This document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that there are regular and irregular past tense verbs. Regular past tense is formed by adding "-ed" to the base verb, following certain spelling rules. Irregular past verbs do not follow a set pattern and must be memorized. The simple past tense is used to indicate that an action was completed in the past. It provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms.

1. Simple Past 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. Let’s read the following list of past tense
verbs…..
Which are regular and which are irregular?
walked
studied
taught
gave
became
cried
lived
did
regular
regular
irregular
irregular
irregular
regular
regular
irregular

4. Regular verbs are verbs that end with -ed
Simple form verbs:
Past tense verbs:
walk
walked
study
studied
cry
cried
live
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).

Drop the “y” and add –ied to verbs that end with a
consonant + “y” (study = studied).

Double the consonant and add –ed to verbs that are
monosyllables and end consonant + vowel + consonant
(stop = stopped).

Double the consonant and add –ed to verbs that have
more than 1 syllable, end consonant + vowel +
consonant and the last syllable is stressed (prefer =
preferred).

6. Irregular verbs are verbs that don’t end
in –ed… you need to memorize these!

7. Why do we use past tense verbs?
TO TELL THAT AN ACTION IS
COMPLETED!!!!!! FINISHED!!! OVER!!!

8. PRONOUNCIATION OF REGULAR
VERBS……
The –ed ending in English has three different
sounds:
/t/: when the last sound of the verb is /k, p, ch, sh,
f, h, s/
walked, talked, jumped
/d/: when the last sound of the verb is /b, g, l, m, n,
r, v, w, y, z, vowel/
played, loved, planned
/id/: when the verb finishes in “t” or “d”
waited decided....
invited,

9. How do we write the negative
form?
AFFIRMATIVE
NEGATIVE
 REGULAR:
 REGULAR:
She played
You studied
She didn’t play
You didn’t study
 IRREGULAR:
 IRREGULAR:
He went
We ate
He didn’t go
We didn’t eat

10. How do we write the interrogative
form?
AFFIRMATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
 REGULAR:
 REGULAR:
She played
You studied
Did she play?
Did you study?
 IRREGULAR:
 IRREGULAR:
He went
We ate
Did he go?
Did we eat?