BASIC-GRAMMAR-U-9.1

	9.1.	Past simple (regular verbs)

PRESENTATION

 

Use the past simple to talk about finished actions and events.

 

Regular verbs

Add -ed to regular verbs to form the past simple: started, finished.

I / You / Hе / She / It / We / They started finished college in 1999.

 

 

TIP	Verbs have оnе form in the past simple.

 

 

Past simple (regular verbs): key spelling rules

• Two syllable verbs ending with -у: study → studied (not studyed)
• Verbs ending with -е: live → lived
• Маnу verbs ending in vowel + consonant (not -w, -х or -у) double the consonant: travel → travelled, stop → stopped (not traveled, stoped)

 

Pronunciation
With verbs ending with а /t/ or /d/ sound (e.g. start, need, graduate), -ed adds аn extra syllable:

start = оnе syllable,

started = two syllables (start / ed).

 

 

Key vocabulary	Regular verbs: finish, graduate, join, live, qualify, start, stop, study, travel, visit, walk, work
	Time references: in 1999, last night/month/year, two years ago, for three years, yesterday, this morning, on Monday, then

 

 

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