This document provides an overview of past tense in English. It discusses regular and irregular verbs in the past tense using -ed or other suffixes. Examples are provided to demonstrate forming affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences using past tense verbs like dance, go, work, and eat. Tips are given for pronunciation of regular past tense verbs ending in -ed. Sources used to compile this information on past tense grammar are also cited.

3. English I
UNIT 6

4. Week 12: Past tense
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Affirmative
I danced zumba.
I went to the park.
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Regular verbs Irregular verbs
-d danceD,
liveD,
loveD
-ed workED,
jumpED,
needED
-ied (consonant+y)
studiED
worriED
criED
(list)
MEMORY

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TIP: Regular verb
pronunciation
Just -TED or –DED
Pronounce letter “e”
Needed, invited, wanted, decided

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Examples:
To be
I wasn’t at home yesterday.
You weren’t with me.
OTHER verbs
I didn’t do my homework.
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Negative:
To be
I, he,she, it + wasn’t
You, we, they, weren’t
OTHER verbs
DID NOT + SIMPLE
VERB
Contraction DIDN’T

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Interrogative
Question to be:
(Wh)+ was/ were + subject+ complement?
Where was she yesterday?
Were you at home in the morning?
Other verbs:
(Wh)+ auxiliar DID+ subject+ verb (simple)+
complement?
Where did she go yesterday?
Did you eat with my family in the morning?

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Bibliografía
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• Doff, A., Thaine, C., Puchta, H., Stranks, J., & Lewis-Jones, P. (2017).
Cambridge English Empower: A2 Student's Book. Elementary. Cambridge
University Press.
• Murphy, R., & Čhakramāt, S. (2002). Essential grammar in use (Vol. 20010).
Cambridge University Press.

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