Past Time

USE1 It is used to talk about activities that began and ended in the past (e.g., yesterday, last night, two days, in 1990…etc.

Examples:

•Last year, I traveled to India.

•Did you have dinner last night?.

•I did not see a play yesterday.

USE 2 a series of completed actionsExamples:

I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.

USE 3 Habits in the past

Examples:

I studied English when I was a child.He did not play the piano.They never go to schools; they always

skipped classes.

USE 4 fact or Generalizations

Examples:

He did not like tomatoes.She was a shy as a child, but she is very

outgoing.Did you live in India when you were a kid?

Structure of the Past Time

Statement: I – you-it – he-she- they-we } work+ed

Negative: I– you-it – he-she- they-we } didn't work

Question

Wh- questionsWh- +helping verb+ subject+ main verb When did he sign off?

Yes/ No question:Helping verb+ subject+ main verb+ rest of the sentence( optional)?Did he/she/it… work?Note:

What happened to that person?We will notice that there is no need for a helping verb, did.

Spelling of –ed form

A) Final –d is added to verbs ending in –e Smile ---< smiled Hope ---< hoped

B) IF a verb ends with 2 consonants ,just add –ed Help ---< helped Learn ---< learned

C) If a verb ends in 2 vowels +a consonant, just add –ed Rain ---< rained heat ---< heated

•D) IF a verb has one syllable and ends in in one vowel + one consonant , double the consonant to make –ed form

Stop ---< stopped Plan ---< planned

E) IF the first syllable of a 2-syllable verb is stressed, do not double the consonant :

Visit ---< visited Offer ---< offered

F) IF the second syllable of a 2-syllable verb is stressed, do double the consonant :

Admit ---< admitted Prefer ---< preferred

G) IF the verb ends in a vowel + -y , keep the –y . Do not change it to -i .

Play ---< played enjoy ---< enjoyed

H) I F the verb ends in a consonant + -y, change the –y to –i and add –ed.

Worry ---< worriedstudy ---< studied

• Deletion or Addition of –e1 :create – write – type… etc. You can simply add the –d to these verbs .But, drop the –e when adding the –ing form:

creating – hoping –typing…etc

2 : When having Monosyllabic verbs that end in –ye, -oe, or –nge, keep the –e before –ing .Dye + -ing ---< dyeing hoe + -ing ---< hoeing singe + -ing ---<singeingBut, drop the –e and then add the –ed form:dye + -ed ---< dy+ dyed hoe + -ed singe + -ed

3) IF a verb ends in –ie or –ee , just drop the final –e and add the –ed form:

die - died agree - agreed But, when adding the –ing form, verbs like tie, lie, die will become in this form:die + -ing - dying