Past Simple

Zuzana Hrdličkov

á

Welcome to my English lesson !

Try to guess these riddles!

1 What belongs only to you, but is used most often by others?

Your name.

2 When I am clean, I am black. When I am dirty, I am white. What am I?

A blackboard.

3 What has legs, but can not walk?

A table.

People did these things yesterday.

He cooked dinner.

He wrote a letter.

She carried a bag.

He washed his face.

Past Simple affirmative – regular verbs

Spelling

1 The normal rule is to add -ed worked started If the verb ends in -e, add -d lived closed loved

2 If the verb has only one syllable + one vowel + one consonant, double the consonant stopped travelled planned

3 If the verb ends in a consonant + -y, change the -y to -ied studied carried

There are many common irregular verbs. See the list of them in thecoursebook.

Form

The form of the Past Simple is the

same for all persons.Positive

IHe/She/ItWeYouThey

finishedarrivedwent

yesterday.

Past Simple - negative

The negative of the Past Simple

isformed with didn

´t He walked away.He didn´t walk away

.

IHe/She/ItWeYouThey

didn´tdid not

arrive.

Past Simple - question

The question is the Past Simple is formed with did

She finished work.When did she

finish ?

When did

Iyouheshethey

arrive?

Use

1 The Past Simple expresses a past action that is now finished. We played tennis yesterday. I worked in London from 1999 to 2004.

2 Notice the time expressions that are used with the Past Simple. last week. I did it three years ago. in 2001. yesterday morning.

How many past tenses can you find in the word

snake?came

used

did

needed

went

took

broke

fell

looked

dancedburnttasteddecidedwrotegavegotweremade

LiteratureTom Hutchinson – Project 2Andrew Wright – 1000+ Pictures

for teachers to

copyPictures from the Internet

Thank you for your attention

Goodbye!