The document provides information about using the past simple tense in English. It discusses the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms for regular and irregular verbs. It provides examples of common regular and irregular past tense verbs. It also lists some common time expressions that are used with the past simple tense, such as "yesterday," "last week," and "a year ago."

1. Past simple regular verbs
Affirmative Negative
I worked
You worked
He/ she/ it worked
I didn’t work
You didn’t work
He, she, it didn’t work
We worked
You worked
They worked
We didn’t work
You didn’t work
They didn’t work
Interrrogative
Did I work?
Did you work?
Did he, she, it work?
Yes, I did
Yes, you did
Yes, he/ she/ it did
No, I didn’t
No, you didn’t
No, he/ she/ it didn’t
Did we work?
Did you work?
Did they work?
Yes, we did
Yes, you did
Yes, they did
No, we didn’t
No, you didn’t
No, they didn’t

2. Past simple
He watched TV He did homework It lived in France
He tried to pass
the ball
He stopped the car

3. Past simple irregular verbs
Affirmative Negative
I drove
You drove
He/ she/ it drove
I didn’t drive
You didn’t drive
He, she, it didn’t drive
We drove
You drove
They drove
We didn’t drive
You didn’t drive
They didn’t drive
Interrrogative
Did I drive?
Did you drive?
Did he, she, it drive?
Yes, I did
Yes, you did
Yes, he/ she/ it did
No, I didn’t
No, you didn’t
No, he/ she/ it didn’t
Did we drive?
Did you drive?
Did they drive?
Yes, we did
Yes, you did
Yes, they did
No, we didn’t
No, you didn’t
No, they didn’t

4. Past simple.
Uses.
Chris phoned me
yesterday. He wanted to
ask me something.
Past 1 2 3 4 now
for two years
I lived in Rome
for two years.
Then I went to
work in Japan.

5. Past simple.
Past time expressions
• Yesterday morning
• This morning
• Five minutes ago
• Last November
• A year ago
• Long time ago
• Last night
• Three days ago
• Last week / last weekend

6. Past simple.
Past time expressions

7. Attachment
Past simple
• Finished actions
• No difference in 3rd person. (+, -, ?)
• Irregular verbs (be)
• Regular verbs spelling rules
– Add –ed
• Watch, play, work, help..
– Add – d after –e
• Live, smoke, dance...
– One vowel + one consonant → Double consonant + -ed
• One syllable: Stop, .... (but: snow, enjoy)
• More than one syllable: pre-fer → preferred
(but: Hap-pen → happened, visit, remember...)
– Consonant + -y → - ied
• Study,
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