By Juliana Moriones
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The simple
past
Use the simple past tense to talk about completed actions or situations.
When talking about past, use the following expressions of time:
Last night, last week, last month,last year, a year ago, a month ago, yesterday, the day before yesterday, In...
REGULAR
IRREGULAR
Regular verbs change their form to the past by adding -d or -ed:
work
worked
play
played
Irregular verbs do not take the -ed ending. Some verbs do not change and others change completely.
put
put
go
went
-
In general, if the verb ends in a consonant add -ed:
Help Helped
If the verb ends in -e add only -d:
Love Loved
2.
If the verb ends in a consonant plus -y, change -y to -i then add -ed:
Try Tried
3.
If the verb ends in a vowel plus -y, add -ed:
Play Played
4.
In one syllable verbs ending in a consonant- vowel-consonant, repeat the last consonant and then add -ed:
Hope Hopped
5.
6.
If the verb ends in -w, -z or -y, do not repeat the consonant add only --ed:
Mix Mixed
Verbs ending with two or more syllables, ending in a consonant-vowel-consonant, repeat the last consonant only if the last syllable is stressed:
Prefer Preferred
Visit Visited
7.
spelling rules for regular verbs
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
MADE
PIZZA YESTERDAY
SUBJECT
VERB
COMPLEMENT
Affirmative sentences
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to practice
Negative sentences
I
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
DID NOT
(didn't)
PLAY GOLF
auxiliar
verb
complem.
SUBJECT
when using the auxiliary "did" use the verb in base form.
To make Yes/No questions, just invert the position of the subject by position of the auxiliary.
DID SHE PLAY GOLF ?
Yes, she did.
No, she didn't
aux
SUBJ
verb
complem.
Yes / No Questions
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to practice
WHERE DID SHE PLAY GOLF ?
aux
SUBJ
verb
complem.
wh-question.
Information Questions
To make information questions, just invert the position of the subject by position of the auxiliary and then add the -wh question at the beginning.
