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The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It defines the past simple as expressing events and activities that began and ended in the past. It provides examples of the positive, negative, and question forms of regular and irregular verbs in the past simple. It also discusses the spelling rules for adding "-ed" to verbs and lists common irregular past forms. Finally, it outlines three main uses of the past simple: to express finished past actions, actions that follow in a story, and past situations or habits.

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The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It defines the past simple as expressing events and activities that began and ended in the past. It provides examples of the positive, negative, and question forms of regular and irregular verbs in the past simple. It also discusses the spelling rules for adding "-ed" to verbs and lists common irregular past forms. Finally, it outlines three main uses of the past simple: to express finished past actions, actions that follow in a story, and past situations or habits.

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Past Simple

CONTENT
1. Definition 2. Form
Positive. Negative Question Wh- Question

3. Spelling of verb + -ed............... 4. Use..


The past simple is use to express

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Past Simple ******


1. Definition. 2. Form:
+Positive Form: Subject + V2 + Example:
1. I went to Pursat province yesterday. 2. He stayed in my house last week. 3. She bought a car last mouth 4. I met my special yesterday. 5. She ate hamburgers at 9:00 oclock. 6. They drank beer at 9:30 oclock. 7. We flew to USA last year. 8. You listened to music last day. 9. He went to work at 7:00 oclock. 10. They had lunch at 11:30 oclock. Use the simple past tense to talk about events and activities that began and ended in the past.

3. Form:
+Negative Form: Subject + did not + V1 + Example:
1. I didnt go to shopping in the morning. 2. We didnt see my friends last week. 3. He didnt go to work in the evening. 4. She didnt play tennis last Sunday. 5. They didnt go to market in the morning. 6. You didnt get up early in the morning. 7. I didnt drink beer last night. 8. She didnt fly to Mexico last mouth. 9. He didnt leave to house last night. 10. We didnt play football in the evening.

4. Form:
+Question Form: Did + subject + V1 + Example:
1. Did you get up early in the morning? Page |2

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2. Did she give present to special her? 3. Did he meet director his in the evening? 4. Did they do homework last week? 5. Did she drink beer last night? 6. Did they play football in the evening? 7. Did you go to the market? 8. Did she have the motor? 9. Did he have in the free time? 10. Did they fly to England last month?

5. Form:
+Wh - question form:

Wh-word + did +subject + V1 +?


Example:
1. Where did you go? 2. What did she give to her boyfriend? 3. How did he go to school? 4. Why did they go to German? 5. When did you go to Brazil? 6. Why did they leave to Cambodia? 7. When did we fly to Japan? 8. Where did she drive to car? 9. What did he eat food? 10. When did she buy a car?

6. Spelling of verb + -ed


1. Most regular verbs add ed to the base form of the verb. worked wanted helped washed 2. When the verb ends in e, add d. liked used hated

cared

3. If the verb has only one syllable, whit one vowle + one consonant, double the consonant before adding ed. stopped planned robbed But we write cooked, seated, and moaned because there are two vowle. 4. The consonant is not doubled if it is y or w. played showed 5. In most two-syllable verbs, the end consonant is doubled if the stress is on the second syllable. preferred admitted But we write entered and visited because the stress is on the first syllable. 6. Verbs that end in a consonant + -y to ied. carried hurried buried Page |3

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But we write enjoyed, because it ends in a vowle + -y 7. The past of be ( am / is / are ) is was\ were I / he / she it was / wasnt was I / he / she / it ? We/ you / they were / werent Were we / you / they ? Not that we do not use did on negatives and question with was / were Example: 1. I was angry because they were late. 2. Was the weather good the when you were on holiday? 3. They werent able to come because they were so busy.

7. Use
The Past simple is used to express: 1. a finished action in the past. We met in 2000 I went to Manchester last week. John left two minutes ago. 2. action that follow each other in a story. Mary walked into the room and stopped. She listened carefully. She heard a noise coming from behind the curtain. She threw the curtain open, and then she saw 3. a past situation or habit. When I was a child, we live in a small house by the sea. Every day I walked for miles on the beach whit my dog.

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