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Simple Past rules
The document discusses the simple past tense in English grammar. It provides rules and examples of using regular and irregular verbs in the simple past, including adding "-ed" to regular verbs and changing verb forms for irregular verbs. It also covers using time expressions like "yesterday" and "last week" with the simple past. Additionally, it explains how to form yes/no and wh- questions in the simple past and how to make the simple past negative.
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Simple Past rules
- 1. Simple Past -English grammar http://first-english.org name: …………………................. class: …………… date: ……………................ Simple Past – Examples and rules – English tenses Simple Past Examples: Simple Past First I read a book, then I went to bed yesterday evening. Last week I came to a church and then I took the road right. Simple Past describes an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Examples: Bob got a bike yesterday. Mr Thompson had a great time in America last year. Simple Past – regular verbs Regular verbs make their past tense by adding -d, -ed, or (if the verb ends in a consonant + y), changing the y to i and adding -ed. Special notes: Verb ending... add ... Examples -e Add -d live - lived bake - baked consonant + y Change 'y' to i and add -ed carry - carried cry - cried 1 vowel + 1 consonant Double consonant and add -ed stop - stopped Simple Past - irregular verbs Examples: Simple Past tense irregular verbs: Present - Past begin - began break - broke come - came drink - drank Present - Past fall - fell forget - forgot get - got speak - spoke Simple Past - Signal Words Signal words: ago, in 2011 ..., in 1999 ..., last month, last week, last year, yesterday, at 5 o'clock Examples Simple Past signal words I ate oranges last year. We went to school eyery day in 1999. He took his dog for a walk a month ago. http://first-english.org/english_learning/tenses_english.htm English grammar with rules, explanations, online exercises, examples and PDF - for free.
- 2. Simple Past -English grammar http://first-english.org name: …………………................. class: …………… date: ……………................ Simple Past - questions 'did' + usubject + infinitive Examples: Simple Past questions I ate apple in 2005. Did I eat apples in 2005? We went to London last week. Did we go to London last week? He took his dog for a walk last week. Did he take his dog for a walk last week? Simple Past - questions with was/were Examples: She was in London. Was she in London? They were at the station. Were they at the station? Simple Past negative Long form: I did not go. Short form: I didn't go. Examples: I knew Covent Garden? I did't know Covent Garden. We went to school eyery day. We didn't go to school every day. He took his dog for a walk. He didn't take his dog for a walk. Simple Past - 'to be' negative form positive negative long form short form I You He/She We You They was were was were were were was not were not was not were not were not were not wasn't weren't wasn't weren't weren't weren't http://first-english.org/english_learning/tenses_english.htm English grammar with rules, explanations, online exercises, examples and PDF - for free.
- 3. Simple Past -English grammar http://first-english.org name: …………………................. class: …………… date: ……………................ http://first-english.org/english_learning/tenses_english.htm English grammar with rules, explanations, online exercises, examples and PDF - for free.