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1. Mr/ Mahmoud Elmahdy
The past simple
tense

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Last summer, I did something really fun. I took part in a project where
young people write stories using AI. Because computers write them,
we had to check to make sure that there were no mistakes in them.
Before I started, I didn’t know that AI can write really good stories.
You imagine that only people can write stories, but AI can give a
helping hand. I was surprised! Most of the stories I read were fine,
but sometimes I found something strange in them. For example,
there was one story where the sun never sets. Of course, that’s not
possible, so I changed that part of the story

3. Usag
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We use the Past Simple:
• for actions which happened at a definite or stated time in the past; that is, we
know WHEN they happened.
e.g. They graduated four years ago. (When did they graduate? Four years ago.
We know the time.)
• for actions which happened repeatedly in the past but don’t happen any
more. In this case we can use adverbs of frequency (always, often, usually, etc.)
e.g. He often played football with his dad when he was five.
• for actions which happened immediately one after the other in the past.
e.g. They cooked the meal first. Then they ate with their friends.

4. The past simple of regular verbs, in their affirmative form, has this
structure:
Subject + Verb (Past tense) + …
- we add -ed at the end of the verb:
I worked we worked
You worked you worked
He/she/it worked they worked
Affirmative sentences in the Simple
Past

5. Spelling rules
• Verbs ending in –e take only –d dance – danced
• Verbs ending in a consonant + y, drop the y and take –ied.
Try- tried.
• Verbs ending in a vowel+y, take –ed. Play-played
• Verbs ending in one stressed vowel between two consonants, double
the last consonant and take –ed. Plan- planned but open-opened
• Verbs ending in –l, double the l and take –ed. Travel- travelled

6. IRREGULAR VERBS
• Julie and Brian went swimming every day. They saw some
kangaroos, but they didn’t see any crocodiles. They had a lot of
fun.
• To know the past simple of the irregular verbs I have to know
the List of Irregular Verbs (Leading Forms).
Irregular verbs are verbs that . . . .
…DON’T end with –ed
some irregular verbs
Have a vowel change in the past tense:
Simple Form Past Tense
become became
give gave
drive drove
forget forgot

7. To make negative sentences in the simple past we use the
auxiliary ‘did not’ / ‘didn’t’ and the base form of the verb.
Subject + did not + base form of verb + object
For example:
I didn’t play football yesterday.
They didn’t go to the theater last month.
She didn’t arrive on time this morning.
Negative sentences in
the Simple Past

8. To make questions in the simple past we use ‘did’ in front of the subject
and base form of the verb.
Did + subject + base form of verb + object?
For example:
Did you play football yesterday?
Did they lose the match?
Did he clean his home last weekend?
Questions in the Simple Past

9. To be verb
Simple past : was / were

10. Put the verbs (between brackets) into the correct form (simple past).
Last year, I (spend) ________my holiday
in Ireland. It (be) ________great. I
(travel)___________ around the city by car
with two friends and we (visit) ________lots of
interesting places. In the evenings, we usually
(go)_______ to a café.
We (be) ________very lucky with the
weather. It (not / rain)___________ a lot.
We(see) ________some beautiful rainbows.
I (have) ______ an amazing holiday!

11. Exercise 1
Complete the sentences using: WAS or WERE
1) I__________ in Australia last spring.
2) We________ at school last Saturday.
3) Tina_________ at home yesterday.
4) He________ sad.
5) Sarah and Jennifer________Garry's friends.
6) You_________ very busy on Thursday.
7) They________ in front of the supermarket.
8) I________ in the museum.
9) She_________ in South Africa last month.
was
were
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was
were
were
were
was
was

12. Thanks