Level 03 – Step 01 : Past Simple Regular Verbs (I walked home. She listened carefully.)
/Level 03 – Step 01 : Past Simple Regular Verbs (I walked home. She listened carefully.)
🚪 Let’s Begin
/🚪 Let’s Begin
🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn how to talk about actions that already happened using regular past verbs.
/🦉Professor Owl: Today we will learn how to talk about actions that already happened using regular past verbs.
🐧Igupen: Like I walked to school yesterday and I listened to a story?
/🐧Igupen: Like I walked to school yesterday and I listened to a story?
🦉Professor Owl: Ho ho ho. Yes, we add -ed to many verbs to show the past for regular verbs.
/🦉Professor Owl: Ho ho ho. Yes, we add -ed to many verbs to show the past for regular verbs.
Listen and try the examples.
/Listen and try the examples.
📚 Lesson
/📚 Lesson
What is the past simple for regular verbs?
/What is the past simple for regular verbs?
Regular past verbs usually add -ed to the base verb to show that something happened before now.
/Regular past verbs usually add -ed to the base verb to show that something happened before now.
Example: walk becomes walked and listen becomes listened.
/Example: walk becomes walked and listen becomes listened.
Pronunciation rules: /t/ sound after verbs ending in unvoiced sounds, /d/ sound after voiced sounds, and /ɪd/ after verbs ending in t or d.
/Pronunciation rules: /t/ sound after verbs ending in unvoiced sounds, /d/ sound after voiced sounds, and /ɪd/ after verbs ending in t or d.
Spelling rules: If a verb ends in e, add only -d; if a one-syllable verb ends consonant-vowel-consonant, double the final consonant then add -ed.
/Spelling rules: If a verb ends in e, add only -d; if a one-syllable verb ends consonant-vowel-consonant, double the final consonant then add -ed.
Examples: live → lived, stop → stopped.
/Examples: live → lived, stop → stopped.
Use past simple for finished actions at a specific time in the past: I walked home yesterday.
/Use past simple for finished actions at a specific time in the past: I walked home yesterday.
🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
/🦉Professor Owl’s one-point tip
Add -ed to regular verbs but watch for spelling and pronunciation rules when the verb ends in e, t, d, or a single final consonant.
/Add -ed to regular verbs but watch for spelling and pronunciation rules when the verb ends in e, t, d, or a single final consonant.
Quick checks inside the lesson
/Quick checks inside the lesson
Walk becomes walked and we say I walked to the store yesterday.
/Walk becomes walked and we say I walked to the store yesterday.
Listen becomes listened and we say She listened carefully to the teacher.
/Listen becomes listened and we say She listened carefully to the teacher.
Stop becomes stopped because we double the final consonant before adding -ed.
/Stop becomes stopped because we double the final consonant before adding -ed.
Live becomes lived because the verb already ends in e so we add only -d.
/Live becomes lived because the verb already ends in e so we add only -d.
🌼 Sample Sentences
/🌼 Sample Sentences
No.01 I walked home yesterday.
/No.01 I walked home yesterday.
No.02 She listened carefully to the story.
/No.02 She listened carefully to the story.
No.03 We cleaned the classroom after school.
/No.03 We cleaned the classroom after school.
No.04 He worked hard on his homework.
/No.04 He worked hard on his homework.
No.05 They played music at the party.
/No.05 They played music at the party.
No.06 I watched a funny movie last night.
/No.06 I watched a funny movie last night.
No.07 She helped her friend with the project.
/No.07 She helped her friend with the project.
No.08 We opened the window because it was hot.
/No.08 We opened the window because it was hot.
No.09 He cleaned his room before dinner.
/No.09 He cleaned his room before dinner.
No.10 I studied for the test yesterday.
/No.10 I studied for the test yesterday.
🎓 Practice exercises
/🎓 Practice exercises
Note: Think first, then check the answers.
/Note: Think first, then check the answers.
Q1: Change to past simple: I walk to school every day.
/Q1: Change to past simple: I walk to school every day.
Q2: Change to past simple: She listens to music.
/Q2: Change to past simple: She listens to music.
Q3: Choose correct past form: A) He stoped the car. B) He stopped the car.
/Q3: Choose correct past form: A) He stoped the car. B) He stopped the car.
Q4: Change to past simple: They live in Tokyo.
/Q4: Change to past simple: They live in Tokyo.
Q5: Fill in the blank with past simple: Yesterday I _____ (clean) my desk.
/Q5: Fill in the blank with past simple: Yesterday I _____ (clean) my desk.
Q6: Spell the past form: stop → _____
/Q6: Spell the past form: stop → _____
Q7: Choose the correct sentence: A) I watched a film last night. B) I watch a film last night.
/Q7: Choose the correct sentence: A) I watched a film last night. B) I watch a film last night.
Q8: Make a sentence in past simple with this: she / help / her brother / yesterday.
/Q8: Make a sentence in past simple with this: she / help / her brother / yesterday.
Q9: Change to past simple: I study English every day.
/Q9: Change to past simple: I study English every day.
Q10: True or False: For verbs ending in e we add -ed to make the past, so live becomes lived.
/Q10: True or False: For verbs ending in e we add -ed to make the past, so live becomes lived.
Answers
/Answers
A1: I walked to school every day.
/A1: I walked to school every day.
A2: She listened to music.
/A2: She listened to music.
A3: B is correct He stopped the car.
/A3: B is correct He stopped the car.
A4: They lived in Tokyo.
/A4: They lived in Tokyo.
A5: Yesterday I cleaned my desk.
/A5: Yesterday I cleaned my desk.
A6: stopped
/A6: stopped
A7: A is correct I watched a film last night.
/A7: A is correct I watched a film last night.
A8: She helped her brother yesterday.
/A8: She helped her brother yesterday.
A9: I studied English every day.
/A9: I studied English every day.
A10: True
/A10: True
🦉 Closing
/🦉 Closing
🦉Professor Owl: Great work today learning the regular past simple.
/🦉Professor Owl: Great work today learning the regular past simple.
Remember to add -ed and check spelling and pronunciation rules.
/Remember to add -ed and check spelling and pronunciation rules.
🐧Igupen: I will listen for the -ed endings and practice saying past verbs!
/🐧Igupen: I will listen for the -ed endings and practice saying past verbs!
Keep practicing by telling short stories about what you did yesterday.
/Keep practicing by telling short stories about what you did yesterday.
