Transcript Review of verbs The past simple

I flew to London
yesterday
I’m exhausted !
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We use the Simple past to express that an
action started and finished at a specific time in
the past.
Both the interrogative and the negative form
include the auxiliary verb DID (e.g. Did you fly
to London?)
When we use the auxiliary verb DID, the verb
is conjugated in present (e.g. I didn’t play
football last weekend)
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The affirmative form:
Verb
+
+
(Simple
Subject
Complement
past)
Example: They + gazed up + at the airplane
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The question form:
+ Subject +
Did
Verb
(Present)
+
Complement
Example: Did +you + call me + this morning?
Negative
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The negative form:
Subject
+
Didn’t
+
Verb
(Present)
+
Complement
Example: We + didn’t + go + to
Cartagena
I
did not
(didn’t)
You
did not
(didn’t)
She/he
/it
did not
(didn’t)
We
did not
(didn’t)
They
did not
(didn’t)
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The English language has both regular and
irregular verbs. Look at the next lists and click
to see the translation of each verb
Accept
Advise
Alert
Ask
Ban
Burn
Call
Clear
Command
Decide
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Delay
Extend
Fix
Follow
Gaze
Handle
Identify
Measure
Offer
Some Regular Verbs
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Fly
Prove
Put
Quit
Ride
Rise
Run
Seek
See
Sink
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Sleep
Slide
Take
Throw
Thrust
Think
Understand
Wear
Wake
Write
Win
Some Irregular Verbs
o
o
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Regular verbs have always the same ending (-ed)
Click the verbs and look at the Preterit column
Accept
Advise
Alert
Ask
Ban
Burn
Call
Clear
Command
Decide
Delay
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Extend
Fix
Follow
Gaze
Handle
Identify
Measure
Offer
Prove
Put
Regular Verbs
Click the verbs and look at the preterit column
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Fly
Quit
Ride
Rise
Run
Seek
See
Sink
Sleep
Slide
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
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Take
Throw
Thrust
Think
Understand
Wear
Wake
Write
Win
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