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The Simple Past Tense
Yesterday I went for a swim.
Affirmative: The past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding  – d  or  – ed  to the base form of the verb. I work ed  in a shop last year, I live d  in a big house when I was younger. PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR VERBS I work ed   hard last weekend
Simple Past Tense : Irregular verbs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],I went to Paris last July
PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR and IRREGULAR VERBS Negative: Use  did not   or  didn’t   + a base form verb  to make the past simple tense negative. I didn’t work last summer I  didn’t   live  in a flat during my last Summer holidays. I  didn’t   go  to Berlin last July
[object Object],[object Object],Did  you travel by boat last holidays? Yes, I did. Did  you see any dolphins? No I didn’t. PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR and IRREGULAR VERBS
No,they didn't. Yes they did. Did  they work? They  didn't  work. They work ed . No, we didn't. Yes we did. Did  we work? We  didn't  work. We work ed . No, you didn't. Yes you did. Did  you work? You  didn't  work. You work ed . No, it didn't. Yes, it did. Did  it work? It  didn't  work. It work ed . No, she didn't. Yes, she did. Did  she   work? She  didn't  work. She work ed . No, he didn't. Yes, he did. Did  he work ? He  didn't  work. He work ed . No, I didn't. Yes, I did. Did  I work? I  didn't  work. I work ed . Short answer Short answer  Questions Regular verbs Negative Past simple tense:  Affirmative
1.T o talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. You state when it happened using a  time adver b  (yesterday,  last Mont.): “ Last year I took my exams” .  2.  It can be used to describe events that happened over a period of time in the past but not now : "I lived in  Asia  for two years." 3. It  is also used to talk about habitual or repeated actions that took place in the past : " When I was a child we always went to the seaside on bank holidays." The Simple Past Tense   is used
[object Object],[object Object],The Simple Past Tense   My friends travelled to Saudi Arabia two years ago

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Simple past tense

  • 2. Yesterday I went for a swim.
  • 3. Affirmative: The past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding – d or – ed to the base form of the verb. I work ed in a shop last year, I live d in a big house when I was younger. PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR VERBS I work ed hard last weekend
  • 4.
  • 5. PAST SIMPLE TENSE: REGULAR and IRREGULAR VERBS Negative: Use did not or didn’t + a base form verb to make the past simple tense negative. I didn’t work last summer I didn’t live in a flat during my last Summer holidays. I didn’t go to Berlin last July
  • 6.
  • 7. No,they didn't. Yes they did. Did they work? They didn't work. They work ed . No, we didn't. Yes we did. Did we work? We didn't work. We work ed . No, you didn't. Yes you did. Did you work? You didn't work. You work ed . No, it didn't. Yes, it did. Did it work? It didn't work. It work ed . No, she didn't. Yes, she did. Did she work? She didn't work. She work ed . No, he didn't. Yes, he did. Did he work ? He didn't work. He work ed . No, I didn't. Yes, I did. Did I work? I didn't work. I work ed . Short answer Short answer Questions Regular verbs Negative Past simple tense: Affirmative
  • 8. 1.T o talk about actions that happened at a specific time in the past. You state when it happened using a time adver b (yesterday, last Mont.): “ Last year I took my exams” . 2. It can be used to describe events that happened over a period of time in the past but not now : "I lived in Asia for two years." 3. It is also used to talk about habitual or repeated actions that took place in the past : " When I was a child we always went to the seaside on bank holidays." The Simple Past Tense is used
  • 9.