AFFIRMATIVE: subject+verb in past simple (2nd column of irregular verbs, regular verbs add -ed).
NEGATIVE: subject+ did not (didn't) + verb in base form
INTERROGATIVE: (wh- Word) + did+ subject+ verb in base form ?
Short answers: Yes, I did
No, I didn't
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REGULAR VERBS:
- SPELLING: Regular verbs add -ed to form the past simple Ex: clean....cleaned.
Ex: stop...stopped
* verbs ending in -e only add -d:
Ex: like....liked
* verbs ending in consonant+y, change "y" by "i" and add -ed:
Ex:try......tried.
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- PRONUNCIATION: the -ed can be pronounced in three different ways according to the final sound of the base form of the verb
- [ɪd]: if the verb ends in [t,d]. Ex: visit /vIzIt/......visited /vɪzɪtɪd/
- [t]:verbs ending in a voiceless consonant [p, k, f, ʃ, ʧ, s, θ] (p,k,f,sh,ch,s,th). Ex: stop.....stopped [stɒpt]
- [d]:verbs ending in a voiced consonant [b, g, v, ʒ, ʤ, z, ð, l, m, n] or a vowel Ex: clean .....cleaned [kli:nd]
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Here you can listen to any regular verb in base form, past simple or past participle.
IRREGULAR VERBS:
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Hangman.
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Memory game. Memory 2. Memory 3. Memory 4.Memory 5.
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Jigword.
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Many exercises about past tense here.