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Vince. Past Tense - Explanations

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COLL Pe Past simple: regular affirmative Explanations = We use the past simple to describe finished events in the past. ‘Yesterday, Today 7pm 8pm 9pm pm. pm a i started finished /~ yesterday watched a great film on TV. It started at 8pm and finished at 10.15pm. = Regular verbs | watch ted started | statements John played footbalt ast week. ‘My grandparents moved to Scotland last year. Istarted he started ‘we started you started she started they started it started Examples The bus arrived at 9.30. In 1998 I decided to move to Australia. Kate stayed in Turkey last summer. Yesterday { walked to school. Spelling fit ——> fittea stop ———> stopped ay ——>_ cried ty ——> tea ‘Two syllable verbs with the stress on the first syllable do NOT double the final consonant. admit ———» admitted answer ————» answered Other regular verbs answer listen start arrive live stop decide marry turn like open watch Task Make your own list of regular verbs. 22 : \ on | Past simple: regular hegative and questions be Explanations Negatives I didn't start learning English last year. I started this year. = ea J did not start he did not start we did not start I didn’t start he didn't start we didn’t start you did not start she did not start they did not start | you didn't start she didn’t start they didn’t start it did not start it didn't start | Yes/No Questions Did you start learning English last year? | Did Istart? Didd he start? Did we start? | Did you start? Did she start? Did they start? Did it start? Wh- questions When did you start learning English? When did you finish your homework? Examples Did they arrive yesterday? No, they didn’t arrive yesterday. They arrived on Monday. Did you finish your homework? No, | didn’t finish my homework. It was very difficult. When did you start school? I started school in 1993. ‘The order of the words is different in questions and statements. tO 10 Ueeie nyo cem cre l Lem ean Leh) Explanations Irregular verbs do not have -ed endings for the past simple. Each verb has its own form and we have to learn these forms. go ——>_ went eat = ————> ate come ————> came do ———> did have = ————> had get > got take = ——> took bring ———> brought Statements Last week we went to the cinema. Pedro ate 10 cakes yesterday. go sat Twent Tate you went you ate he went he ate | | she went she ate it went it ate ‘we went we ate | ‘they went they ate } Examples Yesterday I drank Japanese beer. Harry always came late. We made dinner last night. Task Complete the list. Use the words from the box. ‘Now check your answers. Look at the list of irregular verbs on page 252. 26

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