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Hello! I’m going to tell you how and when we use the Past Simple Form.
Pay attention to these easy steps.
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First of all, we use the past simple to talk aboutsituations that happened at a specific time in the past!
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Example:
Homer ate fifty donuts yesterday.
Lisa played the saxo last class.
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There are two kinds of verbs that express past tense:
Regular and Irregular verbs
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Regular verbs are those that have an –ed ending.
Example:
Base form Watch Past form Watched
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When the verb ends in –e, we only have to add -d
Example:
Base Form Dance Past Form Danced
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When the verb ends in consonant plus y, we change y for i and then add ed.
Example: Base Form Try Past Form Tried
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When the verb ends in vowel plus y just add –ed
Example:
Base form Play Past form Played
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When we have a short verb and this verb ends in CVC, we double the final C and add –ed.
Example:
Base form Stop Past form Stopped
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Irregular Verbs.There is no rule for the conjugation of these verbs.
Some of them change in a letter.Example:Base form Run Past form Ran
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Others change in two or more letters.
Example:
Base form Eat Past form Ate
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And some of them change completely.
Example:
Base form Be Past form Was / Were
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There are some expressions that help us to identify the past simple form.
Example: Yesterday
Bart burnt a house yesterday.
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Last Night, Last Month, Last October, Last Year, etc.
Example:Marge cleaned the house last Friday.
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Two hours ago, four weeks ago, etc.
Example:
Maggie took a nap two hours ago.
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To form the negative form we use the auxiliary verb didn’t or did not between the subject and the verb
The verb remains in its base form.
Example: Flanders didn’t go to church last Sunday.
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To make questions in the past form, we use the auxiliary verb did at the beginning of the sentence.
The verb remains in its base form.
Example: Did Homer go to work?
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There are two answers for the past simple questions.
Example:Did Mr. Burns pay the salaries?
Yes, he did. No, he didn’t
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I hope that you have enjoyed and learned the simple past tense.
Now study the list of irregular verbs because you’ll have a test next week. Good luck!
Have a nice day and see you soon!!!!