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Past Simple

The Past Simple tense describes actions or states that started and finished in the past, with specific rules for forming regular verbs. Regular verbs typically add 'ED' to the base form, with variations based on the verb's ending. The document also outlines positive, negative, and interrogative forms of the Past Simple, as well as the use of the verb 'to be' in the past.

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Past Simple

The Past Simple tense describes actions or states that started and finished in the past, with specific rules for forming regular verbs. Regular verbs typically add 'ED' to the base form, with variations based on the verb's ending. The document also outlines positive, negative, and interrogative forms of the Past Simple, as well as the use of the verb 'to be' in the past.

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Past Simple

♡The Past Tense describes a past event or a state in the past and is a situation,
action or state that started and finished in the past. It's the second most common
tense that English speakers use.
♡We use it to talk about past finished actions and we often say when they
happened.
Depending on the verb and if it is regular or irregular we follow different forms.

♡To make verbs in the past simple in the regular form we only add an ED at the
end of the verb in infinitive ( Infinitive means the base form of the verb).This is
called the General Rule.

♡Regular Verbs Rules

♡Rule 1.To verbs finishing in E like “Change” we only add a D at the end.

Change -Changed
Smile -Smiled

♡Rule 2. To verbs finishing in a short vowel and consonant we double the last consonant
and then we add the ED. (Exceptions are Y,W and X.)

Stop- Stopped
Rub- Rubbed

♡Rule 3. To verbs finishing in the “Y” consonant we change it for an “I”, and then we add
the final ED.

Study- Studied

Carry- Carried

♡Rule 4. For two syllable verbs If the greatest strength of the voice is in the second
syllable and ends in a vowel plus a consonant, we double the last consonant and add an
ED.

Admit - Admitted

Occur- Occurred

(Exception Listen so we only add and ED at the end)


♡For Regular verbs that do not follow these rules we only add an ED.

Examples

Infinitive Form Past Form Rule

Wait Waited General Rule

Ask Asked General Rule

Crash Crashed General Rule

Drop Dropped Rule 2

Fix Fixed Exception Rule 2

Allow Allowed Exception Rule 2

Arrive Arrived Rule 1

Cry Cried Rule 3

Dry Dried Rule 3

Prefer Preferred Rule 4

+Positive Form in the Past Simple:

Subject + Verb in the past + C(complement)

*She wanted to play.

If we are using the verb to be we use this form:

Subject + Verb TO BE in the past + C

*She was here.

- Negative Form in the Past Simple:

Subject + Did + Not + The main verb in infinitive

*Tom did not study last weekend.


and we can also use the contraction:

*Tom didn't study last weekend.

If we are using the verb to be we use this form:

Subject + Verb TO BE + Not + C

*She was not here.


*She wasn't here.

? Interrogative Form in the Past Simple:

Did + Subject + Main Verb (Infinitive) + C

*Did you buy an Ice Cream yesterday?

and the answers:*No, I didn't.


*Yes, I did.

If we are using the verb to be we use this form:

Verb TO BE in the past + Subject + C

*Was he a doctor?

and the answers:*Yes, he was.


*No, he wasn´t.
Forms of the verb To be In the past

Was - Were

♡We use Was or Were depending on the Subject.

We use WAS for: We use WERE for:

I You

She We

He They

It -

I was at the park yesterday.


She was at the park yesterday.
He was at the park yesterday.
It was at the park yesterday.
You were at the park yesterday.
We were at the park yesterday.
They were at the park yesterday.

How to use the DO in the past

♡Instead of using DO in the past we replaced it with DID.

We don't say “I do my homework.”


We say “ I did my homework.”

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