PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE

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PAST SIMPLEAFFIRMATIVE
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• WE USE THE PAST SIMPLE TO DESCRIBE FINISHED
  ACTIONS AND SITUATIONS IN THE PAST.

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REGULAR VERBS

• THE REGULAR PAST TENSE ENDING IS ED.
• I watch TV every evening. (PRESENT)
• I watched TV yesterday evening. (PAST)
• SPELLING
• 1) Consonant y -ied
• study ? studied / play ? played
• 2) CVC ed double the last consonant
• stop ? stopped
• 3) e ed -ed
• dance ? danced

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IRREGULAR VERBS

• SOME VERBS ARE IRREGULAR.
• I usually get up early in the morning.
  (PRESENT)
• I got up late yesterday. (PAST)
• She always does her homework. (PRESENT)
• She did her Christmas homework last week.
  (PAST)
• We go to the cinema every Saturday. (PRESENT)
• We went to the cinema last Sunday. (PAST)
• My friend writes beautiful poems. (PRESENT)
• My friend wrote an interesting novel. (PAST)