P R A T I C A R E

I D I O M A S

PAST TENSES:

HOW TO CREATE A

STORY?
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THE SIMPLE PAST IS FORMED BY ADDING –ED TO THE

BASE FORM OF THE VERB

(THE INFINITIVE WITHOUT TO).

BASE FORM + ED = SIMPLE PAST

WALK WALKED

PUSH PUSHED

GREET GREETED

COVER COVERED

THE SIMPLE PAST OF REGULAR VERBS IS VERY EASY BECAUSE IS

THE SAME FOR ALL PERSONS.

I WORKED WE WORKED

YOU WORKED YOU WORKED

HE, SHE, IT WORKED THEY WORKED

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VOWEL -E:

HATE HATED

SEIZE SEIZED

HOPE HOPED

ASSUME ASSUMED

TIE TIED

FREE FREED

VOWEL OTHER THAN -E:

SKI SKIED

ECHO ECHOED

VOWEL+Y:

PLAY PLAYED

DECAY DECAYED

SURVEY SURVEYED

ENJOY ENJOYED

CONSONANT+Y:

CRY CRIED

DIRTY DIRTIED

MAGNIFY MAGNIFIED
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ENDING IN A CONSONANT + VOWEL + CONSONANT:

DAM DAMMED

BEG BEGGED

PLAN PLANNED

STRIP STRIPPED

DEFER DEFERRED

REGRET REGRETTED

RESHIP RESHIPPED

COMPEL COMPELLED

IN THESE VERBS, THE STRESS IS NOT ON THE FINAL SYLLABLE SO

THE CONSONANT IS NOT DOUBLED:

ORBIT ORBITED

LISTEN LISTENED

TRAVEL TRAVELED

CONSIDER CONSIDERED
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V E R B T O B E

P R E S E N T

I A M W E A R E

Y O U A R E Y O U A R E

H E , S H E , I T I S T H E Y A R E

P A S T

I W A S W E W E R E

Y O U W E R E Y O U W E R E

H E , S H E , I T W A S T H E Y W E R E

N E G A T I V E

W A S + N O T = W A S N ' T

W E R E + N O T = W E R E N ' T
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THE SIMPLE PAST OF THE OTHER IRREGULAR VERBS IS VERY EASY

BECAUSE IS THE SAME FOR ALL PERSONS.

TO DO

I DID WE DID

YOU DID YOU DID

HE, SHE, IT DID THEY DID

NEGATIVE: DID + NOT: DIDN'T

HOW CAN I REMEMBER THE REGULAR AND IRREGULAR

VERBS?

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S C E N A R Y :

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S E A S O N , P L A C E . . .