climbing

Rules

• If the verb ends in -e, you only need to add -d. You don't put 2 "e" together. Example:

• Like = Liked

• Scape = Scaped

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option:

Last week we watched a movie. We really ........ it. (like)

• liked

• like

• likeed

Rules

• If a verb ends in a vowel and a consonant, the consonant is usually doubled before -ed.

• Stop = Stopped

• Plan = Planned

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option:

Last year my mum ............ going to wokr. (stop)

• stopping

• stop

• stopped

Rules

• If a verb ends in consonant and -y, you take off the y and add -ied.

  
  

• try → tried

  
  

• carry → carried

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct option:

I ............ really hard to finish. (try)

• trying

• tried

• try