The document is a presentation on the use of the simple past tense in English grammar, detailing its application for completed actions, past habits, and regular past events. It provides rules for forming regular and irregular verbs in the past simple tense, along with examples for constructing positive, negative, and interrogative sentences. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding verb forms and time indicators to effectively communicate past actions.

1. SIMPLE
PAST
English Grammar Presentation

2. SIMPLE
PAST
Let’s look at:
When we use the past simple.
Verb “to be” in the past simple
Regular verbs in the past simple
Irregular verbs in the past simple
How we make sentences in the past simple.

3. FUNCTION: WHEN DO WE USE THE
past simple?
LAST YEAR, I WENT TO AN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL.
YOU CAN USE THE PAST SIMPLE TO TALK ABOUT COMPLETED OR FINISHED ACTIONS IN THE PAST.
THE ACTION STARTED AND FINISHED IN THE PAST.
NOW
LAST YEAR

4. FUNCTION: WHEN DO WE USE THE
past simple?
IN THE MORNING, FIRST I GOT UP, I BRUSHED MY TEETH
AND TOOK A SHOWER THEN I GOT DRESSED.
YOU CAN USE THE PAST SIMPLE TO TALK ABOUT ONE COMPLETED ACTION AFTER ANOTHER.
NOW

5. WE HAD REHEARSALS EVERY FRIDAY BEFORE THE CONCERT.
FUNCTION: WHEN DO WE USE THE
past simple?
NOW
YOU CAN ALSO USE THE PAST SIMPLE TO TALK ABOUT A PAST HABIT OR REGULAR PAST EVENTS.

6. FORM: REGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST
SIMPLE
WE ADD -ED TO THE VERB TO MAKE A REGULAR PAST SIMPLE FORM.
WHEN THE VERB END WITH A CONSONANT +Y, IT CHANGES TO -IED.
like - liked stay - stayed
visit - visited study - studied

7. I was/wasn’t we were/weren’t
you were/weren’t you were/weren’t
he, she, it was/wasn’t they were/weren’t
I WAS AT THE CONCERT YESTERDAY.
WHAT TIME WERE YOU THERE? HOW WAS IT?
THE MUSICIANS WERE EXCELLENT.
WE WEREN’T AT THE CONCERT, WE WERE AT HOME.
FORM: VERB TO BE IN THE PAST SIMPLE

8. When a verb ends in an unvoiced sound then -ed is
pronounced as /t/ + no extra syllable
like - liked
When a verb ends in a voiced sound then -ed is
pronounced as /d/ + no extra syllable
stay - stayed
When a verb ends in a /t/ or /d/ sounds = add an extra
syllable with /ɪd/.
want - wanted
FORM: REGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST
SIMPLE - PRONUNCIATION

9. be was,were
have had
meet met
buy bought
go went
THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST SIMPLE.
YOU NEED TO LEARN THEIR FORMS.
FORM: IRREGULAR VERBS IN THE PAST
SIMPLE

10. I, you, he, she, it, we, they liked subject + regular verb +ed
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had subject + irregular verb
FORM: How do we make positive
sentences in the past simple?
I LIKED THE MUSIC YESTERDAY.
I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.

11. I, you, he, she, it, we, they didn’t like subject + didn’t + verb
I, you, he, she, it, we, they didn’t have subject + didn’t + verb
FORM: How do we make negative
sentences in the past simple?
I DIDN’T LIKE THE MUSIC YESTERDAY.
I DIDN’T HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.

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PAST
The simple past interrogative form is used to ask
questions about actions or events that happened in
the past. To form a question in the simple past, you
typically use "did" followed by the subject and the
base form of the verb.

13. Did I, you, he, she, it, we, they like ...?
When did I, you, he, she, it, we, they go ...?
FORM: How do we make questions
sentences in the past simple?
DID THEY LIKE THE MUSIC AT THE CONCERT?
WHEN DID THEY GO HOME?

14. NOTES:
• The verb stays in its base form after "did."
• The subject can be a noun or a pronoun.
• Time indicators like "last night," "yesterday," or
"on Saturday" often help specify the past context.