1. The document discusses the use of the past simple tense in English to describe completed actions and events in the past. It provides examples of using the past simple to talk about specific past times, lists of actions, durations of time, past habits, and past facts.
2. It also covers forming the past simple of regular and irregular verbs as well as questions and negative forms using auxiliary verbs like "did" and "did not". Time expressions that can be used with the past simple are also mentioned.
This presentation provides a basic understanding of Past Simple, and several activities to assist students with practicing the past simple form of regular and irregular verbs.
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http://telegram.me/mlc92
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Past simple
1.
2. Usage
1. Use the Past Simple to express an action that started and
finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the
speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they
do have one specific time in mind.
Examples:
I saw a movie yesterday.
Last year, I traveled to Japan.
Did you have dinner last night?
She washed her car two hours ago.
3. 2. We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed
actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,
and so on.
Examples:
I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and
met the others at 10:00.
Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs?
4. 3.The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and
stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often
indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five
minutes, all day, all year, etc.
Examples:
I lived in Brazil for two years.
Ruti studied Japanese for five years.
They sat at the beach all day.
They did not stay at the party the entire time.
We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.
5. 4.The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which
stopped in the past. It can have the same meaning as “used
to.” To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we
often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never,
when I was a child, when I was younger, etc.
Examples:
I studied French when I was a child.
He played the violin.
He didn't play the piano.
Did you play a musical instrument when you were a kid?
She worked at the movie theater after school.
6. 5. The Simple Past can also be used to describe past facts or
generalizations which are no longer true. As in USE 4 above,
this use of the Simple Past is quite similar to the expression
“used to."
Examples:
She was shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing.
He didn't like tomatoes before.
Did you live in Texas when you were a kid?
People paid much more to make cell phone calls in the past.
8. Form: Verb ‚to be‛
• I : I was born in Israel.
• he: He was a doctor.
• she: She was in the USA.
• it: It was cold yesterday
was
• we: We were at home yesterday.
• you: You were right!
• they: They were in Italy last
summer.
were
9. Negative Form: Verb ‘to be’
I, he, she, it - was not (wasn’t)
• I wasn’t sick last week.
• He wasn’t in Eilat last summer.
• She wasn’t at school on Monday.
we, you, they – were not (weren’t)
• We were not at home on Saturday.
• You weren’t happy with your grades.
• They weren’t angry with his behavior.
10. Questions with Verb ‚to be‛
Yes / No Question
Wh – Non- Subject Question
Wh- Subject Question
Was
Were
I, she, he, it
we, you, they
Rest of the sentence?
Rest of the sentence?
Who/What was Rest of the sentence?
Wh - word was
were
I, she, he, it
we, you, they
Rest of the
sentence?
11. Past Simple: Regular Verbs
The Past Simple tense of the most English verbs (regular
verbs) is formed by adding "-ed"/"-d" to their base
form. (If the verb ends in "-e", we add "-d" to form the
past simple)
Examples:
We arrived at 9:00 o'clock.
My brother lived in London four years ago.
When she was young, she danced beautifully.
12. Spelling Rules
If a regular verb ends in consonant + y change y to i and add -ed:
carry - carried, study - studied, fry - fried, try - tried
If a one syllable regular verb ends
in consonant + vowel + consonant double the final consonant and add -
ed -- > stop - stopped, plan - planned, rob - robbed, beg - begged
If a regular verb has more than one syllable and ends
in consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final consonant only
if the final syllable is stressed -- > preFER - preferred, regRET -
regretted
Exception: In British English verbs ending in -l have -ll before -ed whether the final
syllable is stressed or not -- > travel - travelled
13. Irregular Verbs
There are also some verbs called irregular verbs that have
special past tense forms.
See list of irregular verbs
We went (go) to school yesterday.
The children read (read) that story last year.
Tamar wrote (write) the letter to her friend on Sunday.
The students forgot (forget) to do the homework.
14. Negative Form
Negatives in the Simple Past are formed by
adding didn't (informal) or did not (formal) before the simple
form of the verb.
The girl didn’t come to school yesterday.
The parents didn’t work on Sunday.
The baby didn’t drink milk in the morning.
Subject did not V1
Rest of the
sentence
15. Questions
Yes / No Question
Did Nevo see his grandparents yesterday?
Wh – Non – Subject Question
Where did you spend your holidays?
Wh – Subject Question
Who wrote this beautiful poem?
Did
Who / What
Wh - word
Rest of the
sentenceV1Subject ?
Subject V1
Rest of the
sentence
?
V2
Rest of the
sentence
?
did