Very Often the Past Simple Ends in Ed (Regular Verbs)

: Study this example

.He e liked football and cars

:(Very often the past simple ends in –ed (regular verbs

.She passed her exam because she studied very hard *

.The police stopped me on my way home last night *

:But many verbs are (irregular). The past simple doesn't end in –ed. For example

Write wrote

see saw

go went

.(for a list of irregular verbs , see(student book page 67

: In question and negatives we use did/didn't + infinitive

Affirmative I enjoyed She saw they went Negative I enjoy She Didn't see they go Questions you ?Enjoy Did She ?See they ?Go

:Be careful when do is the main verb in the sentence

?What did you do at the weekend*

( "I didn't do anything. (not " I didn't anything *

? Was I /he/ she /it ? Were we / they / you : The past of be ( am, is, are) is was/were

I /he/ she /it was /wasn't We / they / you were/ weren't

:Note for spelling

.If the verb ends in e (for example like, smile, hope) we add only –d for the past

Like liked

Smile smiled

Hope hoped

(If the verb ends in –y (for example study, try, carry

.If the verb ends in a consonant + y : change the y to i then add –ed

Study studied

Try tried

Carry carried

.If the verb ends in a vowel + y (for example play, enjoy ) the y doesn't change

Play played

Enjoy enjoyed

Sometimes if the verb ends in a vowel + consonant (for example stop, plan, prefer) . we double the consonant at the end

Stop stopped

Plan planned

Prefer preferred