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How do you form the past simple of a regular verb?
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Add -ed to the base verb — the same for every subject: I/you/she/they worked.
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work / play / open → past simple
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worked · played · opened (regular: base + -ed).
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live / decide / arrive → past simple
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lived · decided · arrived (verb ends in -e, so just add -d).
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study / try / carry → past simple
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studied · tried · carried (consonant + y → -ied).
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stop / plan / travel → past simple
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stopped · planned · travelled (double the final consonant).
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go / see / eat / have → past simple
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went · saw · ate · had (irregular — no -ed; learn the form).
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be → past simple
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was (I/he/she/it) · were (you/we/they).
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How do you make a past-simple QUESTION?
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Did + subject + BASE verb …? — "Did you go?" (not "Did you went?").
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How do you make a past-simple NEGATIVE?
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subject + didn't + BASE verb — "I didn't see it" (not "I didn't saw it").
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What verb form follows did / didn't?
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The BASE form, with no -ed and no irregular change: did + go, didn't + have.
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Name three time markers for the past simple.
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yesterday, last week, two days ago — also: in 2019, when I was young, last night.
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Past simple or present perfect with "yesterday"?
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Past simple — a finished-time word needs the past simple: "I saw it yesterday", not "I have seen it yesterday".
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Common error: "I goed home." — fix it.
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"I went home." — "go" is irregular and never takes -ed.
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Common error: "Did you went?" — fix it.
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"Did you go?" — after "did" the verb returns to its base form.
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