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📖 Estimated reading time: 8 minutes | Word count: ~1200 words

📖 Past Simple Rules: Regular (-ED) and Irregular Verbs

Level: A1-A2 | Focus: Regular Verbs (-ED) & Irregular Verbs

Grammar Tenses past simple rules grammar

1. Regular Verbs (-ED Spelling Rules)

Most verbs: add -ED → work → worked
Verbs ending in -E: add -D → like → liked
Verbs ending in consonant + Y: change Y to I + -ED → study → studied
Verbs ending in vowel + Y: add -ED → play → played
CVC pattern (one syllable): double last consonant + -ED → stop → stopped

2. -ED Pronunciation Rules

Sound	Rule	Examples
/t/	After voiceless sounds	walked, talked, stopped
/d/	After voiced sounds	played, called, loved
/ɪd/	After t or d	wanted, needed, visited

3. Common Irregular Verbs

go → went, be → was/were, have → had, do → did, say → said
get → got, make → made, see → saw, come → came, know → knew

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