V2
Single finished actions in the past, past states.

I worked in Moscow two years ago.

She planned to visit her friends yesterday.

She married him and they had wonderful children.

Regular verbs: + ed

work – worked

live – lived

1) 1 vowel + 1 consonant *2

a) 1 syllable:

stop – stopped

rob – robbed

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b) 2 and more syllables with the last one stressed:

admit – admitted

prefer – preferred

c) 2 and more syllables with the last -l:

travel – travelled

cancel – cancelled

2) consonant + y -> i + ed

study – studied

try – tried

marry – married

BUT: play – played, stay – stayed (vowel+y)

Irregular verbs: a special form (go – went, see – saw)

Negative

didn’t + V1

I didn’t buy this book because I didn’t like it.

He didn’t come to the party because he was very busy.

Question

General

Did + Subject + V1

Did you like the film?

Did they win?

Did your sister call?

Short answer

• Yes, I/you/he,she,it/we/they did.
• No, I/you/he,she,it/we/they didn’t.

Special

Question word + did + Subject + V1

What did you do?

Where did she go?

When did they finish work?

Adverbs/adverbial expressions

yesterday, yesterday morning/evening, last night, the day before yesterday, 3 days ago, on Monday, in June, in 2020, last week, 3 days ago, on my birthday, at 7 o’clock