The Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past Tense Yesterday I went for a swim.

Affirmative: The past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding – d or – ed to the base form of the verb. I work ed in a shop last year, I live d in a big house when I was younger. PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR VERBS I work ed hard last weekend

Simple Past Tense : Irregular verbs
Affirmative:
Irregular past verb forms must be learned because they don’t follow any rule:
Go went
Come came
Buy bought
Drink drank
Eat ate
Find found
See saw
I went to Paris last July

PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR and IRREGULAR VERBS Negative: Use did not or didn’t + a base form verb to make the past simple tense negative. I didn’t work last summer I didn’t live in a flat during my last Summer holidays. I didn’t go to Berlin last July

Interrogative:
Use did + subject + a base form verb to make the past simple interrogative. Did you play sport last Summer?
Did you travel by boat last holidays? Yes, I did. Did you see any dolphins? No I didn’t. PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR and IRREGULAR VERBS

No,they didn't. Yes they did. Did they work? They didn't work. They work ed . No, we didn't. Yes we did. Did we work? We didn't work. We work ed . No, you didn't. Yes you did. Did you work? You didn't work. You work ed . No, it didn't. Yes, it did. Did it work? It didn't work. It work ed . No, she didn't. Yes, she did. Did she work? She didn't work. She work ed . No, he didn't. Yes, he did. Did he work ? He didn't work. He work ed . No, I didn't. Yes, I did. Did I work? I didn't work. I work ed . Short answer Short answer Questions Regular verbs Negative Past simple tense: Affirmative

1.T o talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. You state when it happened using a time adver b (yesterday, last Mont.): “ Last year I took my exams” . 2. It can be used to describe events that happened over a period of time in the past but not now : "I lived in Asia for two years." 3. It is also used to talk about habitual or repeated actions that took place in the past : " When I was a child we always went to the seaside on bank holidays." The Simple Past Tense is used

Time expressions:
Yesterday, last month, last year, last time, … ago, in ...
The Simple Past Tense My friends travelled to Saudi Arabia two years ago

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The Simple Past Tense

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