70 Past simple: regular verbs

Present Past
1 To make the past simple, we add -ed. finish finished
walk walked

2 When the verb ends in -e, we add -d arrive arrived

close closed

3 When the verb has a short vowel and stop stopped

one consonant, we usually double travel travelled
consonant.
4 The past simple is the same for all subjects.
I arrived. We arrived.
She arrived. You arrived.
He arrived. They arrived.
 70 Pronunciation: regular verbs

Rules Present Past

1 After a voiced consonant, -ed = /d/ phone phoned

/f@Un/ /f@Und/

2 After a voiceless consonant, -ed = /t/ walk walked

/wO;k/ /wO;kt/

3 After -t or -d, -ed = /Id/ wait waited

/weIt/ /weItId/

need needed
/ni;d/ /ni;dId/