NOTE ON SIMPLE PAST TENSE PAGE 42
STUDENT’S BOOK.
SIMPLE PAST TENSE/ PAST SIMPLE
REGULAR VERBS
REGULAR VERBS IN AFFIRMATIVE
SENTENCES
(ENDING -ED)
EXAMPLES
:
1
* to walk
* to play
* to stay
* to smoke
2 walk ed play stay smok ed ed ed
1: INFIVITIVE (base form)
2: SIMPLE PAST TENSE (same ending)

NOTES !!!!!!
A
VERBS ENDING
IN
CONSONANT + Y
TO TRY
TO STUDY
TO WORRY


Y ----- I
+ ED
= IED
B
TRIED
STUDIED
WORRIED
VERBS ENDING
IN
VOWEL + Y
(vowels: A,E,I,O,U)
TO PLAY
TO OBEY
 + ED
PLAYED
OBEYED

C
VERBS ENDING
IN –E (silent E)
TO SMOKE
TO DANCE
TO WINCE
+ D
SMOKED
DANCED
WINCED
D
SHORT VERBS
ENDING IN ONE
VOWEL AND ONE
CONSONANT
TO STOP
TO STEP
TO MAN
TO WAG
 DOUBLE THE
LAST
CONSONANT
 + ED
STOPPED
STEPPED
MANNED
WAGGED

PRONUNCIATION - ED
 -P
(HELP)
 -K
(LOOK)
 -F
(STUFF)
 -S
(MISS)
 -SH
(WASH)
 -CH
(MARCH)
 -TCH
(WATCH)
 -X
(BOX)
 -CE
(SLICE)
 -GH
(LAUGH)
1.
VERBS ENDING IN: -ED PRONOUNCED
HELPED
[ T]
LOOKED
STUFFED
MISSED
WASHED
MARCHED
WATCHED
BOXED
SLICED
LAUGHED

VERBS ENDING
IN:


D
(LAND)
(END)
T
(WAIT)
(COUNT)
2.
+ ED
PRONOUNCED AS
[ID]
LANDED
ENDED
WAITED
COUNTED

THE REST
ADVISE
DIE
ENJOY
FOLLOW
HAPPEN
3.
+ED
PRONOUNCED AS
[D]
ADVISED
DIED
ENJOYED
FOLLOWED
HAPPENED

IRREGULAR VERBS
THERE ARE NO RULES TO
CONSIDER WHEN YOU
MAKE THE SIMPLE PAST
TENSE OF IRREGULAR
VERBS YOU HAVE TO
STUDY THESE VERBS BY
HEART.
YOU WILL FIND THEM ON
PAGE 216 OF YOUR
STUDENT’S BOOKS

EXAMPLES:
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
TO BEAT TO CATCH TO KEEP
BEAT
BEAT
BEAT
BEAT
BEAT
BEAT
BEAT
BEAT
BEAT
CAUGHT
CAUGHT
CAUGHT
CAUGHT
CAUGHT
CAUCHT
CAUGHT
CAUGHT
CAUGHT
KEPT
KEPT
KEPT
KEPT
KEPT
KEPT
KEPT
KEPT
KEPT
I
YOU
HE
SHE
IT
WE
YOU
THEY
TO MAKE TO SEND TO THINK
MADE
MADE
MADE
MADE
MADE
MADE
MADE
MADE
MADE
SENT
SENT
SENT
SENT
SENT
SENT
SENT
SENT
SENT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT
THOUGHT

CONJUGATION
“TO BE” AND “HAVE
GOT”
“TO BE” “HAVE GOT”
I WAS I HAD
YOU WERE YOU HAD
HE WAS HE HAD
SHE WAS SHE HAD
IT WAS IT HAD
WE WERE WE HAD
YOU WERE YOU HAD
THEY WERE THEY HAD
YOU HAVE TO LEARN
THESE CONJUGATIONS BY
HEART

MAKING QUESTIONS IN THE SIMPLE
PAST TENSE
I REGULAR VERBS. ex. JACK WALKED IN THE PARK
 REGULAR VERB IN THE SIMPLE
PAST TENSE.
 THE MAIN FORMS ARE:
TO WALK - WALKED.
(1)
 USE THE BASE FORM (1) IN THE
QUESTION
(2)
 USE ‘DID’ IN THE QUESTION
DID JACK WALK IN THE PARK ?

II IRREGULAR VEBS
EX. MARY BOUGHT A CAR.
 IRREGULAR VERB IN THE SIMPLE
PAST TENSE
 THE MAIN FORMS ARE:
TO BUY - BOUGHT
(1) (2)
 USE THE BASE FORM (1) IN THE
QUESTION
 USE ‘DID’ IN THE QUESTION
DID MARY BUY A CAR ?

MAKING NEGATIVE SENTENCES IN
THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE.
I REGULAR VERBS.
EX. JACK WALKED IN THE PARK.
 REGULAR VERB SIMPLE PAST TENSE
 THE TWO MAIN FORMS ARE:
TO WALK - WALKED
(1) (2)
 USE BASE FORM (1) IN THE NEGATIVE
SENTENCE
 USE ‘DIDN’T’ IN A NEGATIVE SENTENCE
IN THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE.
JACK DIDN’T WALK IN THE PARK.

II IRREGULAR VERBS
EX. MARY BOUGHT A CAR.
 IRREGULAR VERB IN THE SIMPLE PAST
TENSE.
 THE MAIN FORMS ARE:
TO BUY
(1)
- BOUGHT
(2)
 USE BASE FORM (1) IN THE NEGATIVE
SENTENCE
 USE ‘DIDN’T’ IN THE NEGATIVE
SENTENCE
MARY DIDN’T BUY A CAR .

DON’T USE ‘DID’ OR ‘DIDN’T’
WHEN YOU USE AUXILIARIES
LIKE:
AM, ARE, IS, WAS, WERE
HAVE GOT, HAS GOT
CAN, COULD
MUST
SHOULD
WOULD
SHALL, WILL