(Lesson 1: Past simple Tense)

Simple Past Tense

You called Susan.

call is regular verb so we just add (ed) to the verb. = called


Examples :

* Last year, I traveled to Japan.

* She washed her car.

* Last week , I talked to Reem .

He came back late last night.

came is irregular verb so We change the verb from come to came .


Examples :


* I saw a movie yesterday. = see


* Soha found a nice place to swim. = find

* They never went to school. = go




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• You called Debbie.                Statement
  
• Did you call Debbie?              Question
  
• You did not call Debbie.         Negative
  

So we use DID in the Q and N  , But After did or didn't the verb change to the present .. Because we already have Did .  




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Regular

Verb ending in...	How to make the simple past	Examples
e	Add -D	live - lived date - dated
Consonant + y	Change y to i, then add -ED	try - tried cry - cried
One vowel + one consonant (but NOT w or y)	Double the consonant, then add -ED	tap - tapped commit - committed
[anything else]	Add -ED	boil - boiled fill - filled hand - handed

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QUIZZES

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/simple-past/exercises

http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_past_quiz.htm

http://www.englishlearner.com/tests/past_simple_quiz_1.shtml

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