SIMPLE PAST

MaRCO EDUARDO DE ANDA MARTINEZ 2°GN.L:8

SIMPLE PAST

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The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is used to talk about a completed action in time before now.

Simple past

INTRODUCTION

These are some rules that the simple past has, these are for regular verbs.

Simple past

rules (REGULAR vERBS)

These are some rules that the simple past has, these are for irregular verbs.

Simple past

rules (IRREGULAR vERBS)

?: Did + Subject + Infinitive whitout to + Complement + "?"

QUESTION

-: Subject + Did Not + infinitive whitout to + Complement

NEGATIVE

AFFIRMATIVE

+: Subject + Verb + Ed + Complement

STRUCTURE

-I lived abroad for ten year.-I didn´t see you yesterday.-Did you live abroad?

Simple Past

EXAMPLES

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USES OF SIMPLE PAST

We use the past tense to talk about:

• something that happened once in the past:
• I met my wife in 1983.

• something that happened several times in the past:
• When I was a boy, I walked a mile to school every day.

• something that was true for some time in the past:
• I lived abroad for ten years.

• we often use expressions with ago with the past simple:
• I met my wife a long time ago.