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1) action finished in the past
I visited Berlin last week.
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2) series of completed actions in the past
First I got up, then I had breakfast
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3) together with the Past Continuous - The
Simple Past interrupted an action which
was in progress in the past.
They were playing cards when the telephone
rang.
yesterday, last week, a month ago, in
2002,
He went to the cinema last night.
I washed my hair yesterday.
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Regular verbs
To make the past tense of regular verbs;
Verb (infinitive) + ed
Walk .... Play.... Work.... Carry....
Irregular verbs
Do ..... Have ......
Be: Am ..... Is ........ Are ......
Write down 5 irregular verbs you know;
.......
....... ....... ........ ......... .......
You must not negate (?) a full verb in English.
Always use did (Simple Past of do) for
negations.
I
played football.
I
didn‘t
play football.
He
didn't
play
football.
Write negative sentences with the following
verbs;
go
swim do
eat watch
run
1) Questions without question words in the Simple Past
Auxiliary
Subject
Verb
Rest
Did
Max
play
football?
Did
you
watch
the film
yesterday?
to be
Were
Subject
you
xx
Yes/No
Subject
Auxiliary (+
n't)
Yes,
he
did.
No,
he
didn't.
Yes,
I
.......
No,
I
....
Rest
in London last week?
Yes/No
Subject
Auxiliary (+
n't)
Yes,
I
was.
No,
I
wasn't.
2) Questions with question words in the Simple Past
Question
word
Auxiliary
Subject
Verb
Rest
Answer
What
did
you
do
yesterday evening?
I did my homework.
When
did
she
meet
her boyfriend?
She ......
Where
did
they
go
after the match?
They ………
Question
word
to be
Subject
Where
were
you
x
him yesterday.
to a café.
Rest
Answer
yesterday?
I was at the cinema.
Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps. Watch the punctuation and form sentences or
questions.
Example: The children ______ their sandwiches. (to forget)
Answer: The children forgot their sandwiches on Monday.
1) When
you in London? (to be)
2) We
in a flat when we were in Paris. (not/to live)
3) What
you
yesterday? (to lose)
4) He
magic tricks at the party. (not/to do)
5) Mandy
her room on Thursday. (not/to tidy up)
6)
Frank
a room with Henry when they
in Rome? (to share) (to be)
7) I
Physics at school. (not/to like)
8)
the shop assistant
10 percent off the price? (to take)
9) She
the correct word in the exercise. (to use)
10) Why
the baby
this morning? (to cry)
1) actions were in progress at special time in the
past
Peter was reading a book yesterday evening.
 2) two actions were happening at the same time
(the actions do not influence each other)
Anne was writing a letter while Steve was reading
the New York Times.
 3) together with the Simple Past
While we were sitting at the breakfast table, the
telephone rang.
 4) repeated actions irritating the speaker (with
always, constantly, forever)
Andrew was always coming in late.
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