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PAST SIMPLE TENSE TO BE
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By : Kawther alnemer
ID : 201202563
PAST SIMPLE TENSE
TO BE
Past tense tells about things that
yesterday , last week or a long happened
time ago .
Affirmative sentences :
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
Was
were
a kid
friends
Negative sentences :
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
Was not
Wasn’t
happy
Were not (weren’t)
ugly
Informative Questions or Wh
Questions :
Why
Where
When
How
Which
Why
Where
When
How
Which
Was
Were
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
?
friends ?
Examples :
Singular :
1- I was a very cute baby .
2- He was very helpful .
3- She was pretty .
4- It was big .
Plural :
1- We were together .
2- You were in London .
3- They were hungry .
Past simple tense
The simple Past Tense is used :
1-To talk about actions that happened at a
specific time in the past .
2-It can be used to describe events that
happened over a period of time in the past
but not now .
3-It is also used to talk about habitual or
repeated actions that took place in the
past .
Time expressions :
Yesterday , last month , last year and last
time .
Past simple tense : Regular
verbs
Affirmative :
The past tense of regular verbs is formed by
adding – d or – ed to the base form of the verb
.
For example : I lived in a big house when I was
young .
Simple past tense : Irregular verbs
Affirmative :
Irregular past verb form must be learned
because they
don’t follow any rule :
1- Go – went
2- Come – came
3- Buy – bought
4- Drink – drank
5- Eat – ate
6- Find – found
7- See - saw
Past simple tense : Regular and Irregular
verbs :
Interrogative :
Use did + subject + a base form verb to
make the past simple interrogative .
For example : Did you see any
dolphins.
Affirmative
I worked
He worked
She worked
It worked
You worked
We worked
They worked
Negative
I didn’t work
Questions
Did I work ?
He didn’t Did he work ?
work
Short
answer
Short
answer
Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.
Yes, he did. No, he didn’t.
She didn’t
work
Did she
work?
Yes, she did.
No, she
didn’t.
It didn’t work
Did it work ?
Yes, it did.
No, it didn’t.
You didn’t
work
Did you
work?
Yes, you did.
No, you
didn’t.
We didn’t Did we work?
work
They didn’t
work
Yes, we did. No, we didn’t.
Did They Yes, they did.
work ?
No, they
didn’t.