REGULAR VERBS
Verb
ending in...
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How to
make the simple past
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Examples
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-e
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Add -D
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live: lived
date: dated |
Consonant
+ y
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Change y to i,
then add -ED
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try: tried
cry: cried |
One vowel
+ one consonant
(but NOT w or y) |
Double the
consonant, then add -ED
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tap: tapped
commit: committed |
anything
else including w
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Add -ED
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boil: boiled
fill: filled hand: handed show: showed |
IRREGULAR VERBS
Consult the irregular verbs list*
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AFFIRMATIVE
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She
went shopping yesterday.
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S+
verb in simple past+ complement
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NEGATIVE
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She
didn´t go shopping yesterday.
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S+
did not (didn´t) + verb + complements
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INTERROGATIVE
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Did
she go shopping yesterday?
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Did
+ S + verb + complements+ ?
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