We usually add -ed to regular verbs to form the past tense. The spelling sometimes changes a little:
Most verbs
+ed
walk → walked
started → started
Verbs ending in -e
+d
use → used
arrive → arrived
Verbs ending in -y
-y +ied
carry → carried
study → studied
Verbs ending in a vowel + consonant
double the consonant +ed
stop→ stopped
occur → occurred
Exercise:
Mum ___________ (cook) us a delicious breakfast this morning
Last night, the children __________(fall) asleep as soon as they ____________(get) into bed.
The students ____________ (study) very hard for the test yesterday.
Last year, my little sister and I ____________ (be) not tall enough to ride the roller coaster.
Jennifer ____________ (tidy) her room this morning.
I ____________ (not / see) Mr Chan because he ____________(be) standing behind a wall.
To show what happened in the past, we often use words or phrases like yesterday, last night, three weeks ago, this morning, in the past, in the previous day, etc.
Mum cooked us a delicious breakfast this morning.
Last night, the children fell asleep as soon as they got into bed.
The students studied very hard for the test yesterday.
Last year, my little sister and I were not tall enough to ride the roller coaster
Jennifer tidied her room this morning.
I did not see did not see Mr Chan because he was standing behind a wall.
