Tenses
review
Simple Tenses
Simple Present Tense
Rules of adding s-es?
* Rules for adding s/es:
work
start
teach
wash
kiss
go
works
starts
teaches
washes
kisses
goes
- The normal rule is to add -s
study
fly
studies
flies
- If the verbs end in a
consonant + y, change y to ies
play
stay
plays
stays
- But if the verb ends in a
vowel + y the y does not
change
have
has
- Irregular verb
- If the verbs end in ch, sh, s,
x, z, o add -es
* Rules of /s/ pronunciation
The “s” can be pronounced in three ways: /s/ ,
/z/ , /iz/
- /s/: t, p, f, k, th
works likes speaks starts
- /iz/: ce, x, z, sh, ch, s, ge
teaches watches washes brushes kisses
- /z/: others
comes flies lives loves studies plays stays
is has
Rules of adding ed?
Simple past
Form
!Rules for V(ed)
work
start
worked
started
- The normal rule is
to add -ed
live
love
lived
loved
- If the verbs end in e, add -d
studied
carried
- If the verbs end in
a consonant + y,
change - y to i + ed
stopped
planned
- If the verb has only one
syllable and one vowel
and one consonant, double
the consonant.
study
carry
stop
plan
! The pronunciations of – ed : /t/ , /d/ , /id/
/t/ with the verbs ending in -sh, -ch, -ss, -p,
-f, -k - I
watched washedworked
/id/ with the verbs ending in -t, -d in phonetic
spelling
wantedhated
decided
/d/ with other verbs
moved
lived
loved
Presented by B.A. Nguy ễn Công Minh
Simple Future
Form
Continuous
Tenses
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it
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Form
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