1. REGULAR
VERBS:
“SOME RULES”

2. All regular verbs add “ed”
in Simple Past Tense.
He played football
last Sunday.
He cooked lunch
last week.

3. When a regular verb ends
in a consonant + “y”,
the “y” is changed to “ied”
He dried the dishes
after dinner.

4. When a regular verb has one
syllable and ends in
consonat + vowel + consonant,
the final consonant is doubled
before adding “ed” to form the
simple past tense.
(Exceptions: verbs that end in
“w” or “x”)

5. He jogged yesterday morning.

6. Now,
some examples

7. (clean)
I ....... my car last Monday.
cleaned
cleanned

8. (clean)
I ....... my car last Monday.
cleaned
cleanned

9. (cry)
They ....... when they didn't win
cryed
cried

10. (cry)
They ....... when they didn't win
cryed
cried

11. (discover)
He ....... a new star with his
telescope.
discovered
discoverred

12. (discover)
He ....... a new star with his
telescope.
discovered
discoverred

13. (trap)
I ....... the mouse yesterday.
traped
trapped

14. (trap)
I ....... the mouse yesterday.
traped
trapped

15. (film)
He ....... the movie last month.
filmed
filmmed

16. (film)
He ....... the movie last month.
filmed
filmmed

17. (mix)
He ....... a new star with his
telescope.
mixxed
mixed

18. (mix)
He ....... a new star with his
telescope.
mixxed
mixed

19. (chop)
We ....... firewood last winter.
chopped
choped

20. (chop)
We ....... firewood last winter.
chopped
choped