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This is the form of the Past Simple. Regular and Irregular verbs.                         

 REGULAR                 IRREGULAR                            REGULAR AND IRREGULAR                        REGULAR AND IRREGULAR

REGULAR VERBS:

Positive Form: We may have three possible endings:

• Most verbs add -ed to the base form of the verb: play-played/want-wanted

• Some verbs add -d  to the base form of the verb: like-liked

• Some other verbs with their base form ending in Consonant+y, add –ied to the past form: Study-studied

THE PAST SIMPLE: USES

The Past Simple is used

• To talk about things that happened at a specific point of time in the past:

I saw you last month

I bought this two years ago

I did it yesterday

• To talk about/narrate things like in a story:

I woke up yesterday and then I went to school. Then, I started my lessons and when I finished i went home.

• In contrast with the past progressive, to say that something was happening and then something else interrupted it

I was watching TV (1st action) when the phone rang(=past simple, interruption)

PRACTICE

WATCH THIS VIDEO OF THE ROAD RUNNER FOR SOME EXTRA PRACTICE ON THE PAST SIMPLE

exercise 1

exercise 2

exercise 3

exercise 4