Regular Past Tense Verbs

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To show facts, things are are commonly known or things that
happen all the time.

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To show things that happened or will happen and most likely won’t be repeated.

Past

Present

Future

I went to the store.

I go to the store
every Sunday.

I will go to the store
tomorrow.

Simple Tense

When do you use the simple past?

●Simple past= when something is complete.

How do you form the simple past?

●Simple past= when something is complete.

Spelling Rules for- Regular Past Tense Verbs

Regular verbs ending in a silent e take /-d/ in the simple past and past participle:
Example:

Fake= Faked

Bake=Baked

Spelling Rules for- Regular Past Tense Verbs

All the other regular verbs take /-ed/ in the simple past and past participle.
Example:
visit=visited

Regular verbs ending in a consonant + y take /-ied/ in the simple past and past participle (the ' y' becomes an '
i' followed by /-ed/)
Example:
marry=married

Spelling Rules for- Regular Past Tense Verbs

Regular verbs ending in a vowel + y take /-ed/ in the simple past and past participle:
Example:
play=played