The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that the simple past is used to talk about finished past events or actions. It provides examples of regular verbs formed in the simple past by adding "-ed", as well as some rules for irregular verb formations. Exceptions are also outlined for certain one-syllable and two-syllable verbs.

2. We normally use the Simple Past Tense to talk about events, actions or situations which occurred in the past and are now finished. They may have happened recently: Sam phoned a moment ago. or in the distant past: The Goths invaded Rome in A.D. 410. A time reference must be given: I had a word with Julian this morning. or must be understood from the context: I saw Fred in town. (i.e. when I was there this morning) I never met my grandfather. (i.e. he is dead)

3. Affirmative (S + VERB: WAS/ WERE) I was You were We were They were She was He was It was E.g.: I was with my friends yesterday. They were eating last night. Verb to be

4. Negative (S + VERB: WAS/ WERE + NOT) I wasn´t You weren´t We weren´t They weren´t She wasn´t He wasn´t It wasn´t E.g.: He wasn`t late. We weren`t at the party. Verb to be

5. Interrogative (VERB: WAS/ WERE + S + C) Was I……? Were you……….? she….? Was he…? it….? we…? Were you…? they..? E.g.: Was she ill? Were you in bed last month? Verb to be

6. REGULAR VERBS In English, you add “-ed” to the end of many verbs to make the Past tense.

7. Affirmative (S + VERB + ED) I You We worked They played She watched He It E.g.: I worked a lot yesterday. He played football last year.

8. Negative (S + DIDN´T + VERB) I You We work They + didn´t + play She watch He It E.g.: I didn`t play the guitar with my friends. It didn`t sound well.

9. Interrogative (DID + S + VERB +?) I You Did + We + work? They play? She watch? He It E.g.: Did you buy milk? Did he pay the bills?

10. With most verbs, the simple past is created simply by adding -ED. However, with some verbs, you need to add -D or change the ending a little. Here are the rules: Verbs ending in -e add -d : e.g. phone/phoned, smile/smiled. Verbs not ending in - e add - ed : e.g. ask/asked, clean/cleaned, follow/followed, video/videoed/stop/stopped. Verbs spelt with a single vowel letter followed by a single consonant letter double the consonant : beg/begged, rub/rubbed/occur/occurred. In two-syllable verbs the final consonant is doubled when the last syllable contains a single vowel letter followed by a single consonant letter and is stressed: pre'fer/preferred, re'fer/referred. Compare: 'benefit/benefited, 'differ/differed and 'profit/profited When there is a consonant before - y , the "y " changes to " i" before we add - ed : e.g. carry/carried, deny/denied, fry/fried, try/tried. Compare: delay/delayed, obey/obeyed, play/played, etc.

11. IRREGULAR VERBS Others verbs are very different. They are called “irregular verbs”.