Lesson 29 - The Simple Past - "I did."

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We use the Simple Past tense when discussing finished time (yesterday, last year, in 1999 etc).

Only the verb to be needs to be changed in the third person. Regular verbs add -ed to the end. Irregular verbs have to be learnt.

I/he/she/it/	was	did	had	worked	read	liked	ate	drank
we/you/they	were	"	"	"	"	"	"	"

What Mr Bean did yesterday.

		Yesterday Mr Bean woke up at 6.00 am.
		He got up at 6.15 am,
		and went to the bathroom.
		He had a shower,
		then he had a shave and brushed his teeth.
		He ate breakfast at about 7.00 am.
		After breakfast he read the newspaper.
Spelling Tip - Rules for Regular Verbs: Words ending in -e / -d: for example like > liked - hike > hiked Words ending in -y:- -y becomes -ied : For example worry > worried - cry > cried Spelling Tip - Rules for Irregular Verbs:- First rule: There are no rules! be > was/were do > did have > had go > went		At 7.30 am he went to work.