1. CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF ECUADOR
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY, LITERATURE AND
SCIENCE EDUCATION
LANGUAGE SCHOOL
TOPIC: SIMPLE PAST
CARRERA ROSA
QUITO DM, 31 DE OCTUBRE 2011

2. SIMPLE PAST

3. S + S.P + C
 They watch TV at night.
(Simple Present)
 They watched television last night.
(Simple Past)

4. PERSONAL PRONOUNS
I
We
You
They
Watched
He
She
It

5. REGULAR
VERBS

6. The simple past is often –ed.
Work-worked
Need-needed
Stay-stayed
They traveled to Baños last
month.

7. EXCEPTIONS
REGULAR VERBS
Try – tried
study – studied
copy - copied
Stop – stopped plan - planned
They studied for the English test
last week.

8. IRREGULAR
VERBS

9. The simple past is not –ed.
Put – put do - did
Sell – sold drink - drank
Build – built eat – ate
Alicia ate an ice cream yesterday.

10. EXCERCISE: WRITE THE CORRECT FORM OF THESE REGULAR AND
IRREGULAR VERBS
1. choose ________ 6. stay ________
2. study ________ 7. forget ________
3. buy ________ 8. love ________
4. cry ________ 9. learn ________
5. forgive ________ 10. try ________

11. Pronunciation rules according to the Simple past – ed endings
1. – ed sounds like /t/ when the verb ends with voiceless
consonant sounds such as /k/ and /t/ /ch/ /sh/
For example: worked, cooked, watched
2. – ed sounds like /d/ when the verb ends with vowel sounds
or voiced consonant sounds such as /n/.
For example: stayed, cleaned, exercised
3. – ed sounds like /Id/ when the verb ends
with the sounds /t/ or /d/
For example: invited, visited, needed, waited

12. Put the verbs into the corrects part of the table
according to the pronunciation of the –ed ending
Travelled included reached
Discovered helped started
Emigrated called influenced
/t/ /Id/ /d/
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13. THANKS