Simple Past Tense - 3

Spelling of –ed form
Verb ending in... How to make the simple past Examples
-e Add -d live - lived
smile - smiled
Two consonants
Two vowels+ one consonant 		Add -ed help- helped
rain- rained

Consonant +y

Vowel+ y

Change y to i, then add -ed

Don't change y to i , just add -ed

 study - studied
cry - cried
play- played
One vowel + one consonant
(but NOT w or y)
If the verb has one syllable, double the consonant, then add –ed.
If the verb has two syllables, follow this:
- If the first syllable is stressed, don't double the consonant.
- If the second syllable is stressed, double the consonant.

tap - tapped
stop - stopped

visit- visited
offer- offered

prefer- preferred
admit- admitted


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