This document provides an overview of using the simple past tense in English. It discusses how the simple past is used to talk about actions that started and finished in the past or actions that happened at a specific time in the past. Examples are given like "I worked in a company for three years" and "My sister went to the university five years ago." The document also discusses how the simple past can be used with frequency indicators like "I always visited my grandparents when I was a child." Finally, it covers the positive, negative, and interrogative forms of the simple past tense.
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Simple Past 2023 Final
This document provides an overview of using the simple past tense in English. It discusses how the simple past is used to talk about actions that started and finished in the past or actions that happened at a specific time in the past. Examples are given like "I worked in a company for three years" and "My sister went to the university five years ago." The document also discusses how the simple past can be used with frequency indicators like "I always visited my grandparents when I was a child." Finally, it covers the positive, negative, and interrogative forms of the simple past tense.
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LESSON nº1
INGLÉS 3° SECUNDARIA
“SIMPLE PAST ” Miss . Dianna Lujan
❖We use it to talk about: -Actions that started and ended in the past.
For exmaple: I Worked in a Company for three years.
- Actions that happened at a specific point in time.
For exmaple: My sister went to the university five years ago.
- It can use for repeated actions in the past ( frequency indicator).
For exmaple: I always visited my grandparents when I was a child. .
We identify the simple past with next phrases!
yesterday the morning/afertoon/evening
in summer/Winter/spring night 1990 year last day friday week a day month a week ago two months three minutes two years BE IS AN IRREGULAR VERB AN AUXILIAR DOESN’T HAVE MEANING THE POSITIVE FORM Subject/Pronoun Verb in past Complement
I Went to lima yesterday.
You played soccer last week. He played the guitar when He was a child. She played in a theater five years ago. It played We played They played You played THE NEGATIVE FORM Subject/Pronoun did not / didn’t Verb Complement
I didn’t play video games yesterday.
You didn’t GO to party last saturday. He didn’t sing in the karaoke. She didn’t listen to me. It didn’t have a fever last night. We didn’t eat pizza in our last date. They didn’t do their homework last class. You didn’t drink soda in my bithday. THE INTERROGATIVE FORM Did Subject/Pronoun verb
Did I Yes ,I did /No, I didn’t
Did You Yes ,I did /No, I didn’t Did MY FATHER Yes ,He did /No, He didn’t Did Tania to the cinema last month? Yes ,She did /No, She didn’t Did I GO Yes ,It did /No, It didn’t Did Marcos and I Yes ,we did /No, we didn’t Yes ,They did /No, They didn’t Did Paul and peter Yes ,You did /No, You didn’t Did You Gracias por su participación