SIMPLE PASTREGULAR VERBS

WHAT IS THE SIMPLE PAST AND WHEN DO WE USE IT?•THE SIMPLE PAST IS THE MOST COMMON WAY OF

TALKING ABOUT PAST EVENTS OR STATES WHICH HAVE FINISHED.

•THE SIMPLE PAST IS USED TO DESCRIBE AN ACTION THAT OCCURRED AND WAS COMPLETED IN THE PAST.

REGULAR PAST SIMPLE FORMS• REGULAR PAST SIMPLE FORMS ARE FORMED BY ADDING -ED TO THE

INFINITIVE OF THE VERB.

START → STARTEDKILL → KILLEDJUMP → JUMPED

• IF THE VERB ENDS IN –E , YOU ADD –D -> LIKE -> LIKED

• IF THE VERB ENDS IN A CONSONANT AND –Y, YOU CHANGE THE –Y BY THE –I AND ADD –ED. FOR EXAMPLE STUDY -> STUDIED

• BUT IF THE WORD ENDS IN A VOWEL AND -Y, YOU ADD -ED. PLAY -PLAYED

WHAT ABOUT THE PRONUNCIATION OF THE –ED ENDING?

/D/ /T/ /ɪD/

ARRIVED ASKED WANTED

FAILED CROSSED DECIDED

AGREED STOPPED STARTED

RULES TO PRONOUNCE PAST TENSE VERBS•1ST RULE. IF THE VERB BASE ENDS IN A VOICELESS SOUND, THEN

THE –ED ENDING SOUNDS LIKE “T”. VOICELESS CONSONANT SOUNDS: P, F, K, S, SH, CH.

•WORK /K/ -> WORKED /T/

• DIVORCE /S/-> DIVORCED /T/

• STOP /P/ -> STOPPED /T/

• LAUGH /F/ -> LAUGHED /T/

• COUGH /F/ -> COUGHED /T/

•2ND RULE. IF THE VERB BASE ENDS IN A VOICED SOUND, THEN THE –ED ENDING SOUNDS LIKE “D”. VOICED CONSONANT SOUNDS: B, V, G, Z, J, L, M, N, R. ALL VOWEL SOUNDS ARE VOICED.

•MOVE /V/ -> MOVED /D/

•RETURN /N/-> RETURNED /D/

•STAY /EI/ -> STAYED /D/

•RAISE /Z/ -> RAISED /D/

• TRAVEL /L/ -> TRAVELED /D/

•3RD RULE THE PAST TENSE (ED) IS PRONOUNCED AS (ID) WHEN THE LAST SOUND IN THE PRESENT TENSE VERB IS T OR D

•START /T/ -> STARTED /ɪD/

•GRADUATE /T/ -> GRADUATED /ɪD/

•VISIT /T/ -> VISITED /ɪD/

•DATE /T/ -> DATED /ɪD/

•ATTEND /D/-> ATTENDED /ɪD/

•ADD /D/ -> ADDED /ɪD/