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Ed endings and subject forms

you add e d to the end. For example, work becomes worked. I worked last week. Worked is the same form for all subjects. So for example, I worked, you worked, she worked, he work...

Course: Everyday English from the startSection: Simple past basicsSubtitles: en

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verbs,

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you add e d to the end.

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For example, work becomes worked.

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I worked last week.

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Worked is the same form for all

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subjects.

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So for example, I worked, you worked,

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she worked, he worked, it worked,

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we worked, they worked.

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If a verb ends with an e, then you

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simply add a d to make the simple past.

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So for example,

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live becomes lived.

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I lived in New York last year.

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There are many irregular verbs that do

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not use e d to form the past.

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For example,

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go becomes went,

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do becomes did,

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see becomes saw,

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can becomes could,

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have becomes had.

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For example,

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