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Past simple (video)

➡️ 1.Affirmation:                                     

a) Regular verbs: verb stem + -ed

eg. : play = He played

b) Irregular verbs: you must learn them by heart.

Help: Irregular verbs in English.

eg. : eat = She ate

c) Verb be :
2 forms : "was" & "were" (I was.- You were.- He/She/It was.- We/You/They were.)

➡️  2. Questions & negations:

Use did .

Contracted form: didn't.

a) Regular verbs : Did + subject + stem of verb (no -ed)

eg. : She worked in a bank. = Did she work in a bank? She didn't work in a bank.

b) Irregular verbs : Did + subject + stem of verb 

eg. : He taught English. = Did he teach English?  He didn't teach English.

c) The verb be : WAS (not), WERE (not)

Contracted forms: I wasn't - You weren't.

eg. : Were you there? No, I wasn't there.

➡️ 3. Spelling:

a) Verbs ending in -e => V + -d :

eg. : love => loved

b) Verbs ending in: consonant + -y => -ied :

eg. : hurry => hurried

c) Verbs ending in: one vowel + a consonant :

double consonants:

eg. : slip => slipped

 B) Main use :

 - For past, dated actions.

A break with the present time.

 eg. : He lived in London when he was a child. 

C) Pronunciation of the final -ED : 

You can see here for the pronunciation:  test

  Exercise : Use the past simple.

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4. I (speak) to my uncle on the phone last week.

5. Mary (buy) a present for Camilla 2 days ago.

6. My mother (be) there yesterday.

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11. He (leave) five minutes ago.

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