Transcript Regular Verb Past Simple

Past simple tense
When do we use Past Simple Tense?
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We use Past Simple Tense when we talk about completed actions in the
past.
Example: I washed my car yesterday.
They ate pizza last night.
Kinds of verbs
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Remember there are regular and irregular verbs.
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To turn regular verbs to the past by adding –ed or –d.
Regular Verb
Past Simple
walk
walked
want
wanted
help
helped
decide
decided
agree
agreed
If the verb ends with y preceded by a vowel, add –ed.
If the verb ends with y preceded by a consonant, drop the y, turn it into i and
add -ed.
Regular Verb
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Past Simple
play
played
stay
Stayed
study
Studied
bury
buried
YOU MUST STUDY THE IRREGULAR VERB LIST.
Kinds of sentences in past simple tense
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Affirmative sentences
SUBJECT
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PAST TENSE
Tom _____ us last week (visit).
visited
I _____in the competition (run).
ran
COMPLEMENT.
Negative sentences
SUBJECT
DIDN’T
Tom _____ us last week.
didn’t visit
I _____ in the competition.
didn’t run
INFINITIVE
COMPLEMENT.
Kinds of questions in past simple
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Yes/No Questions
DID
SUBJECT
Tom ____you last week?
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INFINITIVE
COMPLEMENT?
Did Tom visit you last week?
Informative Questions
WH
WORD
DID
Where ______ you last year?
SUBJECT
INFINITIVE
Where did you run last year?
COMPLEMENT?
What happens when we use the verb to be?
• REMEMBER its past tense
WAS
WERE
• Negative Sentences
WAS NOT
WASN’T
WERE
NOT
Use the
negative
form or the WERENT
contractions.
Never use didn’t.
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Yes/No Questions
WAS / WERE
SUBJECT
_____Irene in the house?
_____ they at the Mall?
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COMPLEMENT?
Was Irene in the house?
Were they at the Mall?
Informative Questions
WH WORD
WAS / WERE
SUBJECT
Why _____ Irene in the house?
was
Where _____ you last night?
were
COMPLEMENT?
Expressions used
- yesterday
- Expressions with last ___
last night last week last
month last year last
Tuesday last summer
- Past dates
in 1998 on June 21st (if this date was before
now) on June 21st, 2000 during 1995 in the
19th Century last Christmas
- Expressions with a/an ___ ago
- Past events
a / one minute ago an / one hour ago aon
/ one
my last birthday at the beginning of my
week ago a / one week ago a / one month
class during my childhood when I got up
ago a / one year ago
this morning when my grandfather was a
boy
Let’s practice
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Complete the following sentences with the past simple tense of the
verb give.
1. I ______________ (go) to the movies with Ed.
2. She ______________ (decide) to read the story.
went
decided
3. We ______________ (hurry) up doing the quiz.
hurried
4. They ______________ (walk) to school.
walked
5. Sue _____________ (play) soccer.
played
6. My dog ____________ (bury) its bone outside.
buried
Let’s practice
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Complete the following sentences with the past simple tense of the
verb give.
7. Last year, I ____ to England on holidays. (go)
8. It _____ fantastic. (be)
9. In the mornings, we ___ the streets of London. (walk)
went
was
walked
10. It _____ rain a lot. (not, rain)
Didn't rain
11. Where _____ holidays? (you, spend)
Did you spend
• Read the sentences, and rewrite them as negative sentences.
1. My mom baked cookies for the party.
My mom didn’t bake cookies
2. Jim understood the exercise.
Jim didn’t understand the exercise.
3. We were at the concert.
We weren’t at the concert.
4. I was in the room with her.
I wasn’t in the room with her.
5. We moved to a new house two years ago. We didn’t move to a new house
two years ago.
6. They sell second hand cars.
They didn’t sell second hand
cars.