This document provides examples of basic English grammar structures including: - Subject-verb agreement for present and past tense verbs with different pronouns - Question word acronyms (QASI) and examples of question structures - Regular verb spelling rules for adding "-ed" or "-d" in the past tense - Pronunciation rules for verbs ending in "-ed" depending on the preceding consonant.

2. +
I/he/she/it
You/we/they
worked yesterday
-
I/he/she/it
You/we/they
didn’t work
yesterday

3. ?
did
I/he/she/it
you/we/they
work yesterday?
 
Yes,
I, he, she,
it, you, we,
they
did No,
I, he,
she, it,
you, we,
they
didn’t

4. ? - QASI
Q-WORD AUXILIARY SUBJECT INFINITIVE
WHAT
WHO
WHEN
WHERE
HOW MUCH
CHOCOLATE
DID
YOU
THE BOY
THEY
SHE
WE
WATCH?
CALL?
ARRIVE?
WORK?
INVITE?

5. SPELLING RULES FOR REGULAR VERBS
INFINITIVE PAST SPELLING
WATCH
PLAY
WATCHED
PLAYED
ADD –ED
LIVE LIVED ADD –D
STOP STOPPED X2 CONSONANT + -ED
STUDY STUDIED CONSONANT + Y > IED

6. PRONUNCIATION RULES
/d/ - after
Vowel or voiced
consonant
/t/ - after unvoiced
consonant
/ d/ - after /t/
or /d/
Played
Studied
Called
Listened
Arrived
Cried
Used
Travelled
…
Typed
Relaxed
Stopped
Looked
Asked
Watched
Missed
danced
wanted
Chatted
Texted
Started
Downloaded
Decided
Invited