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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 Let's watch this video... • 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'.