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Simple past tense. General use. The simple past tense is used to talk about a * completed action in a time before now . *started and ended in the past. USE 1 Completed Action in the Past.
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General use The simple past tense is used to talk about a *completed action in a time before now. *started and ended in the past.
USE 1 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. • Examples: • I saw a movie yesterday. • I didn't see a play yesterday. • Last year, I traveled to Japan. • Last year, I didn't travel to Korea. • Did you have dinner last night? • She washed her car. • He didn't wash his car.
USE 2 A Series of Completed Actions • Examples: • I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim. • He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and met the others at 10:00. • Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs?
USE 3 Duration in the Past • The simple past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. • Examples: • I lived in Brazil for two years. • Shauna studied Japanese for five years. • They sat at the beach all day. • They did not stay at the party the entire time. • We talked on the phone for thirty minutes. • A: How long did you wait for them?B: We waited for one hour.
USE 4 Habits in the Past • The simple past can also be used to describe a habit which stopped in the past. To make it clear that we are talking about a habit, we often add expressions such as: always, often, usually, never, when I was a child, when I was younger, etc. • Examples: • I studied French when I was a child. • He played the violin. • He didn't play the piano. • Did you play a musical instrument when you were a kid? • She worked at the movie theater after school. • They never went to school, they always skipped class.
USE 5 Past Facts or Generalizations • The simple past can also be used to describe past facts or generalizations which are no longer true. • Examples: • She was shy as a child, but now she is very outgoing. • He didn't like tomatoes before. • Did you live in Texas when you were a kid? • People paid much more to make cell phone calls in the past.
Form(Positive) • Subject + Verb-2 + … • Abdul went to Bali for holiday last Sunday. • She joined english club class at school yesterday. • Dani bought new laptops last night. • They watched “Dilan”, the newest movie at the cinema yesterday. • I was born on Surabaya. • My mother cooked grilled fish for my birthday party.
Form(Negative) • Subject + did + not + Verb-1 + … • Subject + Was/were + not + … • I did not sleep well last night. • Adi did not win English debate competition last month • Arif was not the smartest students in the class. • Many kids did not like horror movies. • George did not go to the dentist because he was afraid.
Break, swim, have, make, sit, write, spend, buy, drink, lose, and wash. She ....................... a cake an hour ago. She ....................... a hat last week. The boy ....................... a letter yesterday. They ......................... in the sea for an hour. They ....................... a lot of Coke last night. She ..................... her arm last week. He ......................... all his money last week. She ........................ a bath two minutes ago. He ......................... his wallet last night. She ....................... on the old chair a minute ago. She ....................... the clothes yesterday. Put the sentences into simple past. They repeat the question. → She hugs her little brother. → The snowman melts in the sun. → The candle does not burn. →
Bob is a young sailor. He lives in England, but he is often away with his ship. One summer, he comes back from a long voyage and finds new neighbors near his mother’s house. They have a pretty daughter, and Bob soon loves her and he wants to marry her when he comes back. Bob promises the girl to send a present from every port. Bob’s first port is Capetown in Africa, and he sends the girl a parrot from there. The parrot speaks three languages. When Bob’s ship reaches Australia, a letter comes from the girl. The letter says, “Thank you for the parrot, Bob. It tasted much better than a chicken.”
