Past Simple

I. Functions:

Past Simple can be used to:

• Describe a completed action in the past:

Example: We watched a very intense football match last night.

She finished her study at university two years ago.

• Describe actions that happened one after another in the past:

Example: Last night, someone broke into my house, stole a motorbike and damaged some furniture.

• Describe a habit in the past:

Example: I went fishing twice every week when I was in the countryside.

We often flew a kite over the open field after a long day at school.

II. Form:

+ Affirmative:

Subject + V-ed/2

+ Negative:

Subject + did not + V-bare

Shortened form: did not = didn't

+ Question:

Did + Subject + V-bare

III. ed – how to add

+ Regular verbs ending with consonant + -y >> change -y to -ied

study > studied comply > complied apply > applied

hurry > hurried supply > supplied

+ Regular verbs with one syllable, ending in consonant-vowel-consonant (except from -w, -y, -x) >> double the last consonant + ed

hop > hopped chat > chatted

rub > rubbed mop > mopped

stop > stopped ban > banned

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run > ran play > played

hit > hit fix > fixed

read > read bow > bowed

IV. ed – how to pronounce

+ Pronounce as /ɪd/: verbs ending with /t/, /d/

Example: wanted, devoted, decided

+ Pronounce as /t/: verbs ending with -se, -sh, -x, -ss, -k, -p, /f/, -ch, -ce

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Example: based, washed, fixed, missed, booked, stopped, bluffed, watched, faced

laughed, coughed

+ Pronounce as /d/: others

Example: stamped, blended, stayed, founded, fooled,...

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