noteswale
Noteclass 6 8

Simple past — regular verbs

Lesson 10 of 84

A1

Regular verb (jo -ed se kal ka form banata hai) ka past = verb + -ed: play → played. I/you/he/she/we/they — same form. was / were topic 09; go → went topic 22.

1. Kya hai

Kal / last week ka action. Feeling/jagah ke liye was / were. Kaam ke liye -ed.

Use Example
Action (regular) I played cricket yesterday.
Be (topic 09) I was tired yesterday.
Aadat abhi bhi (topic 07) I play cricket on Sunday.

Present me he/she + -s. Past me -s nahi: She plays. → She played. (not she playeds).

2. Forms

Subject Positive Negative Question
I / you / he / she / it / we / they played did not play / didn't play Did you play …?

Negative aur question me did aata hai; uske baad asal verb (jaise play, like) — extra -ed nahi: Did she like the film? — not Did she liked. He didn't play. — not didn't played.

Short answer: Yes, I did. / No, she didn't. was / were wala question alag: Were you tired? Yes, I was. (topic 09)

go, eat, come, have regular nahi — topic 22.

3. -ed spelling

Rule Example
Zyada verbs: sirf ed lagao play → played, watch → watched, cook → cooked
aakhri e jo bolte nahi — uske baad sirf d like → liked, live → lived, close → closed
swar nahi + y → ied study → studied, carry → carried
swar (a, e, i, o, u) + y: + ed play → played
chhota word jaise stop: last letter double stop → stopped, plan → planned
British English: l dobara travel → travelled

Chhota word, last 3 letters jaise stop: swar (a, e, i, o, u) beech me, last letter dobara — stopped. Sound (played / watched / wanted) topic I8. Abhi spelling + form.

4. Examples

Bold = past form ya did.

  1. I cooked rice yesterday.
  2. You watched TV last night.
  3. We played cricket last Sunday.
  4. They visited their uncle.
  5. He washed the bike.
  6. She studied English.
  7. Ravi liked the film.
  8. Mother started work at 9.
  9. The shop closed at 8.
  10. I lived in Pune last year.
  11. I didn't cook yesterday.
  12. She didn't like the tea.
  13. Did you watch the match? Yes, I did.
  14. Did he play cricket? No, he didn't.
  15. I was tired. I played cricket. (be vs action)

5. Common mistakes

I play cricket yesterday.
I played cricket yesterday.
She didn't played football.
She didn't play football.
Did he liked the film?
Did he like the film?
He playeds cricket.
He played cricket.
I was play cricket.
I played cricket. / I was at the ground.
She studyed English.
She studied English.
He stoped the bus.
He stopped the bus.
Did you cooked rice?
Did you cook rice?
Hindi note. Hindi me aksar "kiya / kiya tha". English me hamesha yahi: positive = -ed (sab subjects same); negative/question = did + asal verb (play, like), dobara -ed nahi. was play ek saath mat lagao — be alag, action alag.

6. Practice

A. 10 MCQ

1. I ______ cricket yesterday.
2. She ______ English last night.
3. They ______ TV last Sunday.
4. Ravi ______ the film last night.
5. Sahi question?
6. Negative: He ______ football yesterday.
7. Be vs action?
8. stop → ______
9. We ______ rice yesterday.
10. Short answer: Did you watch TV?

B. 5 fill-in

1. We ______ cricket yesterday. (play / played)

2. Ananya ______ English last night.

3. They ______ TV last night. (negative: didn't + watch)

4. Question: she / cook rice → ______

5. Sahi karo: he didn't played football.

C. 3 sentences

Model answers neeche.

  1. I + regular past + yesterday.
  2. Kisi naam ke saath -ed.
  3. Ek question: Did you …?

7. Answer key

MCQ
  1. a) played — yesterday = -ed. play / plays = present.
  2. b) studied — y → ied. studyed spelling galat. studies = present.
  3. c) watched — last Sunday past. watching = topic 08. watch = present.
  4. a) liked — like + d (e pehle se hai). likeed galat.
  5. b) Did she like — did ke baad asal verb. Did she liked galat. Does = present.
  6. c) didn't play — didn't + asal verb. didn't played galat. wasn't play galat jod (was/were alag, play alag).
  7. a) I was tired. I played cricket. — feeling = was; action = -ed. was play / did was galat.
  8. b) stopped — stop jaise chhota word, p dobara. stoped spelling galat.
  9. c) didn't cook — we + did not + cook. don't = present. didn't cooked galat.
  10. a) Yes, I did. — Did-question ka short answer. Yes, I was = be. Yes, I watched short answer me nahi; Yes, I did.
Fill-in
  1. played — yesterday, regular -ed.
  2. studied — Ananya + study → studied.
  3. didn't watch — they + did not + asal verb. (did not watch bhi theek.)
  4. Did she cook rice? — Did + she + asal verb.
  5. He didn't play football. — didn't + play; H capital.
Model sentences
  1. I cooked rice yesterday.
  2. Meera watched TV.
  3. Did you play cricket?

Check: sab subjects same -ed; Did/didn't ke baad asal verb; was play nahi; go/went topic 22.