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A. Conjugation: Simple past
A. Conjugation: Simple past Did you notice the verbs in the article about William Shakespeare on pages 8-9 of ENGLISH NOW No 85? Many of these verbs are written in the simple past tense. Try to locate them. In English, the simple past tense is used to express an action that started and ended at one specific time in the past. To form the simple past tense, the suffix ‘-ed’ is added to the end of most verbs. If the verb ends with an ‘e’, just add the letter ‘d’. If the verb ends with a ‘y’, change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ and add ‘ed’. Examples: work → worked move → moved marry → married However, some verbs are irregular. One example is the verb ‘to be’, which has two forms in the simple past tense: ‘was’ (I was, He/She/It was) and ‘were’ (You were, We were, They were). Here is a list of all the verbs used in the article. Irregular verbs are in bold. VERBAL BASE SIMPLE PAST die died be was/were know knew imagine imagined work worked take (part) took (part) marry married get got L’espace numérique Go Digital est protégé par le droit d'auteur. Toute reproduction des exercices est interdite. Les professeurs d'anglais sont autorisés à les imprimer pour les utiliser pendant leurs propres cours exclusivement. live lived think thought believe believed spend spent include included use used say said have had begin began write wrote move moved call called make made perform performed include included continue continued open opened help helped catch caught rebuild rebuilt initiate initiated L’espace numérique Go Digital est protégé par le droit d'auteur. Toute reproduction des exercices est interdite. Les professeurs d'anglais sont autorisés à les imprimer pour les utiliser pendant leurs propres cours exclusivement. build built ask asked return returned buy bought become became come came demolish demolished excavate excavated belong belonged look (like) looked (like) Now try the exercise in Part B to check your comprehension of the simple past tense. L’espace numérique Go Digital est protégé par le droit d'auteur. Toute reproduction des exercices est interdite. Les professeurs d'anglais sont autorisés à les imprimer pour les utiliser pendant leurs propres cours exclusivement.
