SIMPLE

PAST TENSE
1ESO

AFFIRMATIVE FORM
Verbs can be:

REGULAR
or

Irregular!
(You got that one right)

Affirmative of Regular Verbs

All Persons add ED to the Base Form:
I played
You laughed
He listened
She watched
We waited
They rememebered

SPELLING the ED ending

Regular verbs ending in :
- E : Add D:
I lived , you decided , he liked,
- Consonant + Y: IED:
I studied, He tidied, (vs: I played)
- 1 Vowel + 1 consonant: Double the consonant:
She planned , they stopped, (vs: he waited)

Pronouncing the ED:

Three possibilities:
- /d/ as in cleaned
- /t/ as in kicked
- /id/ as in decided
Plenty of pronunciation practice:
http://englishteachermargarita.blogspot.com/2009/10/pronouncing-ed2009-10.html

Affirmative of Irregular Verbs

You must learn them by heart:
A List:
http://www.mansioningles.com/gram53.htm

An Irregular Verbs in Groups List:

http://safasexto.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/irregularverbsingroups1.pdf

I went
You read
He spoke
We heard
They came

All Persons are the same

- as in Regular Verbs.

NEGATIVE FORM
All Verbs (Regular and Irregular) and all
persons are the same:
SUBJECT + Did not (didnt) + Base Form
I drank but he didnt drink
We went but she didnt go
She phoned but I didnt phone
We studied but they didnt study

INTERROGATIVE FORM
Did + SUBJECT + Base Form + ?
Did you see that?
Did they go out yesterday?
Why did you tell me that?
Where did you meet him?

USE & TIME EXPRESSIONS

We use the Simple Past Tense for finished
actions before the present.
You will see it with Time expressions
showing Past:
Yesterday, last week / month/ , in 2002,
2 hours / 3 days / a week/ ago , When,
etc

By Marga
http://englishteachermargarita.blogspot.com/