PAST SIMPLE

. We use the Past Simple to talk about

things that happened in the past.

EXAMPLES:
* I visited my grandparents yesterday.
* I went to the supermarket.
* I studied for the midterm exam last
weekend.
 BASE FORM PAST FORM
PLAY PLAYED
WALK WALKED
STUDY STUDIED

Ex. I/ You/ He/ She/ It/ We/ They played voleyball yesterday.
SPELLING RULES OF REGULAR VERBS:
 1) Verbs ending in one –e, add –d. dance danced
like liked
escape escaped

 2) Verbs ending in a consonant + y, we eliminate the “y” and add

-ied
 try tried
carry carried

BUT, vowel and y,

add only -ed play v played
enjoy enjoyed
 3)Verbs ending in a consonant+vowel + consonant, the
consonant is repeated before –ed. only if the verb finishes
with a stressed vowel
stop stopped
plan planned
prefer preferred

No stressed vowel, only -ed

answer answered
remember remembered
 The rest of the verbs take only –ed

watch watched
wash washed
start started
jump jumped
kill killed
look looked
YOU KNOW THE REGULAR VERBS, NOW
LET’S SEE IRREGULAR VERBS
 Irregular verbs doesn’t have rules because they change
completely
Ex. go went
do did
lose lost
have had
swim swam
say said
eat ate

THERE EXIST MORE VERBS…..

TIME EXPRESSIONS TO RECOGNIZE THE
PAST SIMPLE FORM