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REGULAR VERBS |
IRREGULAR VERBS |
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AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE SUBJECT + V–ED* |
AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCE SUBJECT
+ 2nd COLUMN (TABLE) |
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Mike helped in the house. They worked in
Manchester. |
Mike went to London. I took the
bus. |
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NEGATIVE SENTENCE SUBJECT + DID
NOT / DIDN’T + V |
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Mike did not / didn’t help in the house. They did not / didn’t work in Manchester. |
Mike did not / didn’t go to London. I did not / didn’t take the bus. |
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INTERROGATIVE
SENTENCE DID + SUBJECT + V? |
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Did Mike help in the house? Did they work in Manchester? |
Did Mike go to London? Did I take the bus? |
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SHORT ANSWERS YES, SUBJECT
PRONOUN + DID / NO, SUBJECT PRONOUN + DIDN’T |
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Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t. Yes, they did. / No, they didn’t. |
Yes, he did. / No, he didn’t. Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. |
1- Most verbs add -ED:
Appear → Appeared; Finish → Finished; Help → Helped; Present → Presented.
Arrive → Arrived; Close → Closed; Dance → Danced; Decide → Decided.
3- Verbs ending in CONSONANT +Y →
Carry → Carried; Study → Studied; Try → Tried. BUT: Play → Played ("a" is not a consonant).
4- Verbs ending in STRESSED VOWEL + CONSONANT → DOUBLE CONSONANT + ED:
Ban → Banned; Prefer → Preferred; Stop → Stopped. BUT: Open→ Opened ("e" is not stressed).
5- In BRITISH ENGLISH, verbs ending in VOWEL + L → DOUBLE L + ED:
Cancel → Cancelled; Marvel → Marvelled; Travel → Travelled. BUT: Boil → Boiled (2 vowels, not 1).
* PRONUNCIATION:
Click the following link on YouTube to practice the pronunciation of past tense sounds of regular verbs:
1. USES:
- Completed actions in the past.
- Actions that took place at a specific time in the past (i.e. description
of a past event).
- Consecutive actions in the past (i.e. the main events in a story).
2. TIME EXPRESSIONS:
- ago
- yesterday, the day before yesterday
- last day / week / month / year
-in + year (in the past)
- then
- when + time clause (in the past)
