Simple

Past
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 Simple
Past
We use the Simple Past to talk
about things that happened in
the past.

PAS PRESENT FUTURE

T

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 2 Different
Options

Verb
s
Regula Irregula
r r
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 Regular
verbs
For regular verbs, we only
add “ e d ” at the end of the
verb.

Play  Played
Talk  Talked
Stay  Stayed
Jump 
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Jumped
 Exception
s
1. Verbs ending in –e, only add a –d at the end

2. Verbs ending in a consonant + -y, add –ied

3. Verbs with one syllable ending in CVC form, double

the last consonant.

4. Verbs with 2 or more syllables ending in the

CVC form and with the last stressed syllable

5. Verbs ending in one vowel + -L, double the –L

before
the –ed

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Verbs ending in –e, only add a –
d at the end

Dance 
Danced
Agree 
Agreed
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Verbs ending in a
consonant
+ -y, add –ied

Try- Tried

Carry -
Carried
 Be
Careful!

Play 
Played

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 Verbs with one syllable ending
in CVC FORM, double the last
consonant.

Stop  Stopped
C V C

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 Be
Careful!
IF THE VERB ENDS IN X OR W, DON
´T DOUBLE THE LAST
CONSONANT

FIX  FIXED
MIX 
MIXED
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 Verbs with more than one
syllable, you only double the
consonant if it has the CVC and it
is stressed

Prefer  Preferred

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 Be
Careful!

Answer
Answered

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 Verbs ending in one vowel + -
L, double the –L before the
–ed

Travel  Travelled

Cancel 
Cancelled
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 Be
Careful!

Sail
Sailed

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 Irregular
Vebs

There is no specific rule for the Irregular

verbs.
 Irregular
Verbs
Irregular verbs are different
from each other, so, you
need to learn one by one
the cases.


Look at the list on page 137

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 Some
examples
 HAVE  HAD  EAT  ATE

 GET  GOT  LEAVE  LEFT

 BUY  BOUGHT  DO  DID

 MAKE  MADE  GO  WENT

 COME  CAME  SEE  SAW

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 Time
expressions
 Yesterday

 Last Night

 Last Day

 Last
Summer

 Two days
ago
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 affirmative
sentences
I
Yo
u
He
She Verb in Comp
It past .
We
The
y
 example
s
• I played soccer last week.
• Demian danced salsa yesterday.
• The kids ate broccoli
last morning.

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 Speaking
activity
Form groups of 3 people. Talk about the things you did
last weekend.

EXAMPLE
• Last weekend, I went with some
friends to a party, it was incredible.
We drank some beer and also we
ate some tacos.

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 negative
I
sentences
Yo
u
He
Verb in Comp
She Didn
´t simple
.
It
form
We
The
y
 example
s
• I didn´t play soccer last week.
• Demian didn´t dance sals
yesterday. a

• The kids didn´t eat broccoli

last morning.

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 Mariel went to a party last
Sunday.
affirmative

Mariel didn´t go to a party last

Sunday
negative

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