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Grammar/Unit 1: Past Simple (Regular)

Vocabulary

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Regular

/reg-yuh-lar/

"Follows rules."

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Suffix

/suf-iks/

"Ending."

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Finished

/fin-isht/

"Done."

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Yesterday

/yes-ter-day/

"Day before today."

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Last

/last/

"Previous."

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Ago

/uh-goh/

"Back in time."

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Voiced

/voyst/

"Vibration sound."

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Unvoiced

/un-voyst/

"No vibration."

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Pronunciation

/pruh-nun-see-ay-shun/

"How to say."

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Past

/past/

"Before now."

Article

Yesterday... 🔙

Use Past Simple for finished actions in the past.

  • I played football yesterday.
  • She worked last week.

Regular Verbs rule:

Add -ed to the verb.

  • Walk -> Walked
  • Play -> Played
  • Live -> Lived (Just d)
  • Study -> Studied (y -> ied)
  • Stop -> Stopped (Double consonant)

Pronunciation of -ED

It isn't always /ed/!

  1. /t/ (after unvoiced sounds: Walked, Kissed)
  2. /d/ (after voiced sounds: Played, Loved)
  3. /id/ (after T or D: Wanted, Needed)

Practice

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Past of 'Walk'...

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Past of 'Study'...

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Past of 'Stop'...

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Which -ed sounds like /id/?

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She ___ (visit) me yesterday.

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They ___ (live) in Paris in 2010.

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I ___ (cry) last night.

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He ___ (watch) TV all day.

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Past Simple creates...

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Time word for Past:

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