<p> : Study this example</p><p>.He e liked football and cars </p><p>:(Very often the past simple ends in –ed (regular verbs</p><p>.She passed her exam because she studied very hard * </p><p>.The police stopped me on my way home last night * </p><p>:But many verbs are (irregular). The past simple doesn't end in –ed. For example</p><p>Write wrote</p><p> see saw</p><p> go went</p><p>.(for a list of irregular verbs , see(student book page 67</p><p>: In question and negatives we use did/didn't + infinitive</p><p>Affirmative I enjoyed She saw they went Negative I enjoy She Didn't see they go Questions you ?Enjoy Did She ?See they ?Go</p><p>:Be careful when do is the main verb in the sentence</p><p>?What did you do at the weekend*</p><p>( "I didn't do anything. (not " I didn't anything *</p><p>? Was I /he/ she /it ? Were we / they / you : The past of be ( am, is, are) is was/were</p><p>I /he/ she /it was /wasn't We / they / you were/ weren't</p><p>:Note for spelling</p><p>.If the verb ends in e (for example like, smile, hope) we add only –d for the past</p><p>Like liked</p><p>Smile smiled</p><p>Hope hoped</p><p>(If the verb ends in –y (for example study, try, carry</p><p>.If the verb ends in a consonant + y : change the y to i then add –ed</p><p>Study studied</p><p>Try tried</p><p>Carry carried</p><p>.If the verb ends in a vowel + y (for example play, enjoy ) the y doesn't change</p><p>Play played</p><p>Enjoy enjoyed</p><p>Sometimes if the verb ends in a vowel + consonant (for example stop, plan, prefer) . we double the consonant at the end</p><p>Stop stopped</p><p>Plan planned</p><p>Prefer preferred </p>