PAST SIMPLE
REGULAR
VERBS
PRESENTPAST
listen
play
watch
listen ed
watch
play ed
ed
He
He
He
Yesterday…
ed
ed
PAST
listen
watch
play ed
He
He
He
his favorite song
football
television
yesterday.
yesterday afternoon.
yesterday evening.
1.To form the past simple of regular verbs we add ed
RULES
RULES
2.- If a verb ends in _e
-like
-love
-hate
-arrive
-move
-dance
We add «d»
-liked
-loved
-hated
-arrived
-moved
-danced
RULES
3.- If a verb ends in
consonant + y
-cry
-copy
-study
-try
We add «ied»
-cried
-copied
-studied
-tried
Don’t use this rule: vowel + y
-enjoy enjoied enjoyed
- play plaied played
RULES
4.- If one-syllable verbs
ends in
consonant+vowel+consonant
-stop
-plan
-clap
We double the last
consonant
-stopped
-planned
-clapped
-begged
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Past simple regular verbs