Spelling of the ed forms english grammar

Spelling of the -ed formsThe spelling of the simple past form -ed forms You will learn the spelling of the simple past form -ed form.. But before you continue the lesson study the follow

Spelling of the -ed forms

The spelling of the simple past form (-ed forms)

You will learn the spelling of the simple past form (-ed form.) But before you continue the lesson study the following examples and try to see how the verbs are spelled

Verbs ending in a

1 silent e

close = closed

die = died

phone = phoned

The rules of the simple past tense forms:

Here are the rules:

1 Regular verbs ending in a silent e take /-d/ in the simple past and past

participle:

Example:

close=closed

2 Regular verbs ending in a vowel + y take /-ed/ in the simple past and past

participle:

Example:

play=played

3 Regular verbs ending in a consonant + y take /-ied/ in the simple past and past participle (the y becomes an i followed by /-ed/)

marry=married

4 All the other regular vebs take /-ed/ in the simple past and past participle Example:

visit=visited Special cases of the -ed forms:

Follow these rules when there is a consonant after a vowel (stop, ban, open, offer )

• If there is a consonant after a stressed vowel at the end of the word, double the consonant

stop – stopped ban - banned swap - swapped

• If the vowel is not stressed, we do not double it:

open - opened (Here the stress is on'o', not the 'e'.) offer - offered ( Here the stress is on 'o', not the 'e'.)

In British English we double the last l even though the last vowel is not stressed Here are

some examples:

• travel - travelled

• cancel - cancelled

• level - levelled

• marvel - marvelled