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Answer — Exercise Grammar 1

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Question

Write down the infinitive forms of the regular verbs you underlined. How do we form the Past simple of regular verbs?

Answer

  • invent
  • transmit
  • last
  • start
  • watch

We form the Past simple of a regular verb by adding -ed to the end of the infinitive. If the infinitive ends with a consonant-vowel-consonant, and the last syllable is stressed, then we double the final consonant, e.g. transmit-transmitted.