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Understanding Past Simple Tense

The document discusses the past simple tense in English grammar. It provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the past simple tense, including their positive, negative, and interrogative forms. It also covers the past tense of the verb 'to be' and questions and short answers using the past tense.

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Understanding Past Simple Tense

The document discusses the past simple tense in English grammar. It provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the past simple tense, including their positive, negative, and interrogative forms. It also covers the past tense of the verb 'to be' and questions and short answers using the past tense.

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PAST TENSE

PAST SIMPLE
 To talk about a state continued for some time,
but that is now finished:
 I went to school in Scotland.
 Did she really work there for ten years ?

 To talk about actions that happened regularly


in the past:
 I often played tennis with her.
 They never went to the cinema when they
lived in the country.
The Past Simple is used:
 To talk about an action that took place in the
past:
 He got up, paid the bill and left.
 I didn’t read the letter, I just gave it to Lee.
 What did you say?
We have two types of verbs in
English
Irregular Verbs are the ones that
change its form
But sometimes irregular verbs stay
the same
EXAMPLE-regular verbs
 Work
1.I worked yesterday [Link] worked
[Link] worked [Link] worked
3. He 3. They worked
She worked
It
Negative form
1. I didn’t work
2. You didn’t work
3. He
She didn’t work
It

[Link] didn’t work


[Link] didn’t work
[Link] didn’t work
The Spelling rules
for the past:
 Inf. + -ed:
e.g. want- wanted
like-liked
play-played
 Inf. ending –e + -d
e.g. arrive-arrived
hate-hated
love-loved
 Inf ending consonant + -y: -ied
e.g. try-tried
 One- syllable verbs (CVC): double the cons. + -ed
e.g. plan-planned
stop-stopped
Irregular verbs
 Speak
1. I spoke 1. We spoke
[Link] spoke 2. You spoke
3. He 3. They spoke
She spoke
It
Negative form
1. I didn’t speak French
2. You didn’t speak English
3. He
She didn’t speak Spanish
It

[Link] didn’t speak German


[Link] didn’t speak Italian
[Link] didn’t speak Japanese
Interrogative form ( ? )
1. Did I do the homework?
2. Did you do the homework ?
3. Did he study?
she
it

1. Did we work ?
2. Did you work ?
3. Did they work ?
Interrogative form ( ? )
1. Did I speak Korean?
2. Did You speak French?
3. Did he speak Japanese?
she
it

1. Did we speak English?


2. Did you speak Italian?
3. Did they speak Spanish?
Past Simple
was / were
Tom is at school today.
is was
Tom was at home yesterday.

We are at school today.


are were
We were at home yesterday.
positive negative
I
He
She was wasn’t
at school
It
yesterday.
We
You were weren’t
They
questions

I
he
Was she
at school
it
yesterday?
we
Were you
they
Short answers

Was he at home yesterday?


Yes, he was.
No, he wasn’t.

Were you at home yesterday?


Yes, you were.
No, you weren’t.
Example
 Yesterday, two days ago, last week, last
month, last year, in 2005, …

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