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Past Simple Rules

This document provides information about simple past tense conjugations in English. It discusses the rules for regular and irregular verbs in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. Examples are given to demonstrate adding '-ed' to regular verbs and how the pronunciation can change based on the final consonant.

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Past Simple Rules

This document provides information about simple past tense conjugations in English. It discusses the rules for regular and irregular verbs in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms. Examples are given to demonstrate adding '-ed' to regular verbs and how the pronunciation can change based on the final consonant.

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SIMPLE PAST

AFFIRMATIVE SUBJECT + VERB IN PAST + REST


Regular verbs Irregular verbs
2nd column in the list
+ED No rule

You worked in Barcelona. She went to Barcelona.

NEGATIVE SUBJECT + DID + NOT + VERB IN INFINITIVE + REST


You didn’t work in Barcelona. She didn’t go to Barcelona.

INTERROGATIVE DID + SUBJECT + VERB IN INFINITIVE +REST ?


Did you work in Barcelona? Did she go to Barcelona?.
Yes, you did. No, she didn’t.
TAE II 2022
Regular verbs « ED » in past simple We add « ed » to the verb in the infinitive form

GENERAL RULE VERBS ENDING –E SHORT VERBS VERBS ENDING VERBS ENDING
ENDING C+V+C VOWEL+Y CONSONANT+Y

+ED +D CC+ED +ED +IED


visit = visited dance= danced stop= stopped play = played marry = married
miss = missed agree= agreed plan= planned destroy = destroyed carry = carried
watch = watched study = studied
finish = finished

The pronunciation of words ending in “ed” depends on the final consonant (sound). There are three ways to pronounce “ed”

/t/ after /d/ after /id/ after


p-f-k–sh–ss-s-ch-th/θ/ b-v-g-th /ð/-z-j-m-n-ng-l-f-w-y t-d
vowels and diphthongs
worked – stopped installed - toured - opened wanted - needed
walked – watched travelled - played - moved visited- repeated
danced – fixed studied – prepared – arrived assisted - ended
pushed - cooked carried - loved - enjoyed waited - insisted
looked - liked answered – agreed - planned painted - started
2022 TAE II

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