past simple

PAST SIMPLE

REGULAR VERBS

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REGULAR VERBS: Positive: Subject + verb + “-ed” + complements: • I played soccer yesterday. • She walked to school this morning. Spelling rules: 1. Add “-ed” to the base form of regular verbs: play → played 2. For verbs ending in “e,” add only “-d”: smile → smiled 3. For one-syllable verbs with one vowel and one consonant after it, double the consonant before adding “-ed”: stop → stopped 4. For verbs ending in “y” after a consonant, change “y” to “i” before adding “-ed”: study → studied

Negative: Subject + "did not" (didn't) + verb + complements - I didn't study for the test. - He didn't watch the movie. Question: "Did" + Subject + verb + complements + ? - Did you finish your homework? - Did they call you yesterday? In negative and question we do not add "ed"

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Positive:• I/he/she/it was • You/we/they were Negative: • I/he/she/it was not (wasn’t) • You/we/they were not (weren’t) Question: • Was I/he/she/it? • Were you/we/they? Positive: • I/he/she/it could • You/we/they could Negative: • I/he/she/it could not (couldn’t) • You/we/they could not (couldn’t) Question: • Could I/he/she/it? • Could you/we/they?

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For completed Actions in the Past: Past simple is used to talk about actions that happened and were completed in the past. • Example: “I finished my homework yesterday.”

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Irregular verbs

Past simple with irregular verbs

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IRREGULAR VERBS: Positive: Subject + verb in 2nd column + complements: • I ate dinner at 9 yesterday • He rode a bike to school ✩ Check the last page of the workbook for a full list on Irregular verbs

Negative: Subject + "did not" (didn't) + verb in first column + complements - I didn't eat dinner at 9 o'clock yesterday - He didn't ride a bike to school Question: "Did" + Subject + verb in first column + complements + ? - Did you eat dinner at 9 o'clock yesterday? - Did he ride a bike to school? In negative and question we use first column

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PAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

PAST SIMPLE

REGULAR AND IRREGULAR

REGULAR VERBS

IRREGULAR VERBS

MOST COMMON REGULAR VERBS

1. work 11. listen2. play. 12. like 3. study. 13. love 4. watch. 14. open 5. talk. 15. close 6. walk. 16. call 7. cook. 17. dance 8. clean. 18. visit 9. help. 19. live 10. jump. 20. smile

KEY WORDS:

1. Yesterday 2. Last week/month/year 3. In 1999 (specific time or date) 4. Ago 5. When 6. Once 7. Before 8. After 9. Previously 10. In the past

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