The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that the simple past tense is used to talk about actions that happened in the past. For regular verbs, the simple past tense is formed by adding "-ed" to the base verb. However, some common verbs are irregular and have unique past tense forms, such as "cut" becoming "cut" in the past tense. Examples are provided to illustrate forming sentences in the simple past tense using both regular and irregular verbs.
The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that the simple past tense is used to talk about actions that happened in the past. For regular verbs, the simple past tense is formed by adding "-ed" to the base verb. However, some common verbs are irregular and have unique past tense forms, such as "cut" becoming "cut" in the past tense. Examples are provided to illustrate forming sentences in the simple past tense using both regular and irregular verbs.
The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that the simple past tense is used to talk about actions that happened in the past. For regular verbs, the simple past tense is formed by adding "-ed" to the base verb. However, some common verbs are irregular and have unique past tense forms, such as "cut" becoming "cut" in the past tense. Examples are provided to illustrate forming sentences in the simple past tense using both regular and irregular verbs.
The tense we use to talk about something that happened in the past. Simple Past Tense formula: S + V2 Example: I played badminton yesterday I went to Bandung last week I did my homework an hour ago I was at my grandmother's house yesterday V2 (regular verbs) For regular verbs, add 'ed' to the base verb (or just 'd' if the verb ends with e) V1 V2 Play Played Listen Listened Love Loved Type Typed Talk Talked Study Studied V2 (irregular verbs) Some verbs are irregular, so we can't simply add 'ed' to the base verb V1 V2 Cut Cut Take Took See Saw To be (am/is/are) was/were Hit Hit Put Put Make Sentence in Simple Past tense using: Verb 'erase'