SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION OF THE PAST REGULAR VERBS

We form the simple past tense and the past participle by adding –ed to the base of the verb:

want    wanted

But verbs ending in:

-e                                                        add –d                        love           loved

cons+y                                               change the y to i         try             tried

single vowel+single consonant        double cons.              prefer        preferred

   

Some exceptions are verbs ending in –y, -x, -w      fix               fixed

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PRONUNCIATION OF REGULAR PAST VERBS

We have three different WAYS to pronounce these verbs when we add –ed:

1. After    P, K, C, F, TH, Z, SH                     /t/           walk    walked

2. After    B, G, V, S, H, M, N, L, R, Y, W     /d/          play      played

3. After    T or D                                          /id/           decide  decided

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SENTENCES IN THE PAST

For negative and interrogative past sentences we use DID so the main verb is used in the present:

REGULAR OR IRREGULAR?

Regular means "THE SAME" so REGULAR VERBS are those in which their past is formedby adding ED

                            LOOK - LOOKED                     VISIT - VISITED

Irregular means "DIFFERENT" so IRREGULAR VERBS are those in which their past is different.

                             GO - WENT                               HAVE - HAD

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You can notice that the irregular verbs are formed in the same way as in six different families of verbs according to their ending or formation:

 

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A STORY FROM THE PAST

When we tell past stories we need to use verbs in the past.
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