25th January,2021

Revision.
Past Simple of regular verbs. Positive statements. Form.

I. Spelling rules.
1. vb+ ed
ask- asked laugh- laughed
2. vb -e= vb+ d
love- loved live- lived like- liked
3. vb-cons Y= vb+ (y-i) ed
carry- carried marry- married study- studied
vb-voc Y= vb+ ed
play-played
4. CVC vb+ double cons. +ed
stop- stopped
travel-travelled
quarrel- quarrelled
1. laugh, tidy, travel, stay, plan, hate, cry, rob, pull, love, study, dance, kiss,
drop, change, enjoy, try, live, prefer, cook, hurry.
1. +ed- laughed, stayed, pulled, kissed, enjoyed, cooked, hurried.
2. +d- hated, loved, danced, changed, lived,
3. - (CONS Y-i) -ied- tidied, cried, studied, tried,
4. - CVC- double consonant- travelled, planned, robbed, dropped, preferred,
II. Pronunciation of -ed.
/ id/ - when the verb ends in / t/ or /d/ sound.
wanted, mended, skated, painted.
/t/ - when the verb ends in a voiceless sound: /p/, /k/, /f/, /s/, ch, sh, x.
stopped, liked, laughed, kissed, watched, washed, fixed.
/d/- when the verb ends in any other sound.
loved, robbed, closed.
III. Time expressions used with the past.
-yesterday, (ieri) the day before yesterday (alaltaieri).
-last night, week, last month, last year.(saptamana trecuta...)
- five minutes/ a week / two months/ five years ago.
IV. Use.
We use the past simple to talk about past, completed actions. (finished)