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PAST SIMPLE TENSE
WHEN DO WE USE PAST SIMPLE TENSE?
We use Past Simple Tense when we talk about
completed actions in the past.
Example: I washed my car yesterday.
She ate pizza last night.
Yesterday I went for a swim.
KINDS OF VERBS
Remember regular and irregular verbs.
Turn regular verbs to the past by adding –ed or–d.
Regular Verb Past Simple
walk walked
want wanted
help helped
decide decided
agree agreed
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If the verb ends with y preceded by a vowel, add –ed.E : Add –D:I lived , you decided , he liked, …
If the verb ends with y preceded by a consonant, drop they, turn it into i and add
-ed.Consonant + Y: IED:I studied, He tidied, …(vs: I played)- 1 Vowel + 1 consonant: Double the consonant: She planned , they stopped, … (vs: he waited)
Study irregular verb list.
Regular Verb Past Simple
play played
stay Stayed
study Studied
bury buried
Regular Verb Past Simple
play played
stay Stayed
study Studied
bury buried
I worked in a shop last year, I lived in a big house when I was
younger.
I worked hard last weekend
KINDS OF SENTENCES REGULAR IN PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Affirmative sentences
Tom visited us last week.
I ran in the competition.
IRREGULAR IN PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Go went
Come came
Buy bought
Drink drank
Eat ate
Find found
See saw
SUBJECT VERB IN PAST TENSE COMPLEMENT.
I went to Paris last July
NEGATIVE SENTENCE
Tom didn’t visit us last week.
I didn’t run in the competition.
SUBJECT DID NOT
DIDN’T
VERB IN BASE FORM
COMPLEMENT.
I didn’t live in a flat during my
last Summer holidays.
I didn’t go to Berlin last July
I drank but he didn’t drink
We went but she didn’t go
She phoned but I didn’t phone
We studied but they didn’t study
KINDS OF QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE
Yes/No Questions
Did Tom visit you last week?
SUBJECTDID VERB IN BASE FORM
COMPLEMENT?
Did you travel by boat last holidays?
Yes, I did.
Did you see any dolphins?
No I didn’t.
Did you go out last night?
Did you go to the container yesterday after class?
KINDS OF QUESTIONS IN PAST SIMPLE
Why did you tell me that?
Where did you meet him?
Where did you run last year?
WH WORD DID SUBJECT
VERB IN BASE FORM COMPLEMENT?
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE USE THE VERB TO BE?
Recall its past tense
Negative Sentences
Use the negative form or the contractions.
Never use didn’t.
WAS WERE
WAS NOT
WERE NOT
WASN’T
WERENT
Yes/No Questions
Was Irene in the house?
Were they at the Mall?
Informative Questions
Why was Irene in the house?
Where were you last night?
WAS / WERE SUBJECT COMPLEMENT?
WH WORD WAS / WERE SUBJECT
COMPLEMENT?
TIME EXPRESSIONS
You will see it with Time expressions showing Past:
Yesterday, last week / month/ … , in 2002,
2 hours / 3 days / a week/ …ago , When, etc
Past simple
tense:
Affirmative
Regular verbs
Negative QuestionsShort
answer
Short
answer
I worked. I didn't work. Did I work? Yes, I did.No, I
didn't.
He worked. He didn't work. Did he work? Yes, he did.No, he
didn't.
She worked. She didn't work. Did she work?Yes, she
did.
No, she
didn't.
It worked. It didn't work. Did it work? Yes, it did.No, it
didn't.
You worked. You didn't work. Did you work? Yes you did.No, you
didn't.
We worked. We didn't work. Did we work? Yes we did.No, we
didn't.
They worked. They didn't work. Did they work?Yes they
did.
No,they
didn't.
1.To talk about actions that happened at a specific time in
the past. You state when it happened using a time adverb
(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
READY FOR DOING AN ACTIVITY?
Complete the following sentences with the
past simple tense of the verb give.
1. I ______________ (go) to the movies with Ed.
2. She ______________ (decide) to read the story.
3. We ______________ (hurry) up doing the quiz.
4. They ______________ (walk) to school.
5. Sue _____________ (play) soccer.
6. My dog ____________ (bury) its bone outside.
Read the sentences, and rewrite them as
negative sentences.
1. My mom baked cookies for the party.
_____________________________________
2. Jim understood the exercise.
______________________________________
3. We were at the concert.
______________________________________
4. I was in the room with her.
_______________________________________
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