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The Simple Past Tense The simple past tense is used to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. You state when it happened using a time adverb (yesterday,last week,tow days ago, etc.) For example : 1 - I lived in South Africa for two years .
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The Simple Past Tense The simple past tense is used to talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. You state when it happened using a time adverb (yesterday,last week,tow days ago, etc.) For example: 1 - I lived in South Africa for two years. 2 - She cleaned her room yesterday.
You form the simple past of a verb by adding -ed onto the end of a regular verb ,but irregular verb forms have to be learned.
Spelling rules for regular verb 1) Double the consonant if the consonant is stressed stop – stopped swap – swapped 2)Add only –d, when the verb ends with –e love– loved save– saved 3)Verbs ending in 'y' preceded by a consonant: Change 'y' to 'i' Then add -ed. hurry - he hurried (play – played)
Negative Sentences did not + verb(base form) Example 1 : I did not work yesterday or I didn’t work yesterday INCORRECT: I didn’t worked
Question • In the past simple we use did as a helping • verb to form a question with Wh- word . • 1 – He cleaned his car. • What did he clean? • 2 – I cocked the dinner. • When did you cock? • 3 – She wrote a book.
Past Continuous Tense • 1 – We use this tense to talk about actions that were • going on, or happening at a certain moment in the past. • At this time last Saturday, Ahmad was playing in the • park with his friends. • 2 - We often use past continuous to say what was in • progress, when something happened: • The phone rang while I was doing my homework. • I was reading a comic book while my sister was • watching TV. • When I was walking along the road, I saw a car hit a • motorbike.
Positive and Negativein Past Continuous Positive Subject + was + v-ing 1) I was studying. 2) He was playing. Subject +were + v-ing 1) You were reading. 2) They were sleeping. Negative Subject+ wasn’t(not) + v-ing 1) I wasn’t (not) studying. 2)He wasn’t (not) playing. Subject + weren’t(not) + v-ing 1) You weren’t (not) reading. 2) They weren’t (not) sleeping
Making Yes/No Questionsin Past Continuous • Was + He, She, It + v-ing? • Was he working? • Yes, he/ she/ it + was. • No, he/ she/ it + wasn’t. • Were + you, we, they + v-ing? • Were they working? • Yes, you/ we/ they+ were. • No,You/ we/ they + weren’t.
Making Wh- word Questionin Past Continuous • In the past continuous we use was or were to • form a question with Wh- word . • 1 – He was playing tennis at 9 o'clock last night . • When was he playing tennis? • 2 – You were cocking the dinner all the after • noon yesterday. • What were you doing all the after noon yesterday? • 3 – She was writing a book When I visited her.
We often use the past continuous and the • past simple together with “while / when”. • Pastcontinuous: longer action or situation • Past simple: complete shorter action that happened • during the longer action. • WhileI was having dinner, the phone rang. • WhileI was talking to my brother, Bill came in. • At 8 p.m., whenJack came home, I was reading a • cartoon book.
What about you? What were you doing yesterday at 9.15 a.m.? I was….