Unit 6 Sport
Past Simple / Irregular verbs
1) Copy and learn the rules
Past Simple
Usage
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for actions which finished at a stated time in the past.
She went to school by bus
yesterday. (When?Yesterday)
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for actions that happened one after
the other.
First he
had breakfast and then he left for work.
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For action in the past that took place once,
never or several
times
He visited his parents several times
a weekend ago
Time
expressions
yesterday
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last night / week / month / year
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a week / month / year ago
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two days ago
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in 2003
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then
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this morning
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when
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Positive
Statements
Subject + Main Verb + _________.
There are 2
kinds of main verbs that are used in the past simple tense:
Regular Verbs -ed to
the end of the verb
Past Simple Tense
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Subject
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Base Verb + -ed
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I
He She It
You We They
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walked
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to the store yesterday.
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Spelling
Rules: Verb + ed
most regular verbs:
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+ed
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Marrie walked to school.
Bobbie looked at a bird on
the tree
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regular verbs ending with -e
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+ d
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Jimmy lived in England.
Anne died in 1982.
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regular verbs ending In consonant
+ y:
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-y > ied
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He studied In London.
She cried when Bobble, her dog died.
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regular verbs ending In
consonant + vowel + consonant:
double the last consonant
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double
the last
consonant
+ed
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He stopped learning in London last month. She travelled
around the world.
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How to pronounce -ed in the Simple
Past
In the Simple Past we
add -ed to regular verbs. Be careful pronuncing the verbs:
1. verbs ending in -ed preceded by a voiceless consonant [p, k, f, ʃ,
ʧ, s, θ] → speak [t].
Example: I stop – I stopped [stɒpt]
Example: I stop – I stopped [stɒpt]
2. verbs ending in -ed preceded by a
voiced consonant [b, g, v, ʒ, ʤ, z, ð,
l, m, n] or a vowel → speak [d].
Example: I clean – I cleaned [kli:nd]
Example: I clean – I cleaned [kli:nd]
3. verbs ending in -ed preceded by [t] or [d] → speak [ɪd].
Example: I visit – I visited [vɪzɪtɪd]
Example: I visit – I visited [vɪzɪtɪd]
Irregular Verbs
- use V2/Past Simple Tense
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Subject
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Main Verb
V2/Past Simple Tense |
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I
He She It
You We They
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ate
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dinner two hours ago.
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I
He She It
You We They
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came
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home early.
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2) Do the exercise in writing form
3) Copy the text and underline only the main verbs.
Rewrite this text in past simple tense.
Boris wakes up quite early. He looks at his watch. It is a quarter to seven. Boris jumps out of bed and runs to the bathroom. He has time to take a cold shower only. He is in a hurry.
At the railway station he meets three other boys from his group. They
all have small backpacks and fishing rods.
In less than
an hour they get off the train at a small station near a wood. They walk very quickly and soon find themselves on the shore of a large lake. The boys spend the
whole day there fishing, boating and swimming.
They return home late at night, tired
but happy.
4) Revise the iregullar verbs
4) Revise the iregullar verbs
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