The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It explains that regular verbs are made past by adding "-ed" or "-d" while irregular verbs have unique past forms that must be memorized. It provides examples of common irregular verbs. The simple past is used to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past or actions that were habitual in the past. It also covers forming negative and interrogative sentences in the past tense.

1. The Simple Past Tense

2. Yesterday I went for a swim.

3. Affirmative: The past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding – d or – ed to the base form of the verb. I work ed in a shop last year, I live d in a big house when I was younger. PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR VERBS I work ed hard last weekend

4. Simple Past Tense : Irregular verbs Affirmative: Irregular past verb forms must be learned because they don’t follow any rule: Go went Come came Buy bought Drink drank Eat ate Find found See saw I went to Paris last July

5. PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR and IRREGULAR VERBS Negative: Use did not or didn’t + a base form verb to make the past simple tense negative. I didn’t work last summer I didn’t live in a flat during my last Summer holidays. I didn’t go to Berlin last July

6. Interrogative: Use did + subject + a base form verb to make the past simple interrogative. Did you play sport last Summer? Did you travel by boat last holidays? Yes, I did. Did you see any dolphins? No I didn’t. PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR and IRREGULAR VERBS

7. No,they didn't. Yes they did. Did they work? They didn't work. They work ed . No, we didn't. Yes we did. Did we work? We didn't work. We work ed . No, you didn't. Yes you did. Did you work? You didn't work. You work ed . No, it didn't. Yes, it did. Did it work? It didn't work. It work ed . No, she didn't. Yes, she did. Did she work? She didn't work. She work ed . No, he didn't. Yes, he did. Did he work ? He didn't work. He work ed . No, I didn't. Yes, I did. Did I work? I didn't work. I work ed . Short answer Short answer Questions Regular verbs Negative Past simple tense: Affirmative

8. 1.T o talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. You state when it happened using a time adver b (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." The Simple Past Tense is used

9. Time expressions: Yesterday, last month, last year, last time, … ago, in ... The Simple Past Tense My friends travelled to Saudi Arabia two years ago