Past Simple

PAST SIMPLE

REGULAR & IRREGULAR VERBS

We use the simple past: - To talk about actions that started and finished in the past. - To talk about actions that happened, one after the other in the past (like in a story).

I went into the disco and I saw my favourite friend, then I asked her to dance...

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I didn't go to the beach last Sunday.

Back to School

REGULAR VERBS

We form the past simple regular verb by adding -ed to the infinitive. Most of the verbs in English are regular.

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SPELLING RULES FOR THE PAST REGULAR VERBS

INFINITIVE + ED

INFINITIVE ENDING CONSONANT + Y: -IED

Want- wanted

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INFINITIVE ENDING IN -E + D

Try-tried

Hate- hated Love- loved

ONE SYLLABLE VERBS (CONSO-VOWEL-CONSO) DOUBLE THE CONSONANT + ED

Plan-planned

IRREGULAR VERBS

There's no rules for the irregular verbs in English. We must learn it by heart. ( Saber-se'ls de memòria) THE MOST USED IRREGULAR VERBS: GO-WENT HAVE-HAD BE-WAS/WERE (depen de la persona) COME-CAME

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Watch theses videos carefully. Pay attention.

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Time adverbs

Affirmative sentences

Yesterday Last week Last month Last year A month ago

I played football yesterday. You went to France last summer. We travelled to USA last year.

verbs in past

Negative sentences

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You didn't go to school last week. Your sister (she), didn't like chocolate. Peter and Mary (they) didn't speak french.

Questions

Did you go to the beach in August? Did they cook spaghettis for lunch yesterday? Did he ran 10 km last Saturday?

We use didn't (did not), to write negative sentences in pastDIDN'T + INFINITIVE.

We use DID+personal pronoun+verb in infinitive to write questions

LIST OF VERBS

Click on this link, here you have a list of verbs

You will need it to complete these exercises

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PRACTICE

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