Rules to add the –ed to the regular verbs in the

past.

Add –d to all verbs ending in vowel e

like/ liked
hate/ hated
Rules to add the –ed to the regular verbs in the
past

Add –ed to all verbs ending in a consonant.

listen/ listened
work/worked
 Rules to add the –ed to the regular verbs in the
past

Verbs ending in one stressed vowel between two

consonants, double the last consonant and add -ed

hug/ hugged
beg/begged
 Rules to add the –ed to the regular verbs in the
past

If the verb ends in a consonant + y, drop the –y and write

-ied

study/ studied
 Rules to add the –ed to the regular verbs in the
past

If the verb ends in a vowel + y, just add -ed

play/ played
 Pronunciation of -ed
/d/ /t/ /id/

lived worked
started
earned looked
created
loved kissed
wanted
smiled watched
hated
died washed
decided
named fixed
studied
infinitive Past tense Infinitive Past tense
enjoy rob
laugh pull
tidy love
travel drop
stay change
plan cook
try prefer
infinitive Past tense Infinitive Past tense
enjoy enjoyed rob robbed
laugh laughed pull pulled
tidy tidied love loved
travel traveled drop dropped
stay stayed change changed
plan planned cook cooked
try tried prefer preferred
 Complete these sentences with the correct verb forms

What did you do last weekend?

Pamela: “I _________(clean) the house”.

Robert: “I _________(stay) home all day.”
Zoe: “I _________(shop) all day, so I
_____(walk) a lot”.
 Complete these sentences with the correct verb forms

What did you do last weekend?

Jane: “My friend Frank _________(visit) me. We
________ (talk) a lot and _________ (listen) to music.”
Jim: “My friends and I ________(cook) a great meal.”
 Complete the sentences with did, was or were

1.Where ________ you born?. When

________ your mother born?
2.When _________ you start school?
3.When _______ you learn to read and
write?
4.Who ________ your first teacher?
 Complete the sentences with did, was or were

5. What ________ your favorite

subject?
6. Where ________ you live as a child?
7. How old ________ you when you
finished high school?
Did you do anything special?
 MEG
• Did Meg stay home last
weekend?
• Did she go out?
• Was she alone ?

RICK

• Did Rick spend the weekend at

the beach?
• Did he study on Saturday?
• Was he studying with his
friends?
Listen to the conversation between Meg
and Rick
 Go---went
Sing---sang
Answer these questions Spend---spent
1.What did Meg and Rick do on Forget---forgot
Saturday?
 Complete these conversations

A: ________you_________(stay) home on Saturday?

B: No, I ________ my friend. We ________(drive) to a
café for lunch.

A:How _______you_______your last birthday?

B: I _______(have) a party. Everybody
________(enjoy) it but the neighbors _________(not
like) the noise.
Talking about yourself