Simple Past (Regular verbs)

Simple Past (Regular verbs)

The Simple Past Tense, often just called the Past Tense.

The Past Tense is used to talk about something that started and finished at a definite time in the past.

Past simple REGULAR 

We often add -ed to verbs (regular verbs) to make the past simple.

We often watch a film on Saturday. ⇒ We watched a movie last Saturday.

I live in Barcelona. ⇒ I lived in Barcelona 2 years ago.

Multiple Choice

Do we use the past tense to talk about something that started and finished at a definite time in the past?

• true

• false

Past ed SPELLING

1. general rule: add ed watch= watched

walk= walked

OR

ending in e add d

live= lived

Multiple Choice

If your verb ends in e, do you add ed or only d?

like __?

• ed

• d

2. ending in vowel + y add ed

stay= stayed

play= played

Multiple Choice

if your verb ends in VOWEL + Y (play), do you only add ed? played?

• true

• false

3. after consonant + y delete y and add ied

study= studied

cry= cried

Multiple Choice

if your verb ends in consonant + y, do you delete the y and change it for an i? study..?

• true studied

• false= studyed

4. consonant + vowel + consonant double the last consonant + ed  when the verb is one syllable.

plan ⇒ planned

stop⇒ stopped

Multiple Choice

Do we double the last consonant when the verb ends in C + V + C and is one syllable? stop...?

• true stopped

• false stoped

When the verb is two syllables, we only double the consonant when the STRESS is in the last syllable.

reFER ⇒ referred, preFER ⇒ preferred, reGRET ⇒ regretted

Multiple Choice

Do we double the last consonant if the verb is 2 syllables and the stress is in the last syllable? prefer?

• true preferred

• false prefered

But we do NOT double the consonant when the STRESS is NOT in the last syllable.

VIsit ⇒ visited, ANswer ⇒ answered.

 

Multiple Choice

Do we double the consonant if the stress is NOT in the last syllable? VIsit

• true visitted

• false visited