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SPELLING RULES: PAST SIMPLE –REGULAR VERBS 1. INFINITIVE + ED look – looked / want –wanted 2. INFINITIVE finished in –E + D – arrive arrived 3. INFINITIVE finished in consonant + y = ied – studystudied 4. INFINITIVE finished in C+V+C= double C+ED – stopstopped 5. TWO SYLLABLE INFINITIVE finished in C+V+C with the accent in the last syllable= DOUBLE C+ED – preferpreferred 6. INFINITIVE finished in C+V+L= DOUBLE LL+ED – traveltravelled/ cancelcancelled PRONUNCIATION RULES /ID/ It is pronounced /id/ when the infinitive finishes in “t” or in “d” started, wanted /T/ It is pronounced /T/ when the infinitive finishes in / P, K, S, F, X, CH, SH/ stopped /D/ It is pronounced /D/ when the infinitive finishes in /B,G,L,M,N,V,Y,Z or vowel/ arrived

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   SPELLING  RULES:  PAST  SIMPLE  –REGULAR  VERBS    1.  INFINITIVE  +  -­‐ED      -­‐  look  –  looked  /  want  –wanted    2.  INFINITIVE  finished  in  –E  +  D  –  arrive-­‐  arrived    3.  INFINITIVE  finished  in  consonant  +  y  =  ied  –  study-­‐studied    4.  INFINITIVE  finished  in  C+V+C=  double  C+ED  –  stop-­‐stopped    5.  TWO  SYLLABLE  INFINITIVE  finished  in  C+V+C  with  the  accent  in  the  last  syllable=  DOUBLE  C+ED  –  prefer-­‐preferred    6.  INFINITIVE  finished  in  C+V+L=  DOUBLE  LL+ED  –  travel-­‐travelled/  cancel-­‐cancelled      PRONUNCIATION  RULES    /-­‐ID/  It  is  pronounced  /-­‐id/  when  the  infinitive  finishes  in  “t”  or  in  “d”  -­‐  started,  wanted    /-­‐T/  It  is  pronounced  /-­‐T/  when  the  infinitive  finishes  in  /  P,  K,  S,  F,  X,  CH,  SH/  -­‐  stopped    /-­‐D/  It  is  pronounced  /-­‐D/  when  the  infinitive  finishes  in  /B,G,L,M,N,V,Y,Z  or  vowel/  -­‐  arrived