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The past Simple Tense

The past Simple Tense. The Past Simple Tense. I lived in Granada when I was young. I studied at University at that time. I studied every day and I also went out with my friends.

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The past Simple Tense

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  1. The past Simple Tense

  2. The Past Simple Tense I lived in Granada when I was young. I studied at University at that time. I studied every day and I also went out with my friends. I lived with my friends Paco and Javi in a big and old flat. We enjoyed our life. Every weekend, we met lots ofpeople in the disco. I remember I had a girlfriend called Margarita. I finished my studies in 1995, but I didn’tstart to work until 1997. I studied hard to be a Language teacher in a Secondary school. Life is not too bad now, but those days were fantastic!

  3. The Past Simple Tense Regular Verbs

  4. The Past Simple Tense REGULAR VERBS – SPELLING RULES Verbending in... HowtomakethePast Simple Examples 1. -e Add-Dlive > lived 2.Consonant +yChangeytoi, thenadd-EDtry > tried 3.Vowel + y Justadd-EDplay > played 4. A vowel + a consDoubletheconsonant, stop > stopped (but NOT wory) thenadd-ED -l Doubletheconsonant, travel> travelled thenadd -ED 6.TwosyllableverbswithDoubletheconsonant, prefer> preferred stress onthelastsyllablethenadd–ED permit> permitted 7. AnythingelseAdd-EDboil > boiledincluding w show > showed

  5. The Past Simple Tense There are three different kinds of past ending pronunciation in English: 1.VOICELESS SOUND (except written t) verbs preceded by a voicelessconsonant [p, k, f, ʃ, ʧ, s, θ] are pronounced /t/: looked, worked, talked, likedpassed, stopped, crashed,laughed, watched 2.VOICED SOUND (except written d) preceded by a voicedconsonant [b, g, v, ʒ, ʤ, z, ð, l, m, n] or a vowel are pronounced /d/: opened, learned, realized, changedrolled, arrived, lived, played, triedstudied, married 3.WORDS ENDING IN DENTAL CONSONANTSLIKE D and T: implies /id/ pronunciation decided, wanted, hatedinterested, needed, started

  6. The Past Simple Tense IRREGULAR VERBS Irregular verbs are calledlikethatbecausetheyformthe simple past and thepastparticipleirregularly, thatistosay, with no rules, likethe regular verbsthattakethe–edending. Youhavetolearnthembyheart (de memoria). There are more than 600 hundred irregular verbs, althoughabout 200 hundred are themostcommon. Some of themhavethesameformfortheinfinitive, past and pastparticiple (put – put – put), othershavetwoequal (stand – stood – stood) and othershavethreedifferentforms (write – wrote – written).

  7. The Past Simple Tense Affirmative: (+) REGULAR VERBS SUBJECT + VERB – ED footballyesterday. IRREGULAR VERBS SUBJECT + IRREGULAR VERB tothecinemalastnight. someclothes in the boutique. I played He went Mary bought

  8. The Past Simple Tense Negative: (-) REGULAR VERBS SUBJECT + DID + NOT (DIDN’T) + VERB footballyesterday. IRREGULAR VERBS SUBJECT + IRREGULAR VERB tothecinemalastnight. someclothes in the boutique. I didn’tplay He didn’tgo Mary didn’tbuy

  9. The Past Simple Tense Interrogative: (?) Theinterrogativestructure in thePast Simple followsthispattern: Withoutaninterrogativepronoun: DID + SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT OR COMPLEMENTS Withaninterrogativepronoun: WH + DID + SUBJECT + VERB + (COMPLEMENTS)? Wheredidyougo (lastnight) ? WH- PRONOUNS AND INTERROGATIVE PARTICLES: who, what , when, where, why, how, howmuch, howmany, howoften, what time, etc … Did you play footballyesterday?

  10. The Past Simple Tense • TIME EXPRESSIONS • yesterday • last night / Sunday/ week / month / year • two days / weeks / months ago • on Wednesday / on 4th of July • in 2004 / in August • when I was young / when they saw her • then

  11. The Past Simple Tense • USES • The Past Simple is used when: • The action or sequence of actions happened in the past. • Paul and Mary lived and studied in the same city. • The action/event is completed /finished at the time of speaking. • Marco arrived in Madrid yesterday. • The time or/and place is stated or understood. • Spain won the football world cup of South Africa in 2010. • The length of the event/action is not important. • I went out with my friends last weekend.

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