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Past Tense
Past Tense
study studied
cry cried
live lived
Rules for adding –ed:
Reglas para añdir -ed
Add –ed to most verbs
Añadir –ed para la mayoria de verbos
Drop the “e” and add “ed” to verbs that end with “e” (smile= smiled).
Omitir la “e” y añadir “ed” para los verbos que terminer con”e” (smile= smiled).
Change the “y” to “i” and add –ed to verbs that end with a consonant and “y”
(carry= carried, study= studied).
Cambiar la “y” con “i” y añadir -ed par los verbos que terminan en una
consonante y “y” (carry= carried, study= studied).
Double the consonant and add –ed to verbs that end with one vowel and one
consonant ( drag= dragged, stop= stopped).
Doblifique la consonate y añada ed par los verbos que terminan en una vocal y
una consonate ( drag= dragged, stop= stopped).
Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t end in –ed……..
Los verbos Irregulares NO terminan en……
-ed
become became
give gave
drive drove
forget forgot
Other irregular verbs have a different kind of change…..you
need to memorize these!
Otros verbos irregulares tienen diferente tipo de cambio…..
Usted necesita memorizarse
teach taught
bring brought
left
leave
heard
hear
bought
buy
Why do we use past tense verbs?
Porqué utilizamos verbos en PASADO?