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Past simple

Hi! today I am going to explain you the past tense.

We use this tense to: talk about the past and to talk about hypotheses ( things that are imaginedrather than true).
There are two types of verbs: the regular verbs and the irregular ones.

We use regular verbs adding -ed at the end.
If the verb has one syllable, the last consonant gets duplicated before adding the -ed suffix.
If the verbs ends with Y, we change this letter for an I before adding -ed.
If the verb ends with an e we only have to add a d.

 To use the regular verbs, you have to learn all of them. Here you have a list with all of them!

AFFIRMATIVE:
Subject + verb in past form
Example: I played football last week.

NEGATIVE:
Subject + did not + verb (without -ed)
Example: I did not listen to music yesterday 

INTERROGATIVE:
Did + subject + verb (without -ed) + ?
Example: did you watch TV last month?

If you want to practice past tense there are some exercises.
and to practice pronunciation here you have a conversation: audio

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