• Asignatura: Inglés
  • Autor: leojack10tullume
  • hace 5 años

explain the rules for the past simple of regular verbs

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Respuesta dada por: Randy252
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To form the past simple of regular verbs in English, we have to add -ed to the infinitive without to. For this we will take into account the following rules:

1. In general we add -ed to all regular verbs.

   wash → washed finish → finished talk → talked

2. To the verbs that end in -e, we only add a -d.

   like → liked live → lived

3. To the verbs that end in a consonant + -y, change the "y" for "i" and add -ed (= -ied)

   study → studied carry → carried try → tried

4. Verbs that end in a vowel + -y, add -ed.

   play → played

Special cases

Verbs that end in a vowel + consonant (stop, ban, occur, open, offer ...)

a) if the accent falls on the vowel of the last syllable, it is doubled

    stop → stopped plan → planned ban → banned occur → occurred

Except for verbs that end in "y" and "w"

   play → played show → showed

b) If the accent does NOT fall on the vowel of the last syllable, it is not doubled.

   offer → offered open → opened

   

Except the verbs that end in "l" that double the "l" even though the accent does not fall on the last syllable.

travel → traveled cancel → canceled

Watch out!

One-syllable verbs with two vowels do not double the consonant.

cook → cooked

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