Past Simple / Regular verbs. Pronunciation. 6th grades. 09/04/2021

 Past Simple

  Regular Verbs 

1. Usage

•           for actions which finished at a stated time in the past.

She went to school by bus yesterday. (When?Yesterday)

•           for actions that happened one after the other in the past.

First he had breakfast and then he left for work.

•                  For  action in the past that took place once, never or several times.

He visited his parents several times a  weekend ago

2. Time expressions

yesterday	last night / week / month / year
a week / month / year ago	two days ago
in 2003	then
this morning	when

3. Structure

Positive		Negative		Questions
I worked		I did not work		Did I work?
He She It	worked	He She It	didn’t work	Did	He She It	work?
You We They	worked	You We They	didn’t work	Did	You We They	work?

4. Spelling Rules: Verb + ed

most regular verbs:	+ed	Marrie walked to school. Bobbie looked at a bird on the tree
regular verbs ending with -e	+ d	Jimmy  lived in England. Anne  died in 1982.
regular verbs ending In consonant + y:	-y > ied	He studied In London. She cried when Bobble, her dog died.
regular verbs ending In consonant + vowel + consonant: double the last consonant	double the last consonant +ed	He stopped learning in London last month. She travelled around the world.

5. 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]

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]

3. verbs ending in -ed preceded by [t] or [d] → speak [ɪd].

Example: I visit – I visited [vɪzɪtɪd]