Verbs in the Past Tense (verb i preteritum)
LANGUAGE WORK
We use the past tense when we talk about actions that have already happened: yesterday, last week, last year, in 2020 or five years ago.
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–ed
se m
John tried to break world records last week. Sheila worked hard to remember all the cards. They lived in Singapore in 2020.
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Regular verbs
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ek
We add -ed to regular verbs in the past tense. If the word ends with -e, we only add -d. We normally don’t pronounce the -e.
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rd
er
in
Practise saying these verbs in the past tense: to live – lived to work – worked to open – opened to try – tried
When the last sound in a verb is /t/ or /d/, you pronounce it /ӥd/. Say these verbs out loud: to hate – hated to add – added to protect – protected
TASK a Look at these sentences: I play tennis on Wednesday. I played tennis yesterday. How does the verb change in the past tense? b Change these verbs into the past tense: help, jump, ask, want, stop, play, cry. c Hunt for verbs ending with -ed in A LEGO house on page 60–61 or Gulliver’s Travels on page 74–77. How many did you find?
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