PAST SIMPLEPAST SIMPLE

Verb TO BEVerb TO BE Regular VerbsRegular Verbs Irregular Verbs and Short answersIrregular Verbs and Short answers Uses and time expressionsUses and time expressions Pronunciation of final Pronunciation of final “-ed”“-ed”

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PAST SIMPLE of “to be”PAST SIMPLE of “to be”

Affirmative form: Affirmative form: Subject + Subject + + (C) + (C)

Interrogative form:Interrogative form: +Subject + (C)+Subject + (C)

Negative Form: Negative Form: Subject+ Subject+ +not+(C)+not+(C)

Wasn’t

Weren’t

Yes, he was.

No, he wasn’t

Past Simple Regular VerbsPast Simple Regular Verbs

Affirmative: Subject+Past of Verb+(C)Affirmative: Subject+Past of Verb+(C)

Interrogative: +Subject+Verb Infinitive+(C)Interrogative: +Subject+Verb Infinitive+(C) Negative: Subject+Negative: Subject+ +Verb Infinitive+(C)+Verb Infinitive+(C)

Infinitive+ “ed”

Look looked

Live lived

Stop stopped

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Irregular Verbs and Short AnswersIrregular Verbs and Short Answers

Aff: Subject+Aff: Subject+ +(C)+(C)

In: +Subject+V.Infinitive+(C)In: +Subject+V.Infinitive+(C)

Ng: Subject+ +V.Inf+(C)Ng: Subject+ +V.Inf+(C)

AFFIRMATIVE SHORT AFFIRMATIVE SHORT ANSWER: ANSWER: Yes+Subject Pronoun+DIDYes+Subject Pronoun+DID

NEGATIVE SHORT NEGATIVE SHORT ANSWER: ANSWER: No+Subject Pronoun+DIDN’TNo+Subject Pronoun+DIDN’T

USES AND TIME EXPRESSIONSUSES AND TIME EXPRESSIONS

Past, Past, finishedfinished actionsactions that took that took place in a moment place in a moment of time also past of time also past and finished.and finished.

PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL PRONUNCIATION OF FINAL “ed”“ed”

It’s never pronounced /ed/

It varies dependingon the last sound ofthe infinitive of the

regular verb.

/t/When the last sound

of the infinitive isvoiceless

/Id/When the infinitive

finishes in a dental sound: /t/ /d/

/d/When the last sound

of the infinitive isany other:

vowel sound, nasal,vibrant, lateral and

so on.