PAST SIMPLE TENSE

A short review about

Past simple

Omar Castillo

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A normal day vs last weekend

I woke up at 10: 00 A.M

I wake up at 5:00 A.M

When to use past simple

• Refer to an action or event that happened in the past.
• Speak about something that was true for some time in the past.
• Explain something that happened more than once in the past.

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Forming the Simple Past Tense

NEGATIVE

INTERROGATIVE

AFFIRMATIVE

Subject + Didn’t + Infinitive verb + comp.

Did + Subject + Verb + comp. + ?

Subject + Verb in past + comp.

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Verbs you can use in a crime scene

HEAR

INVESTIGATE

FIND

SUSPECT

ARREST

GETAWAY

JAIL

HURT

MOURN

BURST

CATCH

HIDE

Let's create a story!

Using the given information, let's create a crime story all together.

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What happened here?

We can create WH questions to have more information about the topic we want to know.

• What movie did ya'll watch?
• When did you buy the tickets?

Or we can ask simple questions. (yes or no)

• Did you like the film?
• Was she a good actress?

Examples

As such DID has no meaning, only one purpose: to be used as an auxiliary because verbs are not as independet as the "verb to be"

• He didn't bake her a cake.
• They didn't have dinner.

The verb to be is independent and you can use it to deny itself.

• Emily wasn't angry.
• They weren't hungry.

Examples:

Refer to an action or event that happened in the past:We swam yesterday. Speak about something that was true for some time in the past: She danced ballet at school. Explain something that happened more than once in the past: We enjoyed watching movies everytime we met.

Spelling variations

For the verbs of one syllable, ending in “consonant + vowel + consonant”, the Verb doubles the consonant + ed.

• The car stopped at the traffic lights.
• Carla dropped her phone in the water.

For the verbs ending in “e”, we add a “d” at the end of it.

• He closed the window two minutes ago.
• She danced in a show last week

For the verbs ending in consonant + y, we transform “y“ into ied.STUDY

• He studied English yesterday afternoon.

TRY

• I tried Japanese food last month.

*Remind: travelled, preferred, permitted Consonants we cannot double: w, y, x

• It snowed yesterday.
• We played tennis last week
• She mixed the flour before.

Base questions.

When did you find it?Where did it happen? How did she/he look like that day? Was the killer a man or a woman? Did you suspect on anyone? What kind of relationship did you have with him/her?