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Past Tense Rules

Past Tense Rules. Basic Formation Rules:. For regular verbs , add “- ed ” to the end of the base form of the verb . Stay  Stayed Watch  Watched Walk  Walked Listen Listened Irregular verbs : STUDY THEM!!!. More Rules: The Exceptions.

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Past Tense Rules

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  1. Past Tense Rules

  2. Basic Formation Rules: • Forregularverbs, add “-ed” totheend of the base form of theverb.Stay StayedWatch WatchedWalk Walked Listen Listened • Irregularverbs:STUDY THEM!!!

  3. More Rules: TheExceptions • Iftheverbends in aSILENT “E”, onlyadd “-d”Like LikedSave Saved • Iftheword has ONE SYLLABLE and ends in ONE VOWEL AND ONE CONSONANT, doublethelastconsonantbeforeadding “–ed”Plan PlannedStop Stopped • Ifthewordends in a CONSONANT+Y, changethe “y” toan “i”beforeadding “-ed”Cry CriedStudy Studied

  4. Howtoformthe NEGATIVE past: • Add “didn’t” or “didnot” beforetheverb in the base form. I didnotknowtheanswer. He didn’tstudyfortheexam.Wedidnotgotothestore.Theydidn’trunonSaturday.Youdidn’tgotothecinema.

  5. Howtoform QUESTIONS in thepast: • Put “did” beforethesubject and theverb in the base form.Didyougoonvacationthissummer? • For short answers, put “did” or “didn’t” afterthesubjectpronoun. Yes, I did. No, I didn’t.

  6. Practice • Lastyear I (spend) ___________ my holiday in Ireland. • It (be) ___________ great. • I (travel) ___________ aroundby car withtwofriends and we (visit) __________ lots of interesting places. • In theeveningsweusually (go) ________ to a pub.

  7. Practice • Onenightweeven (learn) _________ someIrish dances. • We (be) _________ veryluckywiththeweather. • It (not/rain) _______________ a lot. • Butwe (see) ______ somebeautifulrainbows. • Where (spend/you) _______________ yourlastvacation?

  8. Pronunciation Rules • Whenwordssoundliketheyend in a “-t” or a “-d”, youpronounce “-ed” at theend of theword. Thisaddsanothersyllable.Want Wanted Decide Decided (“want-ed”) (“decide-ed”)Need NeededHate Hated (“need-ed”) (“hate-ed”)

  9. Pronunciation Rules • Iftheverbends in a STRONG (voiced) sound, pronouncethewordlikethereis a “-d” at theend of the base form– do NOT pronouncethe “-e” in the “-ed” ending.

  10. Pronunciation Rules • Ifthewordends in a SOFT (unvoiced) sound, pronouncethewordlikethereis a “-t” at theend of the base form.

  11. How do youpronouncetheseverbs? • Dance • Start • Study • Cook • Stuff • Miss • End • Clean • Walk • Finish

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