Past Simple Tense

Past Simple Tense

SA3 That’s Extraordinary. Language Point

Helena Vila Piñol

TABLE OF CONTENT

3. THE SPELLING RULES!

2. THE PAST OF VERB “TO BE”

1.USES OF THE PRESENT SIMPLE

4. THE STRUCTURE:

5. IRREGULAR VERBS

THE LIST: Infinitive, past, past participle

1.WE USE THE PAST SIMPLE TO:

Talk about the things we did in the past

• We travelled to Japan last year.
• She didn't play hockey.
• You closed the door yesterday.
• They didn't go to school.

2. The past form of verb “To Be”

Verb to be (present)

Verb to be (past)

I was, (jo era) You were, (tú eres) He, She, It was, (ell, ella era) We were, (Nosaltres érem) You were, (vosaltres éreu) They were, (ells eren)

I am, (jo sóc) You are, (tú ets) He, She, It is,( ell / ella és) We are, (nosaltres som) You are, (vosaltres sou) They are, (ells són)

3. SPELLING RULES Regular Verbs We usually add -ed to the infinitive

Verbs finishing with -e: add -d

Verbs finishing “consonant +y”: change to “-ied”

Verbs finishing “consonant +vowel + consonant: Double final consonant and add -ed”

“TO DO” = “DID”

I did not (past)

To do (present)

I did (past)

I do you do He, She, it does We do You do They do

I didn’t you didn’t He, She, it didn’t We didn’t You didn’t They didn’t

I did you did He, She, it did We did You did They did

4. THE STRUCTURE Affirmative sentences

• I play basketball on Saturdays. I played basketball last Saturday.
• You watch TV at home. You watched TV at home last night.
• He visits his grandparents. He visited his grandparents last weekend.
• She listens to music. She listened to music yesterday.
• We stay in a hotel. We stayed in a hotel last summer.
• They study at university together. They studied at university together in 2010.

4. THE STRUCTURE Negative sentences

• I don’t play basketball on Saturdays. I didn’t play basketball last Saturday.
• You don’t watch TV at home. You didn’t watch TV at home last night.
• He doesn’t visit his grandparents. He didn’t visit his grandparents last weekend.
• She doesn’t listen to music. She didn’t listen to music yesterday.
• We don’t stay in a hotel. We didn’t stay in a hotel last summer.
• They don’t study at university. They didn’t study at university.

4. THE STRUCTURE Questions

• Do you play basketball on saturdays? Did you play basketball last Saturday.?
• Do you watch Tv at home? Did you watch TV at home last night?
• Does he visit his grandparents? Did he visit his grandparents last weekend?
• Does She listen to music? Did she listen to music yesterday?
• Do we stay in a hotel? Did we stay in a hotel last summer?
• Do they study at university? Did they study at university?

WH - QUESTIONS

WHAT did you have for lunch?

HOW did you feel yesterday?

WHO did you talk to?

WHERE did she play volleyball?

WHY did you study medicine?

WHEN did you travel to France?

5. IRREGULAR VERBS

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