Verbs ending in CVC and with the final syllable stressed (ban, permit, prefer). What do we do?
double the final consonant (banned, permitted, preferred)
_____ (you/study) this subject last year?
did you study
Word ending in VOWEL + L (travel, control). What do we do?
double the final L (British); double the final L only if the final syllable is stressed (American) - (TRAVel - travelled or traveled) (conTROL - controlled)
Sophia _____ (clean) her messy room, but she _____ (blame) her brother for doing that.
cleaned / blamed
Where _____ (you/work) before?
did you work
It _____ (rain) endlessly in the morning, so I _____ (keep) on reading a book.
rained / kept
Verbs ending in CONSONANT + E (love, hate, date). What do we do?
add D at the end (loved, hated, dated)
Create a sentence with the past simple of the verb "buy".
(open answer)
He _____ (realize) that it _____ (be) a dangerous situation.
realized / was
Create a sentence with the past simple of the verb "wake".
(open answer)
CVC, with 2 or more syllables (suffer, listen, answer), but the last one is NOT stressed. What do we do?
we don't double the final letter (sufferED, listenED, answerED)
Create a sentence with the past simple of the verb "read".
(open answer)
They _____ (drink) coffee all night long.
drank
They _____ (drink) to much beer at the party and _____ (get) really drunk.
drank / got
Create a sentence with the past simple of the verb "lose".
(open answer)
They _____ (fly) to London and _____ (not arrive) on time again for the event.
flew / didn't arrive
We _____ (not eat) dinner because we _____ (not be) hungry.
didn't eat / were not
He _____ (study) hard to pass the exam.
studied
You _____ (not go) out with us last night.
didn't go
Verbs ending in W/X/Y (show, mix, stay). What do we do?
only add ED at the end (show, mixed, stayed)
Create a sentence with the past simple of the verb "think".
(open answer)
_____ (you/see) that film?
did you see
Create a sentence with the past simple of the verb "understand"
(open answer)
_____ (they/come) for lunch?
did they come
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