Form:
regular verbs irregular verbs
work worked go went
clean cleaned see saw
watch watched buy bought
Regular verbs
POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION
I worked I did work Did I work?
not/didn´t
you worked you did work Did you work?
not/didn´t
he worked he did work Did he work?
not/didn´t
she worked she did work Did she work?
not/didn´t
it worked it did work Did it work?
not/didn´t
we worked we did work Did we work?
not/didn´t
you worked you did work Did you work?
not/didn´t
they worked they did work Did they work?
not/didn´t
Spelling changes:
+ ed walk walked
cook cooked
+d bake baked
use used
-y cry cried
+ ied study studied
double last letter stop stopped
+ed
plan planned
Pronunciation (changes in reading):
[t] [d] [id]
Unvoiced (neznělé) k, s, p, f, Voiced (znělé) n, g, m, r, v, Ending t or d
ch, sh vowels
cooked learned wanted
hoped charged needed
missed played invited
washed called decided
laughed loved started
watched seemed ended
Irregular verbs – 2nd column of
irregular verbs
POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION
I went I did go Did I go?
not/didn´t
you went you did go Did you go?
not/didn´t
he went he did go Did he go?
not/didn´t
she went she did go Did she go?
not/didn´t
it went it did go Did it go?
not/didn´t
we went we did go Did we go?
not/didn´t
you went you did go Did you go?
not/didn´t
they went they did go Did they go?
not/didn´t
Short answer:
Did Jack finish his report?
Positive answer: Yes, he did. (no contraction)
Negative answer: No, he didn´t.
Using:
1) Finished time word/ with time expression
I went to the cinema yesterday.
2) Without time expression
I cooked dinner.
3) Finished time period
Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa.
4) Details of news
I´ve hurt my leg. I fell off a ladder.
5) Action in stories
He sat down and ordered the coffee.
One action
She talked to her manager.
Many actions
They invited their friends, ordered pizza and watched the game.
6) Recent past
We visited her yesterday.
7) Distant past
She lived in London a long time ago.
8) Unreal/imaginary things
If I won the lottery, I would buy a house.
Signal words/ time expression:
yesterday
last night
in 2003
6 months ago
2 minutes/hours/days/years ago
the other day
last month/year/ week/ Sunday
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