Past Indefinite

 

S+V2   Âèðàæຠä³þ, ùî â³äáóëàñü â ìèíóëîìó.

Remember: yesterday – â÷îðà; last week – ìèíóëîãî òèæíÿ; an hour ago – ãîäèíó òîìó íàçàä; last Monday – ó ïîíåä³ëîê.

Illustrative situation:

It was Sunday yesterday. I got up later usual. I didn‘t do morning exercises. I had a wash, a shave and breakfast. It didn’t take me long. Then I went for a walk. I visited my friend. I came in the afternoon.

 

I (you, he, she, it, we, they) visited. When   Why did I, we you he, she it, they visit?  
I (you, he, she, it, we, they) did (didn’t) not visit.  
Who visited?  

 

Remember:

Spelling of regular past tense. Pronunciation of regular past tense. Most Regular verbs: work – worked start – started play – played
1) /d/ after vowels and voiced sounds ( /b/, /g/, /v/, /d/, /l/, /z/, /ç/, /dç/, /m/, /n/, /nl/ ) Verbs ending in -e hate – hated like – liked
2) /t/ after ( /p/, /k/, /f/, /θ/, /s/, /l/, /tl/ ) stopped, worked Short verb ending in one vowel + one consonant: stop – stopped fit – fitted shop – shopped
3) /id/ after ( /t/, /d/ ) started, decided Verbs ending in consonant + -y: study – studied hurry – hurried