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Prétérit simple

How will you say if something happened in the past?

The first thing you should know is about the rules of how a verb is used in preterite tense.

Preterite form of the verb

1. generally, add '-ed' to the end of a verb

play---->played,   work---->worked

2. if the verb ends with an 'e'  that does not sound , add '-d' to the end of it.

 live---->lived,    hope---->hoped

3.if the verb ends with a consonant  and '-y' , change '-y' into '-ied'

try---->tried,    study---->studied

4.if the verb ends with a consonant and a stressed  closed syllable, duplicate the last consonant and add '-ed'  to the end.

stop---->stopped,  drag---->dragged 

5.irregular verbs, no good rules , but try to remember them.

go---->went,   get---->got, for example.

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