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Verbs ending in a…
1.GRAMMAR 1. silent e 2. vowel + y 3. consonant + y 4. other forms
1.1 Use the “ed” to
close = closed play = played marry = married visit = visited
change the regular verbs
die = died destroy = destroyed carry = carried miss = missed
into past simple forms.
phone = phoned show = showed study = studied watch = watched
Study the chart below.
finish = finished
fix = fixed
buzz = buzzed
The rules of the simple past tense forms:
Here are the rules:
1. Regular verbs ending in a silent e take /-d/ in the simple past and past participle:
Example:
close=closed
2. Regular verbs ending in a vowel + y take /-ed/ in the simple past and past participle:
Example:
play=played
3. Regular verbs ending in a consonant + y take /-ied/ in the simple past and past participle (the ' y' becomes
an ' i' followed by /-ed/)
Example:
marry=married
4. All the other regular verbs take /-ed/ in the simple past and past participle.
Example:
visit=visited
Special cases of the -ed forms:
Follow these rules when there is a consonant after a vowel (stop, ban, open, offer...)
If there is a consonant after a stressed vowel at the end of the word, double the consonant
stop – stopped
ban - banned
swap - swapped
If the vowel is not stressed, we do not double it:
open - opened (Here the stress is on 'o', not the 'e'.)
offer - offered (Here the stress is on 'o', not the 'e'.)
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2.PRONUNCIATION
2.1. Study the ED pronunciation forms. 2.2. Write in the correct heading.
Started - Called - Looked – Stopped - Needed
Watched - Played - Mixed - Dried - Asked
/ id / / t / /d/
2.3. Listen to the recording. Classify these Regular Past Simple Verbs according to the ED pronunciation.
1. played 2. skied 3. skateboarded 4. cycled 3.2
5. jogged 6. Walked 7. surfed 8. ice skated
9. rollerbladed 10. asked 11. loved 12. answered
13. needed 14. helped 15. liked 16. visited
/t/ / d / Vibration at the end or /Id/
No vibration at the end ends in a vowel sound Ends in /t/ or /d/
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4.GRAMMAR PRACTICE
4.1. Write the right form of the verbs given, then write a sentence including this verb in the past.
Verb Past from Example
1. Kiss Kissed My mom kissed me before heading to school.
2. Wait
3. Live
4. Stop
5. Cry
6. Hurry
7. Watch
8. Sail
9. Swap
10. cook
4.2. Put the verbs into the simple past:
1. The kids (play) _____________ in the garden last Saturday.
2. She (visit) ______________her friends last weekend.
3. Yesterday, I (show) ____________ my little brother the new computer game.
4. Last Friday, we (decide) _____________to visit Cairo.
5. Who (invent) _____________the bulb?
6. The shop assistant (open)_____________ the door to customers.
7. What (happen) ____________yesterday?
8. The students (work) _____________on the project together yesterday.
9. They (want) ________________to watch TV last night.
10. We (walk) ________________home last night.
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4.READING AND WRITING Yesterday
4.1. Read this story to practice the “ed” pronunciation of past verbs.
Yesterday was so busy! At the office, I worked hard with my team. We developed a new marketing plan. Our
meeting lasted about two hours. I remembered an advertising plan that worked five years ago, and I
suggested we try that again. We needed to get the manager's approval. We called him on the office phone.
He admitted that the idea seemed good, but he believed we should lower the budget. We reported our
numbers to him and talked about the budget for a long time. Finally, he decided to give us the money we
wanted.
On the way home, I stopped at the mall. I had promised my daughter a new MP3 player for her birthday. At
the electronics store, I played songs and listened to quality sound. I decided to buy one at a medium price.
When I got home, the kitchen was a mess. At our house, we agreed to clean up after ourselves, so I asked
around to find out who had cooked last. That person turned out to be my son. While he washed the dishes,
I sat at the kitchen table and talked to him about his schoolwork. Last year, he tested into an advanced
program, and I wanted to see how he was doing. He seemed happy with it. He started telling me about his
classes and what he learned that day.
4.2. Now write your own story about things you did yesterday.
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4.3. Ask and answer the following questions.
1. Where did you go on your last vacation?
2. Did you watch tv yesterday night? What did you watch?
3. What did you have for dinner last night?
4. Where did you celebrate your last birthday? How many friends did you invite?
5. What time did you go to bed yesterday?
6. What time did you get up yesterday morning?
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