Tell someone about a completed action at a past time using a regular verb.
The idea
Most regular verbs form the past simple with -ed: visit → visited. Add -d to a verb already ending in e: live → lived. After a consonant, final y changes to i before -ed: study → studied. The same past form is used with every subject. Some verbs are irregular and do not follow this pattern.
Examples
- I visited my aunt yesterday.
- We watched a film last night.
- She walked to the station.
- They studied together on Monday.
- He opened the window.
- The meeting ended at noon.
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Watch out
Do not add -ed directly after consonant plus y: use studied, not studyed. Pronunciation of -ed varies between verbs.
Try it yourself
Yesterday I ___ my aunt. (visit / visited)
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visited
visited is the regular past form of visit.
We ___ a film last night. (watched / watch)
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watched
watched describes a completed event in the past.
They ___ together on Monday. (studied / studyed)
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studied
After a consonant, study changes y to i before -ed: studied.
Practice round
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Yesterday I ___ my aunt. (visit / visited)
We ___ a film last night. (watched / watch)
They ___ together on Monday. (studied / studyed)
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Write three sentences about completed activities yesterday, including one verb whose spelling changes before -ed.