Past Simple

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Today, we'll focus on the Past simple!

PAST SIMPLE:

We use the past simple to talk about an action that started and finished in the past.''Vermeer painted ordinary people in domestic scenes.'' ''Austen started her career as a teenager.'' ''Keats decided to write poetry full-time.''

PAST SIMPLE:VERB TO BE

Verb to be:

QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS

NEGATIVE

POSITIVE

KEATS WAS IN LOVE WITH A GIRL CALLED FANNY. THE SUBJECTS IN THE PAINTINGS WERE ORDINARY PEOPLE.

WERE THEY FAMOUS IN THEIR LIFETIME?-NO,THEY WEREN'T. WHERE WAS JANE AUSTEN BORN?

VERMEER WASN'T FAMOUS DURING HIS LIFE. KEATS'S POEMS WEREN'T POPULAR.

PAST SIMPLE:REGULAR VERBS

To form the Past simple of regular verbs, the rule is the following: Verb + ed (We add -ed to the base form of the verb)Infinitive - Simple Past Live lived Start started Die died

What is the past simple of these verbs?

CREATEENJOY FOLLOW LIKE PLAN MOVE LIVE

CORRECT ANSWERS

CREATEDENJOYED FOLLOWED LIKED PLANNED MOVED LIVED

IRREGULAR VERBS

Past simple: Irregular verbs

Some verbs have irregular Past simple forms.''Vermeer made some money as an artist. Austen became famous only in the mid 19th century. Keats wrote poems. The past of can (ability) is could. Mozart could compose music at the age of five.

What is the past simple of these verbs?

Be Write Come Do Meet Speak

CORRECT ANSWERS:

Be WAS/WERE Write WROTECome CAME Do DID Meet MET Speak SPOKE

Past simple

SHORT ANSWERS

QUESTIONS

NEGATIVE

Did Jane Austen publish anonymously?Yes,she did. Did you visit London? No,I didn't.

Vermeer didn't become famous.Vermeer didn't paint rich people.

Did you eat the cake?Yes, I did. Did you go to school? No, I didn't.

Past simple expressions:

Here you are a list of time expressions that are commonly used with the Past simple:LAST YEAR / WEEK / MONTH YESTERDAY TWO DAYS AGO ONE YEAR AGO TWO WEEKS AGO LAST NIGHT

EXAMPLES

Kenneth and his wife had a baby one week ago.Avril travelled to Halifax last month. I went to London last year. They called me yesterday.

Kenneth and his wife had a baby one week ago

Let's do some practice!

Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs:

He (live) in Paris for 20 years. They (talk) on the phone for ten minutes. Redd (buy) a house yesterday. There (not be) any food. I (be) so hungry! We (be) stuck in the airport. I (grow) plants when I was a child.

CORRECT ANSWERS:

He lived in Paris for 20 years. They talked on the phone for ten minutes. Redd bought a house yesterday. There wasn't any food. I was so hungry! We were stuck in the airport. I grew plants when I was a child.

To sum up..

The simple past tense shows that you are talking about something that has already happened. The simple past tense emphasizes that the action is finished! I went to the gym yesterday morning (the action is finished). She saw you at the park last Monday. (the action is finished).

Irregular Verbs

Regular Verbs

For regular verbs, we add -ed to the base form of the verb (work–worked) or -d if the verb already ends in e (move–moved).

Many verbs are irregular. Here are some common ones.

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