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Simple Past - Class

The document discusses the simple past tense of the verb "to be" in English. It provides examples of affirmative and negative sentences using "was" and "were" for subjects like "I", "you", "he", "she", "it", "we" and "they". It also gives examples of simple past questions. Additionally, it briefly covers using the simple past tense with regular and irregular verbs to talk about finished past events or actions.

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Simple Past - Class

The document discusses the simple past tense of the verb "to be" in English. It provides examples of affirmative and negative sentences using "was" and "were" for subjects like "I", "you", "he", "she", "it", "we" and "they". It also gives examples of simple past questions. Additionally, it briefly covers using the simple past tense with regular and irregular verbs to talk about finished past events or actions.

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Simple Past of be : Was – Were

Negative Sentences
Affirmative Sentences
 Was not – wasnt
- I was in Paris.
 Were not – werent
- You were in the class.
-I was not in Paris.
- He was happy to see you.
- You were not in the class.
- She was a good student.
- He wasn’t happy to see you.
- It was dangerous.
- She wasn’t a good student.
- We were in this city.
- It wasn’t dangerous.
- You were at home.
- We weren’t in this city.
- They were famous.
- You weren’t at home.

Simple Past
Questions

- Was she in Paris? Yes, she was.


- Were they in the class? Yes, they were.
- Was he a good student? No, he wasn’t

Simple Past with Regular and Irregular Verbs


 Use the simple past to talk about past events like actions, states, or situations that are
finished.
 The simple past of regular verbs is formed by adding –(d) or –(ed) to the base form of the
verb.
 Many common verbs are irregular. Their simple past is changed.

Expressions: Yesterday, last week, last month, last year, an hour ago, this morning, in the
past, in 1989, When I was born, one week ago.

• Affirmative Statements Negative Statements


• past) + C
S + V (simple S + did not / didn’t) + V(base form) +C
-I lived in Paris.

-You danced in the party.

- He studied abroad.

- She went to the school.

- It started late.

- We bought a car last year.

- You ate veggies yesterday.


Past Continuous
 We use the past continuous for an action in the past which overlaps another action or a
time.

 We use past continuous with the simple past to talk about an action that was interrupted by
another action.

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