Grammar: Simple past (Regular verbs)
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This document provides information about using regular verbs in the simple past tense in English. It discusses the timeline, uses, spelling rules, and forms of regular past tense verbs. Some key points covered include: - The simple past tense expresses finished past actions. - To form the past tense of most regular verbs, add "-ed" or just "d" depending on the verb. There are also rules for verbs ending in consonant+y and some one vowel verbs. - Examples are given of putting verbs in the past tense according to the spelling rules. - The affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the simple past are explained using example verbs.
Grammar: Simple past (Regular verbs)
- 3. USE The Past Simple expresses a past action that is now finished. We played football yesterday. I visited Paris in 2013.
- 4. USE The Past Simple expresses a past action that is now finished. We played football yesterday. I visited Paris in 2013.
- 5. SPELLING
- 6. Add ed to the verb: Start started Finish finished Verbs ending with e, add just d Arrive arrived Survive Survived
- 7. Put the following verbs in the simple past: Add either d or ed. Accept Accept Add Add Admire Admire Advise Advise Afford Afford Agree Agree
- 8. Put the following verbs in the simple past: Accept Accepted Add Added Admire Admired Advise Advised Afford Afforded Agree Agreed
- 9. Verb ends in y, change y to i and add ed Cry cried Study studied One vowel verb, double the consonant Stop stopped Beg begged
- 10. Put the following verbs in the simple past: Grab Employ Plan Empty Copy Dry
- 11. Put the following verbs in the simple past: Grab Grabbed Employ Employed Plan Planned Empty Emptied Copy Copied Dry Dried
- 12. Put the following verbs in the simple past: Examine Examined Travel Rescue Investigate Deliver Seat Construct Listen
- 14. FORM Question The question in the Past Simple is formed with did. I arrive? When did He/she/it We You They