Transcript The Past Simple Tense

The Past Simple Tense
We use the past continuous to describe
a longer action.
I spoke to Tom yesterday.
I was speaking to Tom
yesterday.
Affirmative
Simple
past
I wrote a poem .
Past
He was writing a poem
continuous They were writing a poem
Negative
I didn’t write a poem
Yes/No-Q
Did you write a poem?
He wasn’t writing a poem Was he writing a poem?
They weren’t writing a poem
Were they writing a poem?
Wh-Q
What did you
write?
What was
he
writing?
What were
they
writing ?
Time Expressions
Past Simple: Regular Verbs
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The Past Simple tense of the most English
verbs (regular verbs) is formed by adding "-ed"/"d" to their base form. (If the verb ends in "-e", we
add "-d" to form the past simple)
Examples:
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We arrived at 9:00 o'clock.
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My brother lived in London four years ago.
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When she was young, she danced beautifully.
Irregular Verbs
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There are also some verbs called irregular verbs that
have special past tense forms.
See list of irregular verbs
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We went (go) to school yesterday.
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The children read (read) that story last year.
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Tamar wrote (write) the letter to her friend on Sunday.
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The students forgot (forget) to do the homework.
Past Simple or Past
Continuous?
a) Yesterday evening I . . . (work) hard
till late because I . . . . .(have) a difficult
task to do.
 The teacher . . . . .(not talk) when Mary
arrived.
 They . . . . . .(not watch) TV when their
parents arrived
 My mother . . . . (give) me a new CD and
my sister and I . . . . . . . (listen) to it
immediately.
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Change into negative
Christopher Columbus discovered India.
 Christopher Columbus didn’t discover India
 Emma was reading a book.
 Emma wasn’t reading a book
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Ahmed won the football cup.
Ahmed didn’t win the football cup.
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Ben and Chris were eating lunch
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Ben and Chris weren’t eating lunch.
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The End