past simple spelling rules

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What did you do yesterday/last week?

Past simple

What's the rule for regular verbs in the past?

past simple of love

past simple of cry

past simple of play

Create the rule.
Why is cry different than play?

past simple of stop

past simple of commit

past simple of develop (ontwikkelen)

When do we double the last letter?

1. Verbs with a vowel
2. verbs with a vowel and the stress is on the consonant
3. verbs with a single vowel and the stress is on the vowel
4. verbs with a single vowel and the stress is on the last syllable

Which letters are never doubled?

spelling rules

• share        --> shared                        drop the e
• cry             --> cried                             y--> ie
• play            --> played                         y stays (no spelling problem)
• stop           --> stopped                      double the last consonant
  
• commit    --> committed                 when the stress is on the
  
• develop    --> developed                 last vowel
• relax          --> relaxed                         don't double w or x
  

Past simple

The action happened in the past.

The action is completely over

keywords in the past simple?

Books

Fill in the green box on p 67

Irregular verbs --> Grammar Summary p 26-27

You need to know: Translation/ Infinitive/Past Simple

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