Download Regular & Irregular Verbs

THE PAST SIMPLE:
'Regular and Irregular Verbs'.
CELIA ORTIZ MARIN
- English Grammar
Curso 2011/12
USE of the PAST SIMPLE:
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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: Functions
There 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'
POSITIVE
I
He/ She/ It
We/ You/
They
WAS
NEGATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
WAS NOT
WAS I/ He/
She...?
WASN'T
WERE
WERE NOT WERE We/
You/ They
WEREN'T ...?
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 admit- admitted
l as final consonant after travel- travelled
a vowel is doubled
final y after a consonant
hurry- hurried
becomes i
Past Time Expressions
• Y
esterday, 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
be
was/were
been
Meaning
ser/estar
Watch out because there are also Confusing verbs on the list!!!
Pronunciation of the -ed ending
Regular 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'.