PAST SIMPLEPAST SIMPLEREGULAR REGULAR

VERBSVERBSIRREGULAR IRREGULAR

VERBSVERBS

WE USE IT :WE USE IT :

to talk about a completed action in a time before now.

The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past.

She finished her homework at four o'clock. He played the guitar when he was a child. Yesterday, I arrived in Bilbo.I saw a good film last week.They went to the theatre last night.He sent me a letter three weeks ago.Susan left twenty minutes ago.

IYOUHE

SHEIT

WEYOUTHEY

SUBJECT + BASE FORM+ED/ IRREGULAR FORMBASE FORM+ED/ IRREGULAR FORM

PLAYPLAYEDEDDECIDDECIDEEDDDISCOVERDISCOVEREDEDARRIVARRIVEEDDATEFLEWWENTLEFT

RUGBY WHEN I WAS YOUNG.TO STUDY FRENCH.AMERICA IN 1492.IN LONDON AT 4 a.m..THE BONE IN A MINUTE.TO BERLIN WITH IBERIA.TO THE CINEMA LAST SUNDAY.FOR SCHOOL AT 7.30.

AFFIRMATIVES

IRREGULAR VERBS

REGULAR VERBS

IYOUHE

SHEIT

WEYOUTHEY

SUBJECT + DID NOT / DIDN’T + BASE FORM ( REG/IRREG.)BASE FORM ( REG/IRREG.)

PLAYPLAYDECIDEDECIDEDISCOVERDISCOVERARRIVEARRIVEEATFLYGOLEAVE

RUGBY WHEN I WAS YOUNG.TO STUDY FRENCH.AMERICA IN 1492.IN LONDON AT 4 a.m..THE BONE IN A MINUTE.TO BERLIN WITH IBERIA.TO THE CINEMA LAST SUNDAY.FOR SCHOOL AT 7.30.

NEGATIVES

DIDN’TDID NOTDIDN’TDID NOTDIDN’TDID NOTDIDN’TDID NOT

IYOUHE

SHEIT

WEYOUTHEY

DID + SUBJECT + BASE FORM ( REG / IRREG) BASE FORM ( REG / IRREG) ??

PLAYPLAYDECIDEDECIDEDISCOVERDISCOVERARRIVEARRIVEEATFLYGOLEAVE

RUGBY WHEN I WAS YOUNG?TO STUDY FRENCH?AMERICA IN 1492?IN LONDON AT 4 a.m.?THE BONE IN A MINUTE?TO BERLIN WITH IBERIA?TO THE CINEMA LAST SUNDAY?FOR SCHOOL AT 7.30?

QUESTIONS

DID DID DID DID DID DID DID DID

REGULAR VERBS / AFFIRMATIVES

SPELLING RULES

•VERBS ENDING WITH A SILENT –E.•DROP THE –E DROP THE –E DECIDE-DECIDED

•1 SYLLABLE VERBS ENDING IN 1 VOWEL+1CONSONANT.•DOUBLE FINAL CONSONANT DOUBLE FINAL CONSONANT STOP-STOPPED

•2 SYLLABLE VERBS, STRESSED IN THE LAST SYLLABLE.•DOUBLE FINAL CONSONANT DOUBLE FINAL CONSONANT PREFER-PREFERRED

•VERBS ENDING IN –L.•DOUBLE THE –L DOUBLE THE –L TRAVEL-TRAVELLED

•VERBS ENDING IN CONSONANT+Y.•THE –Y CHANGES INTO AN –I THE –Y CHANGES INTO AN –I CARRY-CARRIED

TIME EXPRESSIONS

(A WEEK, TWO YEARS, THREE HOURS….) AGOA WEEK, TWO YEARS, THREE HOURS….) AGO

LAST NIGHT, YEAR, …LAST NIGHT, YEAR, …

AT (A TIME)AT (A TIME)

ON (DAY OF THE WEEK, DATE)ON (DAY OF THE WEEK, DATE)

IN THE PAST, IN (YEAR, MONTH)IN THE PAST, IN (YEAR, MONTH)

YESTERDAYYESTERDAY