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The Simple Past Tense

The Simple Past Tense. Teacher: Estefanía. The Simple Past Tense. The Simple Past Tense is used: To express an action wholly completed in the past Ex. I went to Riyadh last weekend. Fayez arrived at our house yesterday. Simple Past Tense AFFIRMATIVE.

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The Simple Past Tense

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  1. The Simple Past Tense Teacher: Estefanía

  2. The Simple Past Tense • The Simple Past Tense is used: To express an action wholly completed in the past Ex. I went to Riyadh last weekend. Fayez arrived at our house yesterday.

  3. Simple Past Tense AFFIRMATIVE • A verb is turned into past by adding (d or ed) at the end of the infinitive Ex. He arrive(d) yesterday. She cook(ed) food last night. • There are some irregular verbs Ex. I (write) wrote a letter last week. I (buy) bought a car last year I (read) read a book yesterday Sell- sold , drive-drove, go-went, meet-met, give-gave, get-got Take-took, forget-forgot, come-came

  4. The Simple Past Tense • The Simple Past Tense is usual with words or phrases that are time indicators: Yesterday, last, ago, in the past, in 1973 Ex. We played football yesterday. I visited my family last week. I was in England a year ago. In the past, man used horses for traveling In 1973, Arabs defeated Israel. In 2006, Lebanon defeated Israel.

  5. Verb to be Present Past Past Participle I amwas He She iswasbeen It We You arewere They I have been to England two times. He is always busy.

  6. Past Simple Tense • I (study) English yesterday. • I studied English yesterday. • He (go) to school everyday. • He went to school everyday in 2009. • She (buy) fruits last week. • She bought fruits last week. • In 2007, I (get) my PhD. • In 2007, I got my PhD.

  7. Simple Past Tense INTERROGATIVE A verb in past is turned into interrogative by adding the auxiliary verb DID Aff: I studied English yesterday Neg: I didn´tstudy Int: Did you study? Aff: I went to London last year Neg: I didn´tgo to London last year Int: Did you go?

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