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SIMPLE PAST REGULAR VERBS

English language uses the SIMPLE PAST to talk about actions that happened in the past (yesterday, last Monday, last year, time ago). Once you have studied the SIMPLE PAST of the verb TO BE (was/wasn't/were/weren't)you have to learn what happens with the rest of the verbs. In English we have to differentiate between REGULAR AND IRREGULAR VERBS. In this section we're going to focus on the REGULAR VERBS.
Verbs such as WORK, LIVE, WATCH, CLEAN, OPEN, CLOSE are REGULAR VERBS in English. To form the SIMPLE PAST we have to add an -ED.
WORKED, WATCHED, CLEANED, OPENED. But if the verb finishes in -E, for example LIVE and CLOSE we only add the -d: LIVED, CLOSED.
AFFIRMATIVE
I CLEANED
YOU CLEANED
HE CLEANED
SHE CLEANED
IT CLEANED
WE CLEANED
YOU CLEANED
THEY CLEANED

NEGATIVE
I DIDN'T CLEAN
YOU DIDN'T CLEAN
HE DIDN'T CLEAN
SHE DIDN'T CLEAN
IT DIDN'T CLEAN
WE DIDN'T CLEAN
YOU DIN'T CLEAN
THEY DIDN'T CLEAN

In the negative we have to use the auxiliar verb DIDN'T  and then -ED disappear. The same happens in interrogative sentences. Have a look!!!!!!

INTERROGATIVE
DID I CLEAN?
DID YOU CLEAN?
DID HE CLEAN?
DID SHE CLEAN?
DID IT CLEAN?
DID WE CLEAN?
DID YOU CLEAN?
DID THEY CLEAN?

REMEMBER:
DID YOU CLEAN THE CAR?
YES, I DID
NO, I DIDN'T

It seems the SIMPLE PAST isn't difficult but the problem is HOW TO PRONOUNCE THE -ED.

HOW TO PRONOUNCE -ED  
There are three different ways of pronouncing -ED : /d/    /t/    /Id/

/Id/ : When the verbs in infinitive end in T or D we pronounce -ED as /Id/.
Example: WAIT - WAITED; END - ENDED; PRINT - PRINTED; PRETEND - PRETENDED
(*)Here you have more examples:
accept - accepted
afford - afforded
attend - attended
arrest - arrested
collect - collected
count - counted
decide - decided
defend -defended
divide - divided
expand -expanded
expect - expected
export - exported
graduate - graduated
hate - hated
include - included
invite - invited
land - landed
need - needed
paint -painted
plant - planted
print -printed
present- presented
provide - provided
rent - rented
repeat - repeated
respect - respected
rest - rested
start - started
shout - shouted
visit - visited
wait - waited
want - wanted


/d/Practice how to pronounce this sound (play the video).
In English we have to differenciate between voiced and voiceless sounds. A voiced sound is produced when the vocal chords (cuerdas vocales) vibrate. But in a voiceless sound, the vocal chords don't vibrate.
When we find a REGULAR VERB that ends in a voiced sound   ( l - v - n - m - r - b- g - w - y - z + vowels) and we form the Simple Past by adding -ED, this ending has to be pronounced as /d/.
Example: AGREE - AGRRED; ARRIVE - ARRIVED; CALL -CALLED
(*)Here you have more examples:
allow - allowed
answer - answered
appear - appeared
believe - believed
belong - belonged
burn - burned
change - changed
clean - cleaned
close - closed
cover - covered
cry - cried
damage - damaged
describe - described
die - died
earn - earned
encourage - encouraged
enjoy - enjoyed
enter - entered
explain - explained
fill - filled
follow - followed
happen - happened
interview - interviewed
imagine - imagined
jail - jailed
listen - listened
live - lived
love - loved
move - moved
open - opened
play - played
pull - pulled
remember - remembered
rain - rained
save - saved
shave - shaved
show - showed
stay -stayed
snow - snowed
study - studied
try - tried
use - used
welcome - welcomed
worry - worried

/t/Practice how to pronounce this sound (Play the video).
When we find a REGULAR VERB that ends in a voiceless sound     ( p - k - s - ch - sh - f -x - h ) then we have to pronounce the endind -ED as /t/.
Example: ASK - ASKED; KISS - KISSED; RELAX - RELAXED
(*)Here you have more examples:
bake - baked
brush - brushed
cook - cooked
crash - crashed
dance - danced
dress - dressed
drope - droped
escape - escaped
finishe - finished
fix - fixed
guess - guessed
help - helped
hope - hoped
joke - joked
jump - jumped
knock - knocked
laugh - laughed
lock - locked
look - looked
miss - missed
pack - packed
pass - passed
pick - picked
press - pressed
push - pushed
pronounce - pronounced
smoke - smoked
stop - stopped
shop - shopped
talk - talked
type - typed
walk - walked
wash - washed
watch - watched
work - worked

(*) These lists of verbs were taken from
http://www.coolenglishonline.com/

Now it's time for you to listen and practice:
- Past tense regular verbs pronunciation
- Simple past tense regular verb pronunciation
- English pronunciation. Simple past of regular verbs (click on the verbs, listen and repeat)
- Pronunciation of regular verbs- Part 1 (/t/.It contains some explanations in Spanish)
- Pronunciation of regular verbs- Part 2 (/Id/.It contains some explanations in Spanish)
- Pronunciation of regular verbs- Part 3 (/d/.It contains some explanations in Spanish)
- Regular verbs /d/
- Regular vebs /t/
- regular verbs /Id/

Enjoy doing some exercises:
- Fill the gaps with the regular verb is affirmative
- Fill the gaps with the regular verbs(affirmative, negative, interrogative)
- Put the verb in simple past(all of them are regular)
- Choose the correct past tense for each verb
- Put the verb in brackets in the right form
- Fill the gaps with the verb in Simple Past

Have fun with the REGULAR VERBS!!!!!!
What does -ED sound?
Hangman game
- Regular verbs crossword
- Regular verbs crossword