The Past Simple Tense: Regular Verbs

Grammar - The Past Simple Tense: Regular Verbs

For regular verbs we usually add -ed to the infinive.

For I, You, He, She, It, We and They, the verb form is the same.

• I/You/He/She/It/We/They + INFINITIVE-ed
• play → played
• I played football yesterday.

Grammar - Infinitives Ending in "-e"

We add -d to infinitives ending in -e.

• INFINITIVE → INFINITIVE-d
• move → moved
• She moved last week.

Grammar - Infinitives Ending in CONSONANT-y

We change -y to -ied for words ending in consonant-y.

• CONSONANT = b/c/d/f/...
• INFINITIVE → INFINITIVE (- y) + -ied
• study → studied
• They studied last week.

Grammar - Infinitives Ending in VOWEL-y

We do not change -y to -ied for words ending in vowel-y.

• VOWEL = a/e/i/o/u
• INFINITIVE → INFINITIVE-ed
• play → plaied ✘
• play → played ✔
• enjoy → enjoied ✘
• enjoy → enjoyed ✔