2. REGULAR VERBS
• WE FORM THE PAST SIMPLE OF
REGULAR VERBS BY ADDING THE SUFFIX
–ED TO THE INFINITIVE.
• E.G. : LIKE - LIKED
e.g. Yesterday I worked in
the evening.
3. SPELLING RULES.
• BASE FORM OF THE VERB + -ED:
E.G. WANT- WANTED
LIKE-LIKED
PLAY-PLAYED
• BASE FORM OF THE VERB ENDING –E + -D:
E.G. ARRIVE-ARRIVED HATE-HATED
LOVE-LOVED
• BASE FORM OF THE VERB ENDING IN CONSONANT + -Y:
-IED
E.G. TRY-TRIED * EXCEPTION: PLAY - PLAYED
• ONE- SYLLABLE VERBS (CVC): DOUBLE THE CONS. + -ED
E.G. PLAN-PLANNED STOP-STOPPED
4. FUNCTION.
❑ ACTIONS THAT STARTED AND FINISHED IN
THE PAST
E.G. I DIDN'T GO TO THE BEACH LAST
SUNDAY
❑ ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED ONE AFTER THE
OTHER IN THE PAST (LIKE IN A STORY)
E.G. I WENT INTO THE DISCO AND I SAW
MY FAVOURITE GIRL, THEN I ASKED HER TO
DANCE.
5. THE PRONUNCIATION.
• /T/ WHEN THE INFINITIVE ENDS IN A VOICELESS CONSONANT ( /P/,
/K/,/KS/, /S/ , /F/, /H/, /Í/, /S/ ):
E.G. LIKED /LAIKT/
WATCHED /WOCHT/
STOPPED /STOPT/
• /D/ WHEN THE INFINITIVE ENDS IN A VOICED CONSONANT (/ B/,/G/, / L/ ,
/M/, / N /, /R /– /V/ , / W /, /Y /, /Z /) OR IN A VOWEL SOUND:
E.G. PLAYED /’PLEID/
• /ID/ WHEN THE INFINITIVE ENDS IN /T/ OR /D/:
E.G. WANTED /´WONTID/ DECIDED /DI´SAIDID/
HATED /´HEITID/
6. IRREGULAR VERBS
- Verb TO BE: (was/were):
I was I wasn’t
You were You weren’t
He/She/It wasHe wasn’t
We were We weren’t
You were You weren’t
They were They weren’t
7. You’ll find the list of irregular
verbs in your book on page 168,
the 2nd column.
8. The negative form:
- DIDN’T.
1.- Regular verbs:
Subject + didn’t + base form of the verb. (NOT –ED/-D)
e.g. I didn’t like that film.
2.- Irregular verbs:
Subject + didn’t + base form of the verb (not in the past simple form)
e.g. I didn’t ask you for your opinion.
9. Questions:
1.- With the verb ‘to be’: was/ were.
- Verb + Subject + ….?
e.g. : Were you at the zoo last Friday?
Was I ready for that exam?
10. 2.- With the verb ‘to do’ : DID.
- Did + subject + main verb + ……?
e.g. Did she love him?
Did you drink all the water?
