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    Past Tense: Past Simple - Use, Form and Pronunciation

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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It is used to talk about completed events in the past. Regular verbs are conjugated by adding "-ed" to the base form. The "-ed" ending is pronounced in different ways depending on the last sound of the verb, such as /t/, /d/, or /id/. Questions and negatives are formed using "did" or "didn't".

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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It is used to talk about completed events in the past. Regular verbs are conjugated by adding "-ed" to the base form. The "-ed" ending is pronounced in different ways depending on the last sound of the verb, such as /t/, /d/, or /id/. Questions and negatives are formed using "did" or "didn't".

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    The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It is used to talk about completed events in the past. Regular verbs are conjugated by adding "-ed" to the base form. The "-ed" ending is pronounced in different ways depending on the last sound of the verb, such as /t/, /d/, or /id/. Questions and negatives are formed using "did" or "didn't".

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    Past Tense

    Past Simple – Use, form and pronunciation


    Past Simple - Use

     To talk about events that occurred in the past and are


    complete.

     When the event occurred is important

     Yesterday / last … / … ago


    Past Simple

     Regular verbs add -(e)d

     cough coughed count counted

     live lived

     stop stopped

     marry married play played


    Past simple – pronouncing –(e)d

     /t/ /d/ /id/

     /p/ stopped /b/ stabbed /d/ ended


     /k/ packed /g/ begged /t/ started
     /f/ coughed /v/ lived
     /s/ missed /z/ buzzed
     /∫/ washed /ß/ barged
     /t∫/ watched /dß/ judged
    Interrogative and negative

     Did /didn’t (did not)

     He went to the park.

     He didn’t go to the park.

     So, where did he go?

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