English Past Tense: Regular and Irregular Verbs, Apuntes de Derecho

¡Descarga English Past Tense: Regular and Irregular Verbs y más Apuntes en PDF de Derecho solo en Docsity! The past tense of be IS =WAS ARE =WERE • I • He • She was / wasn’t • It • We • You were/ weren’t • They Information questions Begin information questions with a questions word followed by was or were • How long was your vacations? • Two hours • Only a few hours • Where was your passaport? • It was in my desk • How many people were there? • There were three people • Where were your tickets? • There were in the jacket THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE Use the simple past tense to talk about completed actions in the past REGULAR VERBS Finish in ed Play / played Dance /danced Visit/ visited Work/ worked Study/ studied Travel/ traveled Open/ opened Like/ liked Close /closed IREGULAR VERBS • It has the proper form • Be/ was were • Buy bought • Become became • Do did • Come came • AFFIRMATIVE • I played SOCCER IN THE PARK • He lived in Boston • I studied English yesterday • I bought clothes the last week. • NEGATIVE • I didn’t play SOCCER IN THE PARK • He didn’t live in Boston • I didn’t study English yesterday • I didn’t buy clothes the last week. Begin information questions with a question word followed by did. Use the base form of the verb. • Where did you go shopping? • I went shopping at the mall in Riobamba • When did he arrive? • He arrived yesterday • He arrived at night • What did JUANITA eat yesterday? • JUANITA ate chicken yesterday GRAMMATICAL RULES Regular verbs: Add —ed Example: Walk — Walked Clean — Cleaned — Work - worked - Verbs ending in a vowel and Y Add — ed Example: Stay -— Stayed Play — Played - Verbs ending in: e Add—d Example: Die — Died Close — Closed Live — Lived - Verbs ending in Consonant + Y Change the “Y” to i and then add—ed Example: Study — Studied Marry — Married Cry — Cried - Verbs ending in One vowel + one consonant but not ending in W or Y Double the consonant + ed example: Commit — committed Wrap —wrapped  WH-QUESTIONS What Where Who you he she they Sarah James Tony and Sam yesterday? last week? last weekend? 3 years ago?