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The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It explains that the past simple tense is used to talk about completed actions in the past. It provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the past tense. It also describes the different types of sentences that can be formed in the past simple tense, including affirmative, negative, and question sentences. Time expressions that are commonly used with the past simple tense are also listed.
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- 2. WHEN DO WEUSE PAST SIMPLE TENSE? We use Past Simple Tense when we talk about completed actions in the past. Example: I washed my car yesterday. She ate pizza last night.
- 3. Yesterday I wentfor a swim.
- 4. KINDS OF VERBS Remember regular and irregular verbs. Turn regular verbs to the past by adding –ed or –d. Regular Verb Past Simple walk walked want wanted help helped decide decided agree agreed onlyenglishiii.blogspot.com
- 5. If the verbends with y preceded by a vowel, add –ed. E : Add –D: I lived , you decided , he liked, … If the verb ends with y preceded by a consonant, drop the y, turn it into i and add -ed. Consonant + Y: IED: I studied, He tidied, …(vs: I played) - 1 Vowel + 1 consonant: Double the consonant: She planned , they stopped, … (vs: he waited) Regular Verb Past Simple play played stay Stayed study Studied bury buried Study irregular verb list.
- 6. Regular Verb PastSimple play played stay Stayed study Studied bury buried I worked in a shop last year, I lived in a big house when I was younger. I worked hard last weekend
- 7. KINDS OF SENTENCESREGULAR IN PAST SIMPLE TENSE Affirmative sentences SUBJECT VERB IN PAST TENSE COMPLEMENT. Tom visited us last week. I ran in the competition. IRREGULAR IN PAST SIMPLE TENSE Go went Come came Buy bought Drink drank Eat ate Find found See saw I went to Paris last July
- 8. NEGATIVE SENTENCE Tomdidn’t visit us last week. I didn’t run in the competition. SUBJECT DID NOT DIDN’T VERB IN BASE FORM COMPLEMENT. I didn’t live in a flat during my last Summer holidays. I didn’t go to Berlin last July
- 9. I drank buthe didn’t drink We went but she didn’t go She phoned but I didn’t phone We studied but they didn’t study
- 10. KINDS OF QUESTIONSIN PAST SIMPLE Yes/No Questions DID SUBJECT VERB IN BASE FORM COMPLEMENT? Did Tom visit you last week? Did you travel by boat last holidays? Yes, I did. Did you see any dolphins? No I didn’t. Did you go out last night? Did you go to the container yesterday after class?
- 11. KINDS OF QUESTIONSIN PAST SIMPLE Why did you tell me that? Where did you meet him? Where did you run last year? WH WORD DID SUBJECT VERB IN BASE FORM COMPLEMENT?
- 12. WHAT HAPPENS WHENWE USE THE VERB TO BE? Recall its past tense WAS WERE Negative Sentences Use the negative form or the contractions. Never use didn’t. WAS NOT WERE NOT WASN’T WERENT
- 13. Yes/No Questions WAS / WERE SUBJECT COMPLEMENT? Was Irene in the house? Were they at the Mall? Informative Questions WH WORD WAS / WERE SUBJECT COMPLEMENT? Why was Irene in the house? Where were you last night?
- 14. TIME EXPRESSIONS Youwill see it with Time expressions showing Past: Yesterday, last week / month/ … , in 2002, 2 hours / 3 days / a week/ …ago , When, etc
- 15. Past simple tense: Affirmative Regular verbs Negative Questions Short answer Short answer I worked. I didn't work. Did I work? Yes, I did. No, I didn't. He worked. He didn't work. Did he work? Yes, he did. No, he didn't. She worked. She didn't work. Did she work? Yes, she did. No, she didn't. It worked. It didn't work. Did it work? Yes, it did. No, it didn't. You worked. You didn't work. Did you work? Yes you did. No, you didn't. We worked. We didn't work. Did we work? Yes we did. No, we didn't. They worked. They didn't work. Did they work? Yes they did. No,they didn't.
- 16. The Simple PastTense is used 1.To talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. You state when it happened using a time adverb (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."
- 17. READY FOR DOINGAN ACTIVITY? Complete the following sentences with the past simple tense of the verb give. 1. I ______________ (go) to the movies with Ed. 2. She ______________ (decide) to read the story. 3. We ______________ (hurry) up doing the quiz. 4. They ______________ (walk) to school. 5. Sue _____________ (play) soccer. 6. My dog ____________ (bury) its bone outside.
- 18. Read thesentences, and rewrite them as negative sentences. 1. My mom baked cookies for the party. _____________________________________ 2. Jim understood the exercise. ______________________________________ 3. We were at the concert. ______________________________________ 4. I was in the room with her. _______________________________________