The past tense in English causes some problems for beginning and intermediate level students, so it's necessary to review regularly. There are two main categories of verbs: regular and irregular. The regular verbs add "ed" to the end of the verb in the past tense, while irregular verbs may change their form completely or not at all. Let's concentrate on regular verbs here.
Martha moved to Chicago last month. (statement)
Martha didn't move to Los Angeles because she thought it was too expensive. (negative)
Did she move to Chicago to get a job? (question)
To make the past tense negative, add "did + not" to the simple form of the verb. You can also use the contraction: didn't. To make a question, put "did" before the subject and then use the simple form of the verb. So, that's not too hard. But the pronunciation of past tense verbs is a little tricky. Here's a YouTube video that can help you out with that. Click on the first one you see.
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Hi Paul,
I was serious about it when I asked the question about telephone lessons. Please let me know if you can give lessons to me.
Thanks in advance,
Y
Hi Y,
Let me think about a little bit longer. I'm not sure I can offer a service to one person but not to others. I will be out of touch online for the next few days--probably unitil Saturday or Sunday. Thanks for showing so much interest in my instruction.
Paul
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