Past Simple lesson

English Lesson

Past Simple

By Simona Rattà

When we use Past Simple in English?

We use Past Simple when an action is completly past and hasn't any link with the present

Some examples

I PLAYED WITH MY VIDEOGAMES LAST NIGHT

I WENT OUT WITH MY FRIENDS YESTERDAY

ON MONDAY I DID MY EXERCISES IN MY GYM

I WROTE A LETTER TO MY FRIEND THREE DAYS AGO

TO BE

AFFERMATIVE

NEGATIVE

INTERROGATIVE

I wasn'tYou weren't He wasn't She wasn't It wasn't We weren't You weren't They weren't

I wasYou were He was She was It was We were You were They were

Was I...? Yes,I was/No, I wasn't Were you..?Yes,you were/No,you weren't Was he.....? Yes,he was/No, he wasn't Was she....?Yes,she was/No,she wasn't Was it....? Yes,it was/No,it wasn't Were we...?Yes,we were/No,we weren't Were you...?Yes,you were/No,you weren't Were they...?Yes,they were/No,they weren't

Some examples

There wasn't my little dog four years ago

Paul and Mary were at school yesterday

Was there that car in front of the house last night?

Pay attention !

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IrregularVerbs

RegularVerbs

How do we use the past simple with Regular Verbs ?

For Regular verbs we add -ed Word examples: play-played want -wanted watch-watched stop-stopped

Regular

Sentences examples:I played videogames last night She watched the football match yesterday

For Irregular verbs there aren't the same rules they are all different we have to study them by heart

Irregular

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Negative Form

Interrogative Form

Did I do to school? Yes,I did / No, I didn't Did you go to school? Yes,I did/ No,You didn't Did he/she/it go to school? Yes,he did/ No, he didn't Did we go to school? Yes we did/ No, we didn't Did you go to school? Yes, you did/ No,you didn't Did they go to school? Yes, they did/No,they didn't

I didn't go to school you didn't go to school he /she/it didn't go to school. we didn't go to school you didnìt go to school they didn't go to school

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SOME EXAMPLES

I WENT TO LONDON LAST SUMMER (aff)

I DIDN'T GO TO LONDON LAST SUMMER (neg)

DID YOU GO TO LONDON LAST SUMMER ? (int) YES,I DID / NO,I DIDN'T (short answers)

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ENJOY THE GAMES!