/id/

Verbs ending in sounds: /t/ and /d/. Example: Needed - wanted Verbs ending in voiceless sounds: /k/, /p/, /s/, /sh/, /ch/, /x/ and /f/. Example: Watched - Cooked Verbs ending in voiced sounds: /b/, /g/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /r/, /v/, /z/ and all vowels. Example: Climbed stayed entered - performed
REGULAR VERBS

/t/

Finished actions in the past. Past habits.

Last (night, week, month, year, decade, century, summer, Sunday, holiday) Yesterday
In 1989, in the year 2009

They are whose conjugation is different or the same in past. You need to memorize the specific conjugation of each verb. Example: Cut - cut Come - came Run - ran Sleep - slept Swim - swam

USE

Adverbs of time

/d/

Pronunciation -ED

PAST SIMPLE TENSE

IRREGULAR VERBS

(+) Verb in past simple Example: Marco played soccer at school last week. Complement Did not

(-) Verb in infinitive Example: Marco did not play soccer at school last week. She did not write a book last year. C Did

(?) Verb in infinitive Example: C

Did Marco play soccer at school last week? Yes, he did. / No, he didnt Did she write a book last year? Yes, she did. / No, she didnt

She wrote a book last year.

They washed their clothes yesterday.

They did yesterday.

not

wash

their

clothes

Did they wash their clothes yesterday? Yes, they did. / No, they didnt