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The Past Simple Tense: Zion Languages

The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It explains that the past simple tense is used to describe completed actions that occurred at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of using the past simple tense with different verbs, questions, negatives, and with time expressions like "yesterday" or "last week." It also lists common irregular past tense verbs and provides exercises to practice forming sentences in the past simple tense.

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The Past Simple Tense: Zion Languages

The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It explains that the past simple tense is used to describe completed actions that occurred at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of using the past simple tense with different verbs, questions, negatives, and with time expressions like "yesterday" or "last week." It also lists common irregular past tense verbs and provides exercises to practice forming sentences in the past simple tense.

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The Past Simple Tense

Zion Languages
Past Simple Tense

The past simple tense is used to describe


completed actions, it could have happened
once, many times, or never.

I went to the store.

My niece hated that movie.

I never studied Chinese.

I played tennis several times.

The plant needed sunlight, that’s why it died.


Past Simple Tense

Past situations or things are described with


the past simple tense.

We lived in Spain for 10 years.

It was a cold, windy morning.

When we were children were loved to play


outside.

What was your favorite restaurant as a kid?

My father loved to read.


Past Simple Tense
The past simple tense is used to talk about a series of past events.

Last weekend I slept in, stayed in my PJ’s, and ate ice cream.

They laughed, cried and hugged each other.

I called my mother, sent an email to my father and told my brother the news.

To get here I walked, took a bus, and transferred to the train.

She cooked dinner, set the table and ate with us.
Past Simple Tense

The past simple tense is used with certain time


expressions.

Last night my ex called me.

The week before last, I was late to work


twice.

Last summer we vacationed in Africa.

I finished the dress awhile ago.

I last had a check-up at the dentist, 2 years


ago.
Past Simple Tense

The past simple tense is used for the second conditional


(if+verb, would+verb).

If I lived in Canada, I would speak English every day.

My father would lose weight if he ate less ice cream.

If we earned more money, we would travel to Australia.

You would do better if you slept more.

If he had time, he would start his own business.


Past Simple Tense

In the Past simple positive form for the verb “to be” we
have the pronoun, plus the verb conjugated, notice that
here there are only two forms, (was, were). Was is used
for I, he/she/it and were is used for you, we, they.

I was prettier back then.

You were at school.

He was crazy.

We were friends.

They were mean to us.


Past Simple Tense

In the Past simple negative form for the verb “to be” we
have the pronoun, plus the verb conjugated then not,

I was not prettier back then.

You were not at school.

He was not crazy.

We were not friends.

They were not mean to us.


Past Simple Tense

In the Past simple yes/no question form for the verb


“to be” we have the verb conjugated then the pronoun.

Was I prettier back then?

Were you at school?

Was he crazy?

Were we friends?

Were they mean to us?


Past Simple Tense

In the Past simple Wh- question form for the verb


“to be” we have the question word, the verb
conjugated then the pronoun,

Why was I prettier back then?

Where were you?

What was he crazy about?

When were we friends?

Who were they mean to?


Past Simple Tense

In the Past simple with any other verb we just add


-ed to the end of it to indicate that it’s in the past
tense.

I watched movies all day.

You talked all day yesterday.

It rained while we were at the park.

We started the project yesterday.

They opened up a can of worms.


Past Simple Tense

In the Past simple in the negative form with any


other verb we conjugate the auxiliary verb ‘do’ to
‘did’ plus ‘not’ then we have the main verb in its
infinitive form.

I didn’t watch movies all day.

You didn’t talk all day yesterday.

It didn’t rain while we were at the park.

We didn’t start the project yesterday.

They didn’t open up a can of worms.


Past Simple Tense

In the Past simple in the yes/no question form we


always use ‘did’ then add the pronoun and the verb
in its infinitive form.

Did I watch movies all day?

Did we present yesterday?

Did it rain while you were at the park?

Did you start the project yesterday?

Did they open up a can of worms?


Past Simple Tense

In the Past simple in the Wh- question form


we always start with the question word,
followed by ‘did’, then the pronoun and
infinitive verb.

How did I watch movies all day long?

Why didn’t we present yesterday?

When did it rain?

What did you start yesterday?

Who opened up a can of worms?


Past Simple Tense

In the Past simple there are some spelling changes:

If the verb ends in a consonant and -y we change it to an -i


and add -ed: try - tried, spy - spied study - studied cry -
cried, copy - copied

If the verb already ends in an -e, we just add a -d (we don’t


double the -e): close - closed, measure - measured, bounce
- bounced

If the last syllable is stressed and it’s a CVC (consonant


vowel consonant) verb, we double the last consonant: plan
- planned, benefit - benefitted, stop - stopped
Vocabulary

be — was / were, become — became, begin — began, break — broke, bring — brought, buy
— bought, catch — caught, choose — chose, come — came, cost — cost, cut — cut, do —
did, draw — drew, drink — drink, drive — drove, eat — ate, fall — fell, feel — felt, fight —
fought, find — found, fly — flew, forget — forgot, get — got, give — gave, go — went, grow
— grew, hang — hung, have — had, hear — heard, hide — hid, hit — hit, hold — held, hurt
— hurt, keep — kept, know — knew, leave — left, lend — lent, let — let
Vocabulary

light — lit, lose — lost, make — made, mean — meant, meet — met, pay — paid, put — put,
read — read, ride — rode, ring — rang, rise — rose, run — ran, say — said, see — saw, sell
— sold, send — sent, shine — shone, shoot — shot, shut — shut, sing — sang, sit — sat,
sleep — slept, speak — spoke, spend — spent, stand — stood, steal — stole, swim — swam,
take — took, teach — taught, tear — tore, tell — told, think — thought, throw — threw,
wake — woke, wear — wore, win — won, write — wrote
Vocabulary

Last night/week/month/year/summer

The week/month/year/summer before last

Yesterday, the other day, the day before


yesterday

Awhile/ a month/ a year/ a minute/ a


decade/ two days ago

In 2005, in the 1970’s, in the middle ages

If, would
Practice

Be POSITIVE and NEGATIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZa9cXSoJEo&li


st=PL2IkMHFHWdEpXFHfenZUPXD8K8-OzveXI&inde
Be simple question x=59

Irregular verbs & Irregular verbs 2

Other verbs negative

Other verbs simple questions

Other verbs Wh- questions

Review

Past simple VS present perfect


See you next time!

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