Regular and Irregular Verbs

Lead-in:

A) Listen to the story, fill in the gaps & answer the question:”Why is Jill tired?”

Jill: Good morning, Shirley.

Shirley: Hello, Jill.

Jill: Oh, I’m tired this morning!

Shirley: Are you? Why?

Jill: Well, I … to the … … …

Shirley: Which concert?

Jill: The … …., the one in the Town Hall.

Shirley: Oh which … did you …?

Jill: I … ‘Robbie & the Rebels’. They’re the new group.

Shirley: Are they …?

Jill: Hmm…They usually … …. But last night they … ….

Shirley: Is Robbie a … …?

Jill: Oh, yes. He usually … ….

Shirley: Did he … … last night?

Jill: No he …. He … … ….

Shirley: What about the group?

Jill: The guitarist … …. But the drummer … ….

Shirley: Yes, pop-drummers always … ….

Jill: I know. I … a headache … the ….

Shirley: I never go to the pop concerts. I … … …

B) Read the dialogue again, find all sentences in the Past simple with regular and irregular verbs & try to explain how to form this tense. Look at the information below and check whether you were right.

& We form the Past Simple of regular verbs by adding –ed to the infinitive of the main verb. Irregular verbs do not form the Past Simple by adding –ed, you must learn them from the list of irregular verbs.

We form negative and interrogative forms with the auxiliary verb did / did not (didn’t), the subject and the infinitive of the main verb without to.

S + V_{2 (ed)} …

e.g. Last summer, Julie and Brian visited Australia. They went swimming every day.

S + did not …

e.g. Unfortunately, Julie and Brian didn’t visit the Sydney Opera House and they didn’t see any wild kangaroos.

Did (not) + S + V₀ …?

e.g. Did they enjoy themselves? Yes, they did.

Did they see any wild kangaroos? No, they didn’t.

? W did (not) S +V₀ …?

e.g. How long did they stay in Australia?

What did they do every day?

Who / What V_{2 (ed)} / didn’t V₀ ?

e.g. Who stayed at a lovely hotel in Sydney?

What prevented them from seeingwild kangaroos?

Who didn’t go to go the Sydney Opera House?

& Spelling Rules

Ø Verbs ending in -e take only -d; e.g. danc e – dance d

Ø Verbs ending in a consonant + y, drop the y and take –ied; e.g. t ry – tr ied

Ø Verbs ending in a vowel + y, take –ed; e.g. pl ay – pla yed

Ø Verbs ending in one stressed vowel between two consonants, double the last consonant and take –ed; e.g. pla n – plan ned

Ø Verbs ending in –l, double the l and take –ed; e.g. trave l – trave lled

& Pronunciation

The suffix –ed is pronounced:

Ø [id] when the verb ends in a [t] or [d] sound; e.g pos t ed, succee d ed

Ø [t] when the verb ends in a [k],[s], [f], [p], [∫] or [t∫] sound; e.g coo k ed, ki ss ed, lau gh ed, ste pp ed, wi sh ed,, tou ch ed

Ø [d] when the verb ends in any other sound; e.g arri v ed, prepa r ed, sho w ed, ro bb ed

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