PAST SIMPLE
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Form Usage Helpful hints Exercise
Definition
v The past simple tense is
used to describe an action
or event that started and
ended in the past.
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Form
Simple past tense Statement
with the verb "tobe" 01 S + was/ were +…
Negative
02 S + was/ were + not +…
Question
03 Was/ Were + S +…?
Simple past tense with infinitive verbs
Negative
Statement S + did not + V (inf)
S + V2/ed +… + O +O
Question Ho w t o
Did + S + V (inf) + conjugate
O? w o r d s a nd
irregular verbs?
The past tense is formed verb
We add "-ed" after verbs that Verbs ending in "e" -> we
are not irregular verbs just need to add "d"
• Watch – watched / turn – • Type – typed/ smile –
turned/ want – wanted/ attach – smiled/ agree – agreed
attached/…
Verbs with ONE syllable, ending in ONE If before "y" is a
consonant, before the consonant is ONE consonant (remaining),
vowel -> we double the last consonant and we change "y" to "i + ed".
add "-ed".
• Stop – stopped/ shop – shopped/ tap – • Study – studied/ cry –
tapped/ cried
So, what about
Irregular verbs??
Types of irregular verbs 01 Irregular verbs which have the
same form at 3 columns.
Irregular verbs are the verbs that do Eg: cut-cut-cut
not follow certain rules in English law read – read –read
and do not use the ending -ED after rid – rid - rid
these verbs. And we have 360 irregular Irregular verbs which have the
verbs. 02 same form at 2 columns.
Eg: beat – beat – beaten
buy – bought – bought
catch – caught - caught
Irregular verbs which the verbs in
03 3 columns are completely
different.
Eg: do – did – done
go – went – gone
sing – sang - sung
5 tips to remember irregular verbs
01 Listening US UK music
02 Start with 7 popular irregular verbs
03 Learning and practising with your friend
04 Remember a long time by making questions with irregular verbs
05 Review irregular verbs table by playing games or using learning apps on
smartphone sush as Duolingo, Cake, Memrise,..
02 Start with 7 popular irregular verbs
7 irregular verbs that you see everywhere
Say – Said – Said
Go – Went – Gone
Do – Did – Done
Know – Knew – Known
Get – Got – Gotten
Find – Found – Found
Think – Thought – Thought
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Usage
v Describes an action or event v Express actions that
that happened at a specific happened consecutively in
time, or a period of time in the past.
the past, and ended
completely in the past. v Describes an action that
interrupted an action in
v Describes a repeated progress in the past.
action in the past.
v Used in conditional v Used in unreal wishes
sentences type II
(conditional v The past simple is used
sentences are not for actions that were
real in the present) completed in the past at a
certain time.
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Helpful hints
Helpful hints!!
Last + (…)
Century, week, In the past…
month,…
In + (time in In the sentence,
the past) there are words
2002, June, 19st yesterday, ago,…
century,…
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Exercise
I (be)___ a student in Moloxop School in 1998.
am
were
was
My sister ___ (get) married last month.
getted
gotten
got
My computer ___ (be) broken yesterday.
was
were
had been
Change these words into past simple form
1. Speak
2.Understand
3.Forget Answer
4.Give
5.Tell
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