THE PAST SIMPLE:

    

'Regular and Irregular Verbs'.CELIA ORTIZ MARIN - English Grammar 

Curso 2011/12 

  

USE of the PAST SIMPLE:• Actions that started and finished in the

past.• Actions that happened one after the

other in the past (like in a story).• With the Past Continuous to refer to a

short action that interrupts a longer one.

   Examples:• I didn't go to the beach last Sunday.•  I went into the disco and I saw my favourite girl, then I ...• The TV broke when she was watching the football match.                            Check your grammar ...

Form of the Past Simple

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• We add the suffix -ed in + sentences.

• She played the violin very well.

•  We use DID or DIDN'T in - or ? sentences.

• She didn't play the violin very well.

• Did she play the violin very well?

• When aswering: Yes, she did/ No, she didn't.

• In the past simple, ALL SUBJECTS HAVE GOT THE SAME VERB!!!

 

Regular & Irregular Verbs: FunctionsThere are regular and irregular verbs in the past simple. Regular verbs are those ending in -ed and irregular verbs are those that we have to study from this list.

The Verb 'TO BE'  

  

I 

He/ She/ It

POSITIVE     

WAS             

NEGATIVE 

WAS NOT WASN'T

INTERROGATIVE 

WAS I/ He/ She...?

  

We/ You/ They

  

WERE

 

WERE NOT WEREN'T

 

WERE We/ You/ They ...?

Spelling of the ending -ed 

Exceptions in spelling when adding -ed

Examples

  

after a final e only add d

  

love- loved

 

final consonant after a short, stressed vowel or l as final consonant after a vowel is doubled

  

admit- admittedtravel- travelled

 

final y after a consonant becomes i

  

hurry- hurried

Past Time Expressions  • Yesterday, the day before yesterday, the other

day...• Last night, last week, last year, last week, last

month...• Last summer, autumn, winter, spring...• Last Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ...• The last time you called ...• Two days ago, a week ago, 5 years ago...• In 1999, in October, in the summer...• At seven o'clock, at midnight, in the evening...

Useful TIPS for the study of Irregular Verbs

 Your task: Classify the verbs list in your notebook                in 3 groups as follows ... 1.NO CHANGE (tres formas iguales)2.2 DIFFERENT FORMS (dos formas diferentes)3.3 DIFFERENT FORMS (tres formas diferentes)

 *Use this structure in all groups: Infinitive    Past Simple   PasParticiple       Meaning    be               was/were              been                  ser/estar  Watch out because there are also Confusing verbs on the list!!!

Pronunciation of the -ed endingRegular verbs

 /t/= -sh, -ch, -s, -x, -k, -p ... /d/= -r, -m, -n, -b, -v, ...

/id/= -d, -t, -y  

painted    dance    arrived   jumped   laughed   discovered  lived           selected     watched     helped    started

  listened   remembered  stopped  looked   waited  wanted  visited        called      reached      decided

answered          invited

 Classify these verbs and CHECK!!! 

 /d/                 /t/                 /id/

 

    

THE PAST SIMPLE:

    

'Regular and Irregular Verbs'.