The simple past tense GUIDE

Simple Past Tense - GUIDE

Simple Past

The simple past is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now.

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Simple Past Tense - GUIDE

The past of the verb to be

WAS - WERE exercises

IntroducTION

How to make negative sentences and questions

the simple past - Regular verbs

the simple past - irregular verbs

Simple Past Tense - GUIDE

The simple past tense shows that you are talking about something that has already happened and it emphasizes that the action is finished.example: Tory admired the way the light glinted off her gold medal.

INTRODUCTION

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You can also use the simple past to talk about a past state of being, such as the way someone felt about something. This is often expressed with the simple past tense of the verb to be and an adjective, noun, or prepositional phrase.Example: Mary was proud of her hula hoop victory.

TO BE IN PAST

I wasHe was She was It was

We were nervous about the exam.It was very difficult

I was happyHe was old

My mom was angry because my dad was late

You wereThey were We were

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WAS - WERE

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Exercise 01

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Verb_to_be_-_past_simple/Simple_past_tense_with_to_be_was_and_were_pa1615737ig

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Verb_to_be_-_past_simple/PAST_SIMPLE-_Verb_To_be_ys262um

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Past_simple/Was_or_were_iv53769vo

WAS - WERE exercises

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WAS - WERE

exercise 03

exercise 02

Exercise 01

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Verb_to_be_-_past_simple/Simple_past_tense_with_to_be_was_and_were_pa1615737ig

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Verb_to_be_-_past_simple/PAST_SIMPLE-_Verb_To_be_ys262um

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Past_simple/Was_or_were_iv53769vo

WAS - WERE exercises

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How to formulate the simple past with Regular Verbs

For regular verbs, add -ed to the root form of the verb (or just -d if the root form already ends in an e): Play→Played Type→Typed Listen→Listened Push→Pushed Love→Loved

Regular Verbs

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How to formulate the simple past with Irregular Verbs

For irregular verbs, things get more complicated. The simple past tense of some irregular verbs looks exactly like the main form: Put→Put Cut→Cut Cost→Cost Hit→Hit - Read- Read

For other irregular verbs, including the verb to be, the simple past forms have no rule See→Saw Go→Went Buy - Bought Do→Did Eat - Ate Am/Is/Are→Was/Were The good news is that verbs in the simple past tense (except for the verb to be) don’t change in singular or plural

Irregular Verbs

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How to make negative sentences and questions

Exercise 1 - Mixed

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Past_simple/Past_Simple_-_Regular_Verbs_jv153118zr

Exercise 2 - Negative

Negative & Questions

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Past_simple/Simple_past_-_affirmative_and_negative_sentences_ss32212fp

Exercise 3 - Questions

https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Past_simple/Past_simple_-_Interrogative_form_bz298452nk

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