3. INTRODUCTION
Today, we are going to review the regular
verbs starting with A, enjoy, learn, and
practice.
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4. TASK
Fill in the gaps with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers.
Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving
you trouble. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints!
1. Yesterday my team ____________very well. (PLAY)
2. Her brother _________________ ten minutes later. (ARRIVE)
3. John and Mark _______________ camping. (LOVE)
They ________________ at the camp site for a week. (STAY)
4. My father ________________ my mother 25 years ago.
(MARRY)
5. He ________________ the exercise very well. (EXPLAIN)
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5. PROCESS
Selling Rules For Regular Verbs
Most regular verbs simply add -ed and -ing to the simple form (base form).
Examples:
Listen listened listening
Work worked working
If a verb ends in a single vowel followed by a single consonant (VC), and the
vowel has a strong stress, the final consonant is doubled before adding -ed or -
ing.
[Note: All words of one syllable have a strong stress on the vowel.]
Examples:
Stop stopped stopping
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6. PROCESS
In the case of verbs that end in -e, we only add -d to form the past tense,
and we omit the -e before adding -ing.
Examples:
grate grated grating
Hope hoped hoping
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7. PROCESS
There are two rules for verbs that end in -y:
a. If the verb ends in a vowel plus y (Vy), we simply add -s, -ed, or -ing.
Example:
Play plays played playing
b. If the verb ends in a consonant plus y (Cy), we change the y to i and add -es or -
ed. In the case of -ing, we do not change the y.
Example:
study studies studied studying
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8. PROCESS
Verbs that end in w, x, or y do not double the final consonant.
Examples:
box boxed boxing
tow towed towing
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9. ASSESMENT
1. Identify regular verbs rules.
2. Practice simple past using regular verbs.
3. Learn some regular verbs.
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