Правильные глаголы образуют прошедшее время путём прибавления окончания –ed или –d, которое читается как [t], [d], [ıd].
Особенности правописания правильных глаголов:
– удваивается конечная согласная в односложных и двухсложных глаголах с краткой гласной;
skip – skipped
stop – stopped
hop – hopped
– в глаголах, оканчивающихся на согласную с последующей буквой “y”, конечная гласная “y” меняется на “i” и добавляется окончание “ed”.
yesterday ['jɛstədı] вчера
last week (month, year, summer, Sunday) на прошлой неделе (месяце, году, летом, воскресенье)
the day before yesterday позавчера
five minutes ago пять минут назад
an hour ago час назад
the other day на днях
1. Write the verbs in three columns.
[t]
[d]
[ıd]
washed, cleaned, dressed, helped, played, watched, listened, painted, looked, jumped, skated, skied, skipped, sledged, lived, loved, liked, thanked, wanted.
2. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.
1. The pupils (to run) a race at the stadium last week.
2. Their family (to go) to the seaside a month ago.
3. Margaret (to do) the shopping yesterday evening.
4. They (to listen) to music at the concert hall yesterday.
5. My father (to fix) his car the other day.
6. Fred and Helen (to stay) at a hotel last June.
7. Bat (to water) the flowers an hour ago.
8. We (to travel) by sea last summer.
9. Sally (to try) on a white dress at the shop yesterday.
3. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.
1. You (to go) to the theatre last week.
2. Al (to buy) black shoes three days ago.
3. I (to give) a call to Sam five minutes ago.
4. Alice (to knit) a warm sweater last month.
5. He (to get) off the train a minute ago.
6. They (to watch) squirrels in the park last Sunday.
7. We (to arrive) in Moscow yesterday evening.
8. The children (to learn) new nice poems by heart last week.
9. Carol (to catch) the plane yesterday morning.
4. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.
1. Colin (to celebrate) his birthday last Monday.
2. Her younger sister (to collect) stamps last year.
3. Jake (to travel) by car two months ago.
4. We (to go) to the circus last Saturday.
5. Willy (to answer) my questions a minute ago.
6. My mother (to cook) cabbage soup for dinner yesterday.
7. Polly (to make) coffee in the kitchen five minutes ago.
8. I (to copy) out a text yesterday evening. 9. Paul (to draw) a beautiful picture last week.
5. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Simple.
1. My brother (to join) the army last autumn.