Simple past tense

1. Simple past tense The Past Simpletense, also called the Simple Past, is used for past actions that happened either at a specific time, which can either be given by a time phrase (yesterday, last year, etc.) or understood from the context. Regular Verbs add -ed to the base form, or -d if the verbs ends with -e. Irregular verbs can change in many different ways. The verb form is the same for all persons:

2. Completed Action in the Past Use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started and finished at a specific time in the past. Sometimes, the speaker may not actually mention the specific time, but they do have one specific time in mind.

3. EXAMPLES OF THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE Afirmative: I liked the food your mother prepared she bought a new dress this weekend for the party Negative: I did not like the food your mother prepared she didn`t buy a new dres this weekend for the party Interrogative: did you like the food my mother prepared? did she buy a new dress this weekend?

4. Exercise on positive sentences 1. He / the / question / answer 2. You / a / question / ask 3. The / dog / bark 4. They / us / call 5. We / a / mountain / climb

5. 1. go 2. come 3. fly 4. draw 5. do 6. be 7. ask

6. Exercise Goldilocks and the three bears 1.Once upon a time there (be) _________ three bears: huge Papa Bear, ordinary Mama Bear and tiny little Baby Bear. They lived in a great big wood. 2. One day, ordinary Mama Bear (cook)______ a delicious porridge for her family and (put)______ it into bowls: a huge bowl for huge Papa Bear, an ordinary bowl for ordinary Mama Bear and a tiny little bowl for tiny little Baby Bear • Once upon a time there three bears: huge Papa Bear, ordinary Mama Bear and tiny little Baby Bear. They in a great big wood. • One day, ordinary Mama Bear a delicious porridge for her family and it into bowls: a huge bowl for huge Papa Bear, an ordinary bowl for ordinary Mama Bear and a tiny little bowl for tiny little Baby Bear. • To give the porridge some time to cool down, the three bears for a walk. • Near the great big wood, there a little girl called Goldilocks. • She not allowed to go into the wood. But one day, she out of the house and into the great big wood. • After a while, she to the house of the three bears. • She at the door. She through the windows. But nobody to be there. • So, little Goldilocks inside. 3. To give the porridge some time to cool down, the three bears (go)______ for a walk. 4. Near the great big wood, there (live)________ a little girl called Goldilocks 5. She (be)____ not allowed to go into the wood. But one day, she (sneak)__________ out of the house and(run)______ into the great big wood.

7. negative questoions positive Jabe was tired Did I have a car? She didn`t work