Past Simple
Past Simple
Past Simple
[ VERB + ed ]
or
irregular verbs
NEGATIVE FORM
DID
+
Verb in INFINITIVE
+
?
EXCEPTIONS in SPELLING when adding -ED
1. Love
2. Admit
Travel
Shop
3. Hurry
EXCEPTIONS in SPELLING when adding -ED
Love = lovED
EXCEPTIONS in SPELLING when adding -ED
Hurry = HurrIED
EXCEPTIONS in SPELLING when adding -ED
1. Love = lovED
2. Admit = AdmitTED
Travel = TravelLED
Shop = ShopPED
3. Hurry = HurrIED
Pronouncing regular verbs
/id/
/d/
/t/
Pronouncing regular verbs
DECIDED LIVED
HELPED STUDIED
OPENED WATCHED
INVITED
PLAYED WORKED
Pronouncing regular verbs
DECIDE DECIDED
LIVE LIVED
HELP HELPED
STUDY STUDIED
OPEN OPENED
WATCH WATCHED
INVITE INVITED
PLAY PLAYED
WORK WORKED
Pronouncing regular verbs
/id/ /t/
/d/
OPENED
STUDIED HELPED
LIVED DECIDED WATCHED
PLAYED INVITED WORKED
The past of TO BE
WILL
CAN
SHALL
MAY
MUST
HAVE TO
Modal Verbs
WILL = WOULD
CAN = COULD
SHALL = SHOULD
MAY = MIGHT
MUST = HAD TO
HAVE TO = HAD TO
Modal Verbs
yesterday
a long time ago
now
tomorrow
in 1999
last week
two days ago
The bridge in time
PAST
a long time ago
in 1999
last week
two days ago
yesterday
now
tomorrow
FUTURE
Why do we use it?
I personally believe we
developed language
because of our deep inner
need to complain.
~Jane Wagner
Why do we use it?
I saw a movie yesterday.
I didn't see a play yesterday.
Last year, I traveled to Japan.
Did you have dinner last
night?
She washed her car.
Completed Action in the Past
BE
KNOW
FIND
LIE
LAY
WRITE
UNDERSTAND
TEACH
BUY
Irregular verbs
INFINITIVE PAST SIMPLE PAST PARTICIPLE
BE WAS/WERE BEEN
KNOW KNEW KNOWN
FIND FOUND FOUND
LIE LAY LAIN
LAY LAID LAID
WRITE WROTE WRITTEN
UNDERSTAND UNDERSTOOD UNDERSTOOD
TEACH TAUGHT TAUGHT
BUY BOUGHT BOUGHT
And to finish…
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH…