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Grammar Power 8

Grammar Power 8. Verb Tense. SIMPLE PAST. SIMPLE PAST. What is the simple past ?. The simple past tense expresses a completed action or describes a situation in the past . When do we use the simple p ast ?. When the event is in the past .

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Grammar Power 8

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  1. Grammar Power 8 VerbTense SIMPLE PAST

  2. SIMPLE PAST Whatis the simple past? The simple pasttense expresses a completedaction or describes a situation in the past. When do we use the simple past? • When the eventisin the past. • When the eventiscompletelyfinished.

  3. SIMPLE PAST How do weconjugate the simple past? Regularverbs. - Withregularverbs, simplyadd -ed. To talk

  4. SIMPLE PAST -ED 1- General rule Simplyadd –ed to the base form of the verb. Examples: answer / answered show / showed visit / visitedfill / filled 2- Verbsending in -y When the –yispreceded by a vowel, apply the generalrule. Examples: play / playedenjoy / enjoyed stay/ stayedpray/ prayed

  5. SIMPLE PAST -ED When the –y ispreceded by a consonant, change the –y for an –i and add-ed. Examples: carry / carriedcry / cried try/ triedstudy/ studied 3- Doubled consonant With verbs of one or two syllables that end by a consonant + a vowel + a consonant, double the last consonant and add –ed. Examples: drop / dropped stop / stopped tap/ tappedrub / rubbed

  6. SIMPLE PAST -ED 4- Verbsending in -e Simplyadd-d. Examples: like/ likedlive / lived create/ createddie / died

  7. SIMPLE PAST How do weconjugate the simple past? Irregularverbs. - Withirregularverbs, use the pastform of the verb. To go

  8. SIMPLE PAST What are the keywords?

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