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Simple past tense





                                                        Simple past tense











                                                      Action that has already
                                                         happened in past.















                    If the verb is ending
                      with y and has a            If the verb is       If the verb is ending
                   consonant before the        ending with a "y"       with a "e" then you          We add "-ed" to
                    "y" then change the        and has a vowel         only have to add a             most verbs .
                   "y" to and "i" and add        before the "y".               "d".
                             -ed               You will add - ed.



















                                                     For eg-                    For eg-                  For eg-
                         For eg-
                                                  play- played               close- closed               jumped,
                      study- studied                                       phone- phoned                 laughed
                        cry- cried               show- showed
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