Arbeitsblatt: YW4, Unit 3, Simple Past

Regular Verbs in the Simple Past: Adding -ed Consonant after short, stressed (betont) vowel (Vokal) at the end of the word Some words double the consonant at the end: stop stopped swap – swapped travel – travelled We do not double the consonant, if the vowel is not stressed: benefit – benefited (profitieren) Words ending in -e drop that bevore adding the ending love loved save – saved Words ending on -y Change -y to -i after consonant. Then add -ed worry – worried carry – carried try – tried Add -ed with verbs ending in -y preceded (vorangehend) by vowel play – played enjoy – enjoyed destroy – destroyed played with ball. We played with ball. You played with ball. You played with ball. He/She played with ball. TheyI played with ball.