Past Simple

Past simple tense

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When do you use it?

For completed actions in the past, past habits, and things true in the past.

Positive Sentences:

IYou We They + verb He She It

1) I played Plants Vs. Zombies when I was young. 2) You visited your grandma every weekend before.

Negative Sentences:

IYou We They + didn't He + verb She It

1) They didn't work in a restaurant before. 2) My dog didn't eat its food.

Questions

IYou We They + verb? He She It

1) Did he live in Madrid last year? 2) Did you travel last week?

Did

Remember!

Use the verbs in past tense!

There are regular and irregular verbs

Regular verbs:

- Add "ed" at the end of the word.

Examples:work - worked listen - listened walk - walked play - played

Regular verbs:

- Only add "d" if the last letter of the word is "e".

Examples:like - liked hate - hated arrive - arrived close - closed

Regular verbs:

- For a consonant and the letter "y", remove "y" and add "ied"

Examples:study - studied bury - buried carry - carried dry - dried

Regular verbs:

- For a consonant , vowel, and consonant double the last letter and add "ed"

Examples:stop - stopped hop - hopped rob - robbed shop - shopped

Irregular verbs:

- Some verbs have a different spelling in the past tense.

Examples:go - went write - wrote run - ran eat - ate fall - fell swim - swam see - saw read - read sing - sang

Was and Were

Was = past tense of "is"Were = past tense of "are"

Examples:1) Today there is 1 dog. Yesterday there was 1 cat. 2) Today there are 3 kids. Yesterday there were 5 kids.

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What could you do?

Could = past tense of "can"

Examples:1) I could run fast when I was younger. 2) I couldn't talk when I was one.

Quiz

Past simple

Start

1/5

I ______ (study) for my exam last night.

studying

studyed

studied

gOOD jOB!

2/5

I _____ (eat) lots of pizza yesterday.

eats

eated

ate

AWESOME!

3/5

____ they _____ (go) to the park this morning?

Do / go

Did / went

Did / go

Amazing!

4/5

She ____ (walk) to school everyday before.

walked

walkd

walks

Pro gamer!

5/5

My cat _____ (not see) the mouse!

didn't see

didn't saw

don't see

super special awesome!

you're a pro!

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