This document provides information about forming and using the past simple tense in English. It explains that there are regular and irregular past tense verbs. Regular past tense verbs are formed by adding "-ed" to the base verb, with some modifications for verbs ending in consonant-vowel-consonant or verbs ending in "e". Irregular past tense verbs have unique past forms that must be memorized. It also gives examples of regular and irregular verbs and provides pronunciation rules for regular past tense verbs ending in "-ed".

1. PAST SIMPLE
TENSE
-Form
-Meaning and Use
-Pronunciation

2. HOW DO WE FORM THE SIMPLE
PAST TENSE?
English has two types
of verbs in the past:
-regular
-irregular

3. OF PAST TENSE VERBS….. WHICH
ARE REGULAR AND WHICH ARE
IRREGULAR?
 walked regular
 studied regular
 taught irregular
 gave irregular
 became irregular
 cried regular
 lived regular
 did irregular

4. REGULAR VERBS ARE VERBS
THAT END WITH -ED
Simple form verbs:
walk
study
cry
live
Past tense verbs:
walked
studied
cried
lived

5. RULES FOR ADDING –ED:
 Add –ed to most verbs
 Drop the “e” and add “ed” to verbs that
end with “e” (smile= smiled).
 Change the “y” to “i” and add –ed to verbs
that end with a consonant and “y” (carry=
carried, study= studied).
 Double the consonant and add –ed to
verbs that end with one vowel and one
consonant ( drag= dragged, stop=
stopped).

6. IRREGULAR VERBS ARE VERBS
THAT DON’T END IN –ED……..
Sometimes with
irregular past tense
verbs you have to change
the vowel to make the
verb past tense:
become became
give gave
drive drove
forget forgot

7. OTHER IRREGULAR VERBS HAVE A
DIFFERENT KIND OF CHANGE…..YOU
NEED TO MEMORIZE THESE!
teach
bring
leave
hear
buy
taught
brought
left
heard
bought

8. WHY DO WE USE PAST TENSE
VERBS?
TO TELL THAT AN ACTION IS
COMPLETED!!!!!! FINISHED!!! OVER!!!

9. PRONOUNCIATION OF
REGULAR VERBS……
The –ed ending in English has three different sounds:
t: walked, talked, jumped
d: played, loved, answered
id: invited, waited
decided....
*With –id sounding words,
there is another syllable!

10. 1. We …………….(play) football all afternoon.
2. Dad and Ryan………..(wash) the car last week.
3. Julia ……………..(watch) TV last night.
4. She ………………..(be) my teacher last year.
5. Mum and grandma……………. (listen) to music yesterday.
6. She ………………..(walk) to the park with her dog yesterday
afternoon.
7. She………………(buy) a present for you last weekend.
8. Laura ……………………(eat) an ice-cream last night.
9. Sally ……………………..(come) to school by bus today.
10. I……………………(take) my iPad home yesterday.
Complete the sentences using the past simple
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