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Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense. My dad arrives to Armenia. TODAY. My dad arrived to Armenia. YESTERDAY. YESTERDAY. Andrew fights with Anthony. TODAY. Andrew fought with Anthony. SIMPLE PAST FORMATION. Positive Form :

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Simple Past Tense

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  1. Simple Past Tense

  2. My dad arrives to Armenia TODAY My dad arrived to Armenia YESTERDAY

  3. YESTERDAY Andrew fightswith Anthony TODAY Andrew foughtwith Anthony

  4. SIMPLE PAST FORMATION • Positive Form: Simple Past tense has twokind of verbs: regular and irregular verbs

  5. Regular Pastform A regular pastformend ined. It happenedveryquickly The van crashedinto the car I posted the letterlastweek

  6. _edformation rules 1. If the verbends in e, wejustaddd Hope = Hoped 2. When a verbends in a consonant + Y, the Ychanges to ied Copy = Copied 3. Sometimeswedouble a final consonant. Thishappenswhen a one-syllableverbendswithonevowel and oneconsonant (except: y, w, x) Beg = Begged

  7. IRREGULAR FORMATION Someverbshavean irregular pastform; it meansthat it changes in written and spokenway I hadbreakfast at six (to have) The trainlefton time (To leave) He wasanamazingmusician (To be)

  8. Negative and Interrogative Forms To create a negative or an interrogative statement in simple past, it is necessary, most of the time, the usages of the auxiliary did

  9. NEGATIVE STATEMENTS STRUCTURE Subject/Auxiliarydid/Not/Verb/Complement I didnotplayvolleyballlastmonth didn’t Shedidnotlie on the beachlastnight didn’t

  10. INTERROGATIVE STATEMENTS STRUCTURE • AuxDid/Subject/Verb/Complement/? Didyouswim in the riverlastweek? 2. Whword/Auxdid/Subject/Verb/Comple/? Whatdidyou do lastsummer?

  11. I saw the whale in the sea last Friday I didn’tsee the whale in the sea last Friday Didyousee the whale in the sea last Friday? We do not use the verbpastform in negative and interrogativestatements I didn’tsawthe whale in the sea last Friday Didyousaw the whale in the sea last Friday?

  12. Note: We do not use the auxiliar did in negative and interrogativeformationwhen the sentence uses the verb to be (was, were) Shewas nota lawyer Wasn’t Wereyou at the hospital lastSaturday? Wherewasyoufriendlastnight?

  13. Simple PastUsage Mainly, we use the simple pastforsomething in the pastthatisalreadyfinishedir Emma passedherexamlastyear Elvis Preslydied in 1977 Whendidyoubuythis car? I bought it aboutthreeweeksago

  14. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

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