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We use the simple past tense: 1. Action that started and finished in the past: I met my friend yesterday. Did you go to the seaside last summer? 2- Actions that happened one after the other in the past: He opened the door, switched on the light and fed his cat. 3- Action taking place in the middle of another (longer) action: He fell asleep while the teacher was explaining new grammar rules.
USAGE
1. TIME ADVERBS:
- In + a date in the past
- Yesterday
- 2 minutes / hours / days / years ago
- Last+ night, week, month, year, century…
Affirmative
FORM
REGULAR VERBS
We call them regular because they have the same ending: “ed” in their simple past and past participle.
We add “d” if the regular verb ends in “e”.
- help helped - create created
IRREGULAR VERBS
We have to learn them by heart.
The simple past is the second column
- Break broke - Buy bought
Verb TO BE
WAS I / HE / SHE / IT WAS NOUN (SG) WAS PROPER NOUN WAS
WERE WE / YOU/ THEY WERE NOUN (PL) WERE NOUN AND NOUN WERE
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FORM (II)
The negative is formed by putting:
DID + NOT + INFINITIVE
Yesterday, I went to the supermarket Yesterday, I didn’t go to the supermarket.
NEGATIVE
SUBJECT + DID + NOT + INFINITIVE
The interrogative is made by putting the auxiliary before subject:
DID + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE +…? Sara went to the supermarket Did Sara go the supermarket?
INTERROGATIVE
DID + SUBJECT + INFINITIVE…?
If a verb ends in a consonant + y, the y changes to i before the ending –ed: hurry - hurried
Consonant+ vowel+ consonant : double consonant
Stop : stopped
If a verb ends in –e, we add –d: dance - danced
REGULAR VERBS
➨ DID NOT = DIDN’T
CONTRACTIONS
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