{"id":1394,"date":"2016-01-13T22:23:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T21:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agora.xtec.cat\/ceipestalella\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2016-01-18T22:24:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T21:24:52","slug":"forming-the-simple-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agora.xtec.cat\/ceipestalella\/english\/forming-the-simple-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Forming the Past Simple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With most verbs, the Past Simple\u00a0is created simply by adding -ED. However, with some verbs, you need to add -D or change the ending a little. Here are the rules:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1395\" src=\"http:\/\/agora.xtec.cat\/ceipestalella\/wp-content\/uploads\/usu318\/2016\/01\/forming-simple-past-1024x453.png\" alt=\"forming simple past\" width=\"1024\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agora.xtec.cat\/ceipestalella\/wp-content\/uploads\/usu318\/2016\/01\/forming-simple-past-1024x453.png 1024w, https:\/\/agora.xtec.cat\/ceipestalella\/wp-content\/uploads\/usu318\/2016\/01\/forming-simple-past-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/agora.xtec.cat\/ceipestalella\/wp-content\/uploads\/usu318\/2016\/01\/forming-simple-past.png 1398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Be careful!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>For regular verbs that end in a <strong>vowel+<i>y<\/i><\/strong>, we add\u00a0<b>\u2013<i>ed.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><i><\/i>We don&#8217;t change <strong>y<\/strong> to <strong>i+ed<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examples: play \/ pla<strong>yed<\/strong>, enjoy \/ enjo<strong>yed<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Online activities<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Click on the following link to practice forming the Simple Past:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web2.uvcs.uvic.ca\/elc\/studyzone\/330\/grammar\/pasted1.htm\">Activity 1 (easy)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/exercises\/tenses\/simple_past_ed3.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Crossword 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/exercises\/tenses\/simple_past_ed4.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Crossword 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.montsemorales.com\/gramatica\/PastRegPdcCr.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Crossword\u00a03 (difficult)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/exercises\/tenses\/simple_past_ed.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Ending -ED in Past Simple (exercise 1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/exercises\/tenses\/simple_past_ed2.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Ending -ED in Past Simple (exercise 2)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agendaweb.org\/exercises\/verbs\/past-simple-regular\" target=\"_blank\">Ending -ED in Past Simple (exercise 3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adelescorner.org\/grammar\/past_tense\/past_regular.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ending -ED in Past Simple (exercise 4)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.focus.olsztyn.pl\/en-past-simple-exercises.html#.Vpi0FZrhBkg\" target=\"_blank\">Ending -Y \/ -ED in Past Simple<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agendaweb.org\/exercises\/verbs\/past-simple-regular-d-ed-ied.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Matching verbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/exercises\/tenses\/simple_past_ed.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Writing the regular verb in Simple Past (exercise 1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.englisch-hilfen.de\/en\/exercises\/tenses\/simple_past_ed2.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Writing the regular verb in Simple Past (exercise 2)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agendaweb.org\/verbs\/past-simple-regular\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Writing the regular verb in Simple Past (exercise 3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web2.uvcs.uvic.ca\/elc\/studyzone\/330\/grammar\/pasted2.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Reading &#8211; fill in the gaps<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With most verbs, the Past Simple\u00a0is created simply by adding -ED. 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