Past Tense Regular Verb

Past Tense Regular Verb

What is past tense?

When do we use the past form of the verb?

The past simple is the most common way of talking about past events or states which have finished. It is often used with past time references (e.g. yesterday, two years ago).

What are past events or states?

A past event could be one thing that happened in the past or a repeated thing.

Example:

I stopped at a zebra crossing.

We carried on with the test.

We played tennis every day in August.

A state is a situation without an action happening.

Example:

We stayed at my grandparents' house last summer.

How do you form the past simple?

Regular past simple forms are formed by adding -ed to the infinitive of the verb.

start → started

kill → killed

jump → jumped

Poll

help

• helped

• helpd

• helps

• helping

Poll

pick

• picks

• picked

• pickd

• picking

Regular Verb Rules

If a verb ends in -e, you add -d.

agree → agreed

like → liked

escape → escaped

Poll

pause

• pauses

• pausing

• pausedd

• paused

Poll

guide

• guides

• guiding

• guided

• guidedd

Regular Verb Rules

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

try → tried

carry → carried   

Poll

cry

• cryed

• cried

• crys

• crying

Poll

fry

• fried

• fryes

• frying

• fryed

Regular Verb Rules

if the word ends in a vowel and -y, you add -ed.

play → played

enjoy → enjoyed

Multiple Choice

ask

• askd

• asket

• asked

Multiple Choice

call

• called

• callid

• calld

Multiple Choice

end

• end

• ended

• endid

Multiple Choice

need

• needed

• needing

• needs

Multiple Choice

play

• playied

• playd

• played