E-3[2] Grammar Summary

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Grammar Summary

Past Simple {2)

Form

Regular verbs are formed by adding -ed. This is the rule for all persons.

The negative is formed with didn't + verb. didn't = did not
Affirmative and Negative

Subject + verb + complement.

Natt
! f You f We f They f She f He f !t

started
didn't start

acting in 1978.
acting in 1975.

YesJ No Question From

We use did to make questions in the past simple.

Did + subject + main verb + complement?

leave work

early?
Did

! f he f she f it f we f they
have a lot of friends?

Yes, he did.
No, he didn't

Information Question Form

Question Word + did + subject + main verb + complement.
When arrive at work?
Where study?
Why stop acting?
Who


did

Natt
! f you f he f she
it f we f they
marry?






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Spelling Rules

Usually, we add -ed
! started acting in 1978.
! talked with lots of famous people

!f the verb ends in -e, add -d.
! really loved acting.
! arrived at work at 7:00

!f the verb ends in a consonant + y, change the -y to -ied.
Natt studied business at university.
He married Joan.

!f the verb has only one syllable ending in a vowel + a consonant, double the consonant.
Natt stopped acting when he was a teenager.
He and Joan planned a new future together.