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Senior 1. Simple Past. What did you do yesterday ?. Yesterday I came to school. He watched TV last night. We played soccer yesterday afternoon. He studied at the library after school time. She listened to music in bed last night.
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Senior 1 Simple Past
Whatdidyou do yesterday? Yesterday Icametoschool He watched TV last night
Weplayed soccer yesterdayafternoon He studied at thelibraryafterschool time
Shelistenedtomusic in bedlastnight Theyate outin anexpensive restaurant lastSunday.
Use • The SIMPLE PAST is used to talk about situations or actions that happened in the PAST and are finished now. • Use 1 completed action 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 • We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed actions in the past. These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on.
Examples: • I finished work, walked to the beach, and found 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 Past • The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and stops in the past. A duration is a longer action often indicated by expressions such as: for two years, for five minutes, all day, all year, etc.
Examples: • I lived in Brazil for two years. • Shauna studied Japanese for five years.
Affirmative form • Form of the Simple Past • - with regular verbs: infinitive + -ed- with irregular verbs: 2nd column of the table of the irregular verbs • Affirmative sentences: • Use the same form of the verb every time regardless the subject. • regular verbs • Iplayed football. • irregular verbs • I went to the supermarket.
Negative sentences: • Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do) every time regardless the subject. • regular verbs • I did notplay football. • Verbs irregular • I did notgo to the supermarket. • NOTE:Short forms in negative sentences in the Simple Past are used quite often.
Questions: • Use the auxiliary did (Simple Past of do) every time regardless the subject. • Regular verbs • Did you play football • Irregular verbs? • Did I go to the supermarket?