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�Simple past tense �

Forms :

Affirmative (+) : S + Ved/ V2 + O

Negative (-) : S + did not + V1 + O

Interrogative (?) : Did + S + V1 + O ?

Notes :

S 🡪 I/ he/ she/ it/ we/ you/ they/ Ns,es/ N no s,es

O 🡪 me/ him/ her/ it/ us/ you/ them/ Ns,es/ N no s,es

did not = didn’t

Using Did/ didn’t 🡪 V1 = V (origin)

V1 (present) : buy V2 (past) : bought

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Keywords : last, ago, yesterday, in (2000)

Eg : (+) : She went to the cinema with her family

last night.

(-) : She didn’t go to the cinema with her family

last night.

(?) : Did she go to the cinema with her family

last night ?

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Regular verbs

Rules

  1. Ending e add V+ed
  2. Ending vowel + y add ed
  3. Ending consonant + y change y to i and add ed
  4. Some verbs ending a single consonant + the second last letter is a vowel 🡪 double the last letter + ed

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Examples

  1. play 🡪 played
  2. walk 🡪 walked
  3. like 🡪 liked
  4. move 🡪 moved
  5. carry 🡪 carried
  6. study 🡪 studied
  7. plan 🡪 planned
  8. stop 🡪 stopped

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Useful irregular verbs

V1 V2

1. go 🡪 went

2. take 🡪 took

3. buy 🡪 bought

4. sell 🡪 sold

5. see 🡪 saw

6. meet 🡪 met

7. bring 🡪 brought

8. run 🡪 ran

9. be 🡪 was/ were

10. have 🡪 had

V1 V2

11. break 🡪 broke

12. begin 🡪 began

13. swim 🡪 swam

14. do 🡪 did

15. learn 🡪 learnt

16. come 🡪 came

17. get 🡪 got

18. give 🡪 gave

19. send 🡪 sent

20. sit 🡪 sat