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Past simple in English

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Transcript

Past simple in English

When do we use it?

To speak about a completed action in the past To speak about something that started and finished in the past Habits in the past Describe past generalizacions that are no longer true

SHE WENT TO THE STORE YESTERDAY

I STUDIED JAPANESE FOR 6 YEARS

HE PLAYED THE VIOLIN

HE DIDN'T LIKE TOMATOES BEFORE

How do we form it?

REGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS

VERB + ED

DIDN'T + VERB

DIDN'T + VERB

PAST EACH VERB

DID + P+ VERB (inf)?

DID + P + VERB?

Most common verbs

Give = gave get= got grow=grew find=found hang=hung have= had hear= heard know=knew teach=taught lose= lost pay=paid read=read speak=spoke wake= woke wear=wore

Go= went be = was/were begin = began sing= sang buy = bought break=broken choose= chose cost=cost cut=cut eat = ate drink = drank fall = fell fly = flew freeze=froze