A. General use
ü to talk many kinds of past events: short, quickly finished actions and happenings, longer situation,and repeated events
e.g. Peter broke a window last night.
I spent all my childhood in Scotland.
ü also used in story-telling and when we are telling people about past events.
e.g. One day the Princess decided that she didn’t like staying at home all day, so she told her father that she wanted to get a job…
ü used with references to finished periods and moments of time
e.g. I saw John yesterday morning, he told me…
B. Spelling of regular verbs
1. Most regular verbs: add '-ed'
e.g. work > worked
help > helped
stay > stayed
2. Verbs ending in '-e': add '-d'
e.g. hope > hoped
bake > baked
3. Verbs ending in consonant (not a, e, i, o, u) + y: change 'y' to 'i' and add '-ed'
e.g. cry > cried
study > studied
4. Verbs ending in one stressed vowel + one consonant (except w or y):
double the consonant and add ‘-ed’
e.g. stop > stopped
plan > planned
^re'fer > referred
(^This word has two syllables. The stress [重音] is on the second syllable.)
(^This word has two syllables. The stress [重音] is on the second syllable.)
*If the stress is not on the second syllable, we do NOT double the consonant.
e.g. 'visit > visited
'open > opened
Irregular verbs do not follow the normal rules in Part B. You need to remember them!
Let's have a practice with the Quizlet exercise below.
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