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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======The past simple====== =====Introduction===== <html><table width="650" style="margin: auto auto auto 0.15pt; width: 487.5pt; border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""> <tbody> <tr style="height: 27.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="205" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 154.1pt; height: 27.75pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p align="left" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 5.25pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><img height="137" id="46" style="width: 146px; height: 100px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/46_3e9c9d46ee3a2dedb45635645aff43b3.jpg"></span></b></p></td> <td width="445" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 333.4pt; height: 27.75pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 19.2pt;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 19.2pt;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 2.25pt; line-height: 19.2pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">book</span></span></b><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>ed</span></b><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> the room online yesterday. </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br></p></html> =====Construction===== <html><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>Regular verbs in the past simple end with 'ed'. For most verbs, we simply add 'ed' after the <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span>. </strong></span></p></font></span> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000"></font></span><strong> </strong></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000"></font></span><strong> </strong></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000"><strong>Affirmative: </strong><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><strong> </strong><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><font size="3"><strong>Subject + </strong><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"><strong>bare infinitive </strong></span><strong>+ ed </strong></font></span></span></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000" size="3"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong> I <font color="#003399">worked</font> yesterday. </strong></span></span></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000"><strong> </strong></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><strong><font color="#000000">Negative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>subject + 'did' + 'not' + </font><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000"><strong><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><font size="3">I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">didn't work</span> yesterday.</font></strong></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font color="#000000"><strong> </strong></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-ansi-language: FR;'><strong><font color="#000000">Interrogative:<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'><font size="3">Did + subject + </font></span></font><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">bare infinitive</span></strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; vertical-align: middle; tab-stops: 3.0cm;"><span><strong><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"><font color="#000000"> </font></span>Did <font color="#000000">you <font color="#0000cc" size="3">work </font>yesterday?</font></strong></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b> </p></span></html> ===== Irregular verbs===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>There are many <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">irregular verbs</span>, including some of the most common<span style="color: red;"> </span>verbs in the English language. Some of the most useful are:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <table class="MsoTableLightListAccent1" style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="154" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Do</span></b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Be</span></b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Go</span></b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Have</span></b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="154" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text2;'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did</span></span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did</span></span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did</span></span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> did</span></span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did</span></span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> did</span></span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did</span></span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: text2;'> </span></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.5pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text2;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were</span></span></b></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">went</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">went</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">went</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">went</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">went</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">went</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">went</span></span></b></p></td> <td width="154" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 115.55pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> had</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>You <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had</span></span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style='color: rgb(31, 73, 125); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: text2;'> </span></p><br><br></html> =====Uses===== <html><table class="MsoTableLightListAccent1" style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>The most common uses are:</span></b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Examples</span></b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>For completed<span style="color: red;"> </span>actions in the past</span></b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">worked</span> yesterday.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Did</span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> you go to work yesterday? No, I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had</span> the day off.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">went</span> to school when I was young.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">travelled</span> around Italy in June.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>For a past state</span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>My grandparents <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">loved</span> each other very much.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">knew</span> him before he joined the company.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Was</span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> John a teacher before he became a consultant?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">wasn't </span>noisy here before the new road was built.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>For past habits</span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">cycled</span> to school every day.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">closed</span> the factory for two weeks each summer.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">didn't go</span> to the sea for our holidays. We <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">went</span> to the mountains. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>For historical events</span></b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Louis XII <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was </span>king of France.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Henry VIII <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had</span> six wives.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Dinosaurs <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">lived</span> on earth.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td> <td width="308" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br></p></html> =====Time phrases===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>When using the past tense, time phrases </span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>are often used to define when the action happened. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><font color="#003399"><strong>Examples</strong></font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <table class="MsoTableLightListAccent1" style="border: currentColor; border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid #4F81BD 1.0pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="357" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 267.65pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 5;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Specific</span></b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td> <td width="259" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 194.45pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-themecolor: background1;'>General</span></b><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p></td></tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="357" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 267.65pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>yesterday<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on Monday<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span></span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>last night<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in June</span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>last week<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at 10 o'clock </span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>last month<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>this morning</span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>last year <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5 minutes ago<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>on 21st January 2001</span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>in 1925</span></b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><span style='color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p></td> <td width="259" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 194.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>a few days/weeks ago</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>earlier today</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>the other evening</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>before lunch</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>many years ago</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>a long time ago</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>when I was young</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>when I was living in Africa</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> </p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span><img height="201" id="182" style="width: 93px; height: 136px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/182_e41ae91a472865bd2c2872b38de93222.jpg"></p> <p><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><strong>We once <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had</span> a neighbour called Xavier. He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">washed</span> his car every Sunday and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">fixed</span> any problems. He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had</span> a son. He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">helped</span> his father. On Friday afternoons, he <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did</span> the shopping and he <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">watched</span> TV in the evenings. </strong></span></span></p> <p><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> <img height="149" id="370" style="width: 166px; height: 121px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/370_14ac5a8a69773c60925a1d05d99efae3.jpg"></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>What <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did </span>you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">do</span> at the weekend? </span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">went</span> to visit my parents.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Did</span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">stay</span> all weekend? </span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>No I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">didn'</span>t. We just <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had</span> Sunday lunch but I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">didn't</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">do</span> much else. How about you?</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">bought</span> this really big melon. They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were </span>on offer in Tesco's.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Did</span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">have</span> any peaches? </span></b><b><span style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">didn't see</span> any.</span></b> </p> <p align="left" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"> </p> <p align="left" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"> </p></html> =====Pronunciation of past tense regular verbs===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">In the <SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">past simple</SPAN>,<SPAN style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN>all regular verbs end in -<SPAN style="COLOR: #0000cc">ed</SPAN> but the pronunciation is not the same for all of them. This depends on the SOUND of the last letter of the infinitive. There are three different ways to pronounce the end of the verbs.</SPAN></B></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"></SPAN></B> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <TABLE style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; WIDTH: 409.4pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184" class=MsoTableGrid border=1 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=546> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 136.45pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=182> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc">' id' ending. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A name=_GoBack></A><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>/Id/</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc"><STRONG><FONT color=#000000></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc"><FONT color=#000000>For verbs ending in -ed preceded by /t/ or /d/</FONT> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc"><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN>This is the only ending that is pronounced as an extra syllable on the end of the words. </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc"><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 136.45pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=182> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc">' d' ending.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>/d/</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN></SPAN> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN>For verbs ending in -ed preceded by a voiced consonant [b, g, v, z, , l, m, n , etc.] or a vowel </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>This not pronounced as an extra syllable. The 'e' is silent. </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc"><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 136.5pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=182> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc">'t' ending.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>/t/</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc"><FONT color=#000000></FONT></SPAN> </P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc"><FONT color=#000000>For verbs ending in -ed preceded by a voiceless consonant [p, k, f, s, etc.]</FONT> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US> </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>This is not pronounced as an extra syllable. The 'e' is silent. </SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #0000cc"><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></P></TD></TR> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 136.45pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=182> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 136.45pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=182> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US>Examples</SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 136.5pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=182> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></P></TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 136.45pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=182> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>needed</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>seated</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>posted</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>wanted</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>created</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>visited</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black" lang=EN-US>handed</SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue" lang=EN-US><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></P></TD> <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; WIDTH: 136.45pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" vAlign=top width=182> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'" lang=EN-US><STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN></P> <P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; 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