The document provides information about the past simple tense in English in 20 questions and answers. Some key points covered include: 1) We double the final consonant and add "ed" to form the past simple of regular verbs, 2) Auxiliary "did" is used to form questions in the past simple, 3) The past simple is used for finished actions in the past.

1. Twenty Questions
The Past Simple

2. Twenty Questions
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6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20

3. 1. Do we double the final consonant in
stop when we add - ed
Yes ! stopped.

4. 2.Do we use did with was or were?
No, we don’t.
Was he with Annie?

5. 3. What is the auxiliary we use to
make questions in the past
simple ?
did

6. 4. Is the past simple used for finished
or unfinished actions.
finished actions

7. 5. Where do we put “ ago “ in a
sentence in the simple past ?
At the end of the sentence
I saw him two weeks ago.

8. • Order this sentence
the party her didn't you invite to
You didn't invite her to the party.

9. 7. Do we add an s to the third
person singular in the past
simple?
No, we don’ t
He went
She escaped

10. 8. Order this sentence
week decided we last go to trip on a
Last week we decided to go on a trip.

11. 9. What is the word order for
negatives in the past simple?
S+ didn’t + verb + object
Janet didn’t arrive on
time.

12. 10. Whatis the word order for
questions in the past simple?.
Did + S+ verb + object
Did Alan tell the truth?

13. 1. Say some time words
in the past
 Last week
 Last month
 Last year
 Two months ago
 Six years ago.
 Yesterday

14. 12. Change this sentence into negative
They caught him after dark.
They didn't catch him after dark.

15. 13. Can the past simple refer to the
present or future?
Yes , after words with a conditional
meaning. For example , “if”

16. • Say the past of :
can – be
Could - Was - Were

17. 15. Order this sentence
didn’t to upload more want any
they files
They didn't want to upload any more files.

18. • Complete
When I _____ a child…
When I was a child…

19. 17. How can you express a habit in the
past?
With “used to”
When I was fifteen, I used to go to
a language school.

20. 18. What tense is used together with
the past simple to express a
continuous action in the past?
Past Continuous
I was talking to Jane when Jill
arrived.

21. 19. What PERFECT tense is often
contrasted with the Past Simple?.
Present Perfect
I’ve known Tom for ten years.
I met him in 1998.

22. 1. Say the past simple of :
swear, sweep , rely , strike
swore , swept , relied , stroke