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Past simple

Past simple. Past simple. USE The past simple is used to talk about actions which happened in the past. Expressions of time: last night yesterday last week in 1998 last month when I was a child last year (…).

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Past simple

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  1. Past simple

  2. Past simple USE • The past simple is used to talk about actions which happened in the past. • Expressions of time: last night yesterday last week in 1998 last month when I was a child last year (…)

  3. Affirmative FORM REGULAR VERBS: Subject + Verb -ed… Last week I played a football match. Yesterday I listened to music. IRREGULAR VERBS: Subject + Verb (2nd column) We went skateboarding last weekend. I broke my arm.

  4. Spelling rules • Most verbs: add –ED: listen  listened • Verbs ending in –E, add –D: live  lived • Verbs ending in CONSONANT+Y: change Y to I and add –ED: worry  worried • Verbs ending in CONSONANT + VOWEL + CONSONANT: double the last consonant and add -ED: stop  stopped.

  5. Past simple Negative Subject + didn’t + Verb (infinitive)… did not Regular verb: I didn’t play a football match yesterday. Irregular verb: She didn’t go to Barcelona last weekend.

  6. Past simple Interrogative and Answers Did + Subject + Verb (infinitive)…? Regular verb: Didyou playa football match yesterday? - Yes, I did. - No, I didn’t. Irregular verb:Didshe go to Barcelona last weekend? - Yes, she did. - No, she didn’t.

  7. The past simple – irregular forms • There are some verbs which have an irregular form for the past simple. These are some examples: be was / were find found go went have  had make made meet met write wrote

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