Form and use the regular past tense
Key Notes:
📝 Form and Use the Regular Past Tense
| What is the Past Tense? |
The past tense tells us about actions that already happened. ⏳
Example:
- I played football yesterday. ⚽
- She watched a movie last night. 🎬
| Regular Past Tense ✅ |
- Most verbs in English form the past tense by adding -ed. ✨
- Example verbs: PresentPastplayplayed ⚽jumpjumped 🤸cleancleaned 🧹
| Rules for Adding -ed 📝 |
1. Normal verbs: Just add -ed
- walk → walked 🚶
- cook → cooked 🍳
2. Verbs ending in -e: Add -d only
- love → loved ❤️
- dance → danced 💃
3. Consonant + y: Change y → i + ed
- cry → cried 😢
- try → tried 💪
4. Short vowel + consonant (double last consonant)
- stop → stopped 🛑
- plan → planned 📅
| How to Use Regular Past Tense in Sentences 🗣️ |
Affirmative sentence:
- I helped my friend. 🤝
Negative sentence:
- I did not help my friend. ❌
Question sentence:
- Did you help your friend? ❓
| Time Words Often Used with Past Tense ⏰ |
yesterday, last night, ago, in 2010, earlier
Example:
- She visited her grandma last weekend. 👵💐
| Tips to Remember 💡 |
- Regular verbs = add -ed (or follow the rules above) ✅
- Always think: Did it happen in the past? 🕰️
- Use time words to make sentences clear 📝
Let’s practice!🖊️
