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English

A class by Eva

Past Simple

Regular verbs

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Thanks

Examples

Uses

Time expressions

Interrogative

Examples

Examples

Examples

Negative

Irregular verbs

Examples

INDEX

visit-visited watch-watched wash-washed work-worked

live-lived like-liked move-moved

CVC= double the consonant

Vowel+y= +YED

CONSONANT+Y= IED

+D

+ ED

REGULAR VERBS

carry-carried try-tried study-studied cry-cried

play-played enjoy-enjoyed

stop-stopped shop-shopped plan-planned

They cooked the lunch last week

We visited our family last Christmas

She watched the football match yesterday

I played video games last night

EXAMPLES REGULAR VERBS

  • drink-drank
  • go-went
  • drive-drove
  • pay-paid
  • understand-understood
  • say-said
  • tell-told
  • buy-bought
  • eat-ate
  • swim-swam
  • write-wrote
  • know-knew
  • meet-met
  • find-found

IRREGULAR VERBS

We went to the cinema yesterday

My mum bought apples last Monday

The students wrote e-mails at school last week

I swam in the swimming-pool last summer

EXAMPLES IRREGULAR VERBS

  • Subject+ did not+ infinitive ( don't change the verb)
  • I did not walk
  • you did not play
  • he did not cook
  • she did not listen
  • it did not rain
  • we did not eat
  • they did not drink
  • Subject+ didn't + infinitive (don't change the verb)
  • I didn't walk
  • you didn't play
  • he didn't cook
  • she didn't listen
  • it didn't rain
  • we didn't eat
  • they didn't drink

NEGATIVE FORM: SHORT/ LONG FORM

-I diddn't watch TV yesterday -I did not watch TV yesterday -She didn't send an e-mail -She did not send an e-mail -They didn't go to the school last week -They did not go to the school last week

EXAMPLES

-Did I walk? -Did you play? -Did she listen? -Did he cook? -Did it rain? -Did we eat? -Did they drink?

WH-QUESTIONS

-Where did I go? -What did you play? -What did he cook? -Why did she listen? -When did it rain? -Where did we eat? -How did they travel?

YES/NO QUESTIONS (the answer is yes/ no)

STRUCTURE

INTERROGATIVE FORM

-Did+ subject+ verb in infinitive (don't change the verb) ? -Wh- word+did+ subject+ verb in infinitive (don't change the verb)?

Where did they eat? They ate at home

When did it rain? It rained in Winter

What did you play? I played tennis

Did they drink coke? Yes, they did/ No, they didn't

Did it rain last week? Yes, it did/ No, it didn't

Did you write yesterday? yes, I did/ No, I didn't

EXAMPLES

-yesterday -ago+time expression: two days ago -last: last week, last month, last year -in the past, in the old times -when+past simple (when you arrived) -before

TIME EXPRESSIONS

-When you arrived, I was watching TV -We played tennis last week

-They visited London two weeks ago -He did an exam one hour ago

EXAMPLES

-She went to the cinema yesterday -She went to the cinema yesterday afternoon

  1. Something that happened in the past. "We went to Spain last summer"
  2. Something that happened several times in the past . "When I was a child, I walked to school every day"
  3. We often use expressions with "ago" with the past simple. " I met my friend three years ago"

When do we use the past simple?

THANKS!

PAST SIMPLE