The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It explains that there are two types of verbs in the past simple: regular verbs and irregular verbs. Regular verbs are formed by adding "-ed", "-d", or "-ied" to the infinitive. Irregular verbs do not follow a set pattern and must be memorized. Examples of forming sentences in the positive, negative, and interrogative are provided for both regular and irregular verbs. The past simple is used to talk about completed actions or events in the past.

1. The past simple
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2. The past simple
We have two types of verbs
REGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR VERBS

3. REGULAR VERBS
To form regular verbs we need to add
-ED -D -IED to the infinitive of the
verb
For example:
-ed inventED
-d arriveD
-ied studIED

4. PAST FORM OF REGULAR VERBS
FORM
POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION
I arrived
You arrived
he/she/it arrived
We/you/they arrived
I DIDN’T arrive
You DIDN’T arrive
he/she/it DIDN’T arrive
We/you/they DIDN’T arrive
DID I arrived ?
DID You arrive ?
DID he/she/it arrive?
DID We/you/they arrive?

5. IRREGULAR VERBS
We have a list to
study.
We don’t add –ed/
-d/-ied.
They are frmed
irregularly.
Some examples are:
Be
Become
Catch
Swim
Hit
Leave
Read
begin
Was/were
Became
Caught
Swam
Hit
Left
Read
began

6. PAST FORM OF IRREGULAR VERBS
FORM
POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION
I swam
you swam
He/she/it swam
We/you/they swam
I DIDN’T swim
you DIDN’T swim
He/she/it DIDN’T swim
We/you/they DIDN’T swim
DID I swim ?
DID you swim?
DID He/she/it swim?
DID We/you/they swim?

7. The past simple
The past simplepast simple is used to express
thingsthings that happened in the pastpast
and are finishedfinished
past present

8. The past simple
The past simple is usually
accompanied by some expressions of
past time:
……AgoAgo: I saw you 3 weeks ago
Last…: I saw you last week
InIn…: I saw you in 2007
WhenWhen…?: when did you see the film?