6. Read the regular verbs in the Present and Past Simple

   - ed [d] After vowels and voiced consonants	- ed [t] After voiceless consonants	- ed [id] After t and d
   Arrive — arrived	Ask — asked	Complete — completed
   Answer — answered Borrow — borrowed	Attack — attacked Cook — cooked	Decide — decided Demonstrate — demonstrated
   Close — closed Change — changed Carry (on) — carried (on) Call — called	Dance — danced Escape — escaped Finish — finished Guess — guessed	Exist — existed End — ended Graduate — graduated Hate — hated
   Die — died	Help — helped	Include — included
   Design — designed	Look — looked	Repeat — repeated
   Explain — explained	Like — liked	Start — started
   Earn — earned	Park — parked	Visit — visited
   Improve — improved	Pick (up) — picked (up)	Wait — waited
   Love — loved	Relax — relaxed	Want — wanted
   Move — moved Own — owned Weigh — weighed	Stop —stopped Smoke — smoked Talk — talked Walk — walked

7. Read the regular verbs according to the previous rule

contain — contained	watch — watched
cross — crossed	invent — invented
expect — expected	snow — snowed
pass — passed	smile — smiled
recommend — recommended	surf — surfed
describe — described	spell — spelled
rain — rained	pay — paid
work — worked	phone — phoned use ­— used

Note the spelling of the regular verbs in the Past Simple

1. Turn — turned

2. Phone — phoned

The final –e is omitted

3. study — studied

Verbs ending in –y preceded by a consonant change the –y into –ied

4. play — played

-y preceded by a vowel remains unchanged

5. travel — travelled

A final –l is always doubled

6. stop — stopped

A final consonant preceded by a short stressed vowel is doubled

7. occur — occurred

A final consonant is doubled if a verb ends in a stressed -er/ur

8. perform — performed, limit — limited

The final consonant remains single if 1) the preceding vowel is long or unstressed

9. conquer — conquered

-er/ur is unstressed

8. Write the Past form of the verbs according to the previous rule

Envy → ______________________	Open → ____________________
Stay → ______________________	Enjoy→ ____________________
Admit → ____________________	Study → ____________________
Prefer → ____________________	Discover→ __________________
Appear → ___________________	Order → ____________________
Quarrel → ___________________	Receive → __________________
Turn →______________________	Listen → ____________________
Play → ______________________	Live → _____________________
Try → _______________________	Kill → ______________________
Travel→ ____________________	Watch→ ___________________

Past Time Phrases

in...	on...	When...	Last...	...ago
In September in the 19th century in the 1870s in winter	On Friday	When I was a child when they were young when he was 5 years old	Last Sunday last night last week last month	A few months ago 2 days ago 3 years ago a week ago
! yesterday / yesterday morning / yesterday afternoon / yesterday evening