Rules explanation about simple past verbs

1. REGULAR AND
IRREGULAR
VERBS
Simple Past

2. REGULAR VERBS
Para formar el pasado simple con
verbos regulares, usamos el infinitivo y
añadimos la terminación “-ed”. La
forma es la misma para todas las
personas (I, you, he, she, it, we, they).

3.  I want → I wanted
 You learn → you learned
 we stay → he stayed
 they walk → she walked
 I show → you showed

4. Excepciones:
 Para verbos que terminan en una “e”,
sólo añadimos “-d”.
Ejemplos:
 change → changed
 believe → believed

5.  Si el verbo termina en una vocal corta y una
consonante (excepto “y” o “w”), doblamos la
consonante final.
Ejemplos:
 stop → stopped
 commit → committed

6. Con verbos que terminan en una
consonante y una “y”, se cambia la “y” por
una “i”.
Ejemplos:
 study → studied
 try → tried

7. These are the most common fifty irregular
verbs in the English language
1 say
2 make
3 go
4 take
5 see
6 know
7 Get
8 give
9 find
10 come
Said
Made
went
Took
Saw
Knew
got
Gave
found
came

8. 11 think
12 tell
13 Become
14 show
15 leave
16 feel
17 put
18 bring
19 begin
20 keep
Thought
Told
Became
Show
Left
Felt
Put
Brought
Began
Kept

9. References
Nivel intermedio: Past simple
http://www.curso-
ingles.com/aprender/cursos/nivel-
intermedio/verb-tenses-past/past-simple
Tomado el 02 de agosto del 2015