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- 2. GENERAL INFORMATION When wetalk abourt Past Simple tense in English we distinguish two kinds of verbs: regular verbs and irregular verbs. Regular verbs are called like that because they follow the same pattern: they end in –ed or –d. play – played decide – decided study – studied From these examples it is easy to see that sometimes changes are needed: We usually add –ed to the infinitive form of the verb: play – played act - acted • Those verbs ending in –e just add –d: like – liked save - saved • When a verb ends in –y, it changes into i and we add –ed: cry – cried study – studied • Verbs ending in CVC double the last consonant and add –ed: stop – stopped sit - sitting
- 3. Irregular verbs completelychange from the base form, and they need to be learnt by hard.
- 4. FORM Affirmative: S +Vpast + C Example: She liked playing the piano when she was ten. My neighbours bought a new house last month Negative: S + DIDN’T + Vinf + C Example: She didn’t like playing the piano when she was ten. My neighbours didn’t buy a new house last month Question: DID + S + Vinf + C Example: Did she like playing the piano when she was ten? Yes, she did / No, she didn’t Did your neighbours buy a new house last month? Yes, they did / No, they didn’t
- 5. USE We use PASTSIMPLE to talk about finished actions in the past. That is, actions that started and finished in the past. Ex: Jack and Susan painted their house last week. I lost my keys yesterday Time expressions: yesterday, last month, in 1992, two years ago, etc.
- 6. ACTIVITIES Write the pastform of the following verbs in the right column. Then translate them. come play jump REGULAR see write study be cry open IRREGULAR TRANSLATION came venir played jugar jumped saltar saw veure wrote escriure studied estudiar Was/were Ser/estar cried plorar opened obrir drove conduir drive
- 7. ACTIVITIES Write the pastform of the following verbs in the right column. Then translate them. come play jump REGULAR see write study be cry open IRREGULAR TRANSLATION came venir played jugar jumped saltar saw veure wrote escriure studied estudiar Was/were Ser/estar cried plorar opened obrir drove conduir drive