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Egyptian Language School. English department. Second primary. Past simple tense. Usage:. we use it to talk about actions that started and ended in the past. Keywords:. Yesterday Ago Last (week - weekend - month - summer - year…) In the past. Form:. Verb + ed / d / ied.
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English department Second primary
Usage: we use it to talk about actions that started and ended in the past.
Keywords: • Yesterday • Ago • Last (week - weekend - month - summer - year…) • In the past
Form: Verb + ed / d / ied
(ed), (d) or (ied) • (ed):after most verbse.g. clean cleaned – relax relaxed • (d):after verbs that end with (e) e.g. like liked – change changed • (ied):after verbs that end with “consonant + y”e.g. study studied – carry carried • with verbs that end with (vowel + y) we add (ed)e.g. stay stayed – annoy annoyed
Verb to be • Verb to be is one of the irregular verbs “naughty verbs” • HeShe wasItI • WeThey wereYou
Examples: • He watched TV yesterday. • She tastedthe cake last night. • The teacher explained the lesson a week ago. • Mike helped his friend last week. • Yesterday, I studied English. • The dog was hungry. • We were in the club yesterday.