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PAST SIMPLE

Paulina Cieszyńska

Created on November 8, 2023

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PAST SIMPLE

INDEX

1. WHEN IS IT USED?

2. AFFIMATIVE SENTENCES

3. QUESTIONS

4. NEGATIVE SENTENCES

WHEN IS IT USED?

IT IS USED...

  • to refer to actions that were completed in the past.
  • What matters is that the action was completed in the past.
  • The action may have been in the recent past or a long time ago.

STRUCTURE

AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

SUBJECT+VERB IN THE PAST + COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE

  • I saw a movie last week.

EXAMPLE

  • I finished work, walked to the beach and met my friends.

TYPES OF PAST VERBS

IRREGULAR

REGULAR

form the past tense in the usual way, by adding -ed or -d to the end of the verb. LAUGHED SMILED

have to be memorised MADE UNDERSTOOD WAS/WERE

QUESTIONS

DID+SUBJECT+VERB+COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE: Did he clean his home last weekend?

WAS/WERE+SUBJECT+COMPLEMENT

EXAMPLE: Was she happy yesterday?

NEGATIVE SENTENCES

Subject + did not (DIDN'T) + base form of verb + object

EXAMPLE

  • They didn’t go to the theater last month.
  • She didn’t arrive on time this morning.