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The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It explains that the past simple is used to talk about things that happened in the past and lists common time expressions used with it, such as yesterday and last week. It provides rules for forming the past simple of regular verbs as well as some common irregular verbs. Examples are given of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in the past simple. Pictures are included with prompts for the reader to make true sentences using the past simple tense.

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Past Simple Regular Verbs Media

The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It explains that the past simple is used to talk about things that happened in the past and lists common time expressions used with it, such as yesterday and last week. It provides rules for forming the past simple of regular verbs as well as some common irregular verbs. Examples are given of affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences in the past simple. Pictures are included with prompts for the reader to make true sentences using the past simple tense.

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Miss Erika Steppes

Past Simple
Regular verbs

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We use the past
simple to talk about
things that happened
in the past.

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Time expressions:
Yesterday
last week/month/year
a year ago
the day/week before
in 2010…

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Affirmative
I played
He, she, it played
We, you, they played

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Spelling rules
visit – visited
Infinitive + ed/d
love – loved
Vowel + y: ed enjoy – enjoyed

Consonant + y: ied study – studied


One-syllable verb
1 vowel + 1consonant: stop – stopped
Double consonant + ed bat – batted

Two-syllable with stress


on second syllable and permit – permitted
ending with a single
consonant:
Double consonant + ed commit – committed
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Tom phoned his best friend.
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Negative
Subject + didn’t + infinitive
I didn’t play
He, she, it didn’t work
Watch
We, you, they didn’t

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They didn’t study for the Maths test.
They studied for the History test.
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Interrogative
Did + subject + infinitive
Did I
play?
Did he, she, it work?
Did we, you, they like?

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Yes, they did.
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Did Kate walk to school?
Miss Erika Steppes No, she didn’t
?

Grammar practice
Look at the pictures and make true
sentences. Use the past simple.
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Yes, they did. They
asked a question.
No, they didn’t.
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Yes, she did. She visited it.
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No, they didn’t. They
Miss Erika Steppes played basketball.
Yes, we did. We danced a lot.
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Yes, he did. He studied hard. Miss Erika Steppes
Yes, she did. She stayed in bed late.
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No, he didn’t. He
Miss Erika Steppes played the guitar.
Yes, he did. He smiled at me.
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