Simple Past Tense-Form

-Meaning and Use

-Pronunciation

How do we form the simple past tense?

English has two types of verbs in the past:

-regular

-irregular

Past Simple: Regular Verbs

The Past Simple tense of the most English

verbs (regular verbs) is formed by adding "-ed"/"-d" to

their base form. (If the verb ends in "-e", we add "-

d" to form the past simple) Exam; live, love, smile,

dance etc.

Examples:

We arrived at 9:00 o'clock.

My brother lived in London four years ago.

When she was young, she danced beautifully.

Regular verbs are verbs that end with -ed

Simple form verbs:

walk

study

cry

live

Past tense verbs:

walked

studied

cried

lived

Spelling Rules

If a regular verb ends in consonant + y change y to i and add -ed:  carry - carried,    study - studied,    fry - fried,    try - tried

If a one syllable regular verb ends in consonant + vowel + consonant double the final consonant and add -ed -- > stop - stopped,  plan - planned,   rob - robbed,   beg - begged

 If a regular verb has more than one syllable and ends in consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final consonant only if the final syllable is stressed -- >  preFER - preferred,    regRET - regretted

 Exception: In British English verbs ending in -l have -ll before -ed whether the final syllable is stressed or not -- > travel - travelled

Rules for adding –ed:

Add –ed to most verbsDrop the “e” and add “ed” to verbs that end with

“e” (smile= smiled). Change the “y” to “i” and add –ed to verbs that

end with a consonant and “y” (carry= carried, study= studied).

Double the consonant and add –ed to verbs that end with one vowel and one consonant ( drag= dragged, stop= stopped).

Why do we use past tense verbs?

TO TELL THAT AN ACTION IS COMPLETED!!!!!! FINISHED!!! OVER!!!

PRONOUNCIATION OF REGULAR VERBS……

The –ed ending in English has three different sounds:

t: walked, talked, jumped

d: played, loved, answered

id: invited, waited decided....

*With –id sounding words, there is another syllable!