The document discusses the simple past tense in English. It describes three main uses of the simple past: to describe specific actions, completed actions, and past statuses. It explains the positive and negative forms of the simple past, including using "did" for negatives and questions. Finally, it provides examples of rules for regular and irregular verb forms in the past tense, such as adding "-ed" or changing spelling patterns, as well as examples of questions and negatives using "did".

1. THE SIMPLE PAST
I.U.P Santiago Mariño
Yusén Araque
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2. The Simple Past
Uses
Uses 1
Specific Action
 I ate lunchat noon
today.
Uses 2
Completed action
 She finally mailed the
letter
Uses 3
Past Status
 John was still Single in
1995
Formas
Positive
-A regular past form ends
in ed.
-Some verbs are irregular
Negative
We use did+not in
negatives
Questions
We use did in questions.
Rules y Examples
 We played baseball yesterday.
R1 Verbs ending in e, we add a d.
 Arrive/arrived
R2 Verbs that end in y preceded by
a consonant change the y to i
before-ed.
 Marry-married
R3 Double the final consonant be
fore ed if final consonant is single.
 Fit - fitted
Rules y Examples
 I did not arrive on
time.
 We did not win the
game
Rule: We do not add
ed to the verb.
 They did not use
pencils and paper.
 Where did you stay?
 Did she leave a
message?
 Didn’t you play
basketball last year?