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Simple Past Tense in English

The document discusses the usage of the past simple tense in English. It explains that the past simple tense is used to express completed actions that occurred at specific times in the past. It provides examples of using the past simple tense with time expressions like yesterday or last year. It also discusses how to form the past simple of regular and irregular verbs, questions in the past simple tense, and negative forms.

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Simple Past Tense in English

The document discusses the usage of the past simple tense in English. It explains that the past simple tense is used to express completed actions that occurred at specific times in the past. It provides examples of using the past simple tense with time expressions like yesterday or last year. It also discusses how to form the past simple of regular and irregular verbs, questions in the past simple tense, and negative forms.

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Usage

Use the Past Simple to express an action that .1


.started and finished at a specific time in the past
Examples:
 I saw a movie yesterday.
 Last year, I traveled to Japan.
 You were tired
 She was late.
We use the Simple Past to list a series of completed .2 
.actions in the past

.These actions happen 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on 


Examples:
 I finished work, walked to the beach, and found a nice place to swim.
 He arrived from the airport at 8:00, checked into the hotel at 9:00, and
met the others at 10:00.
 Did you add flour, pour in the milk, and then add the eggs?
The Simple Past can be used with a duration which starts and.3
.stops in the past
:We use expressions such as
for two years*
for five minutes*
all day*
Examples:
 I lived in Brazil for two years.
 Ruti studied Japanese for five years.
 They sat at the beach all day.
 They did not stay at the party the entire time.
 We talked on the phone for thirty minutes.
The Simple Past can also be used to describe a habit which.4 
.stopped in the past
Examples:
 I studied French when I was a child.
 He played the violin.
 He didn't play the piano.
 Did you play a musical instrument when you were a kid?
 She worked at the movie theater after school.
Time Expressions
”Form: Verb “to be
’Negative Form: Verb ‘to be
”Questions with Verb “to be
 Yes / No Question
Was I, she, he, it ?Rest of the sentence

Were we, you, they ?Rest of the sentence

 Wh – Non- Subject Question

Wh - word was I, she, he, it Rest of the


?sentence
were we, you, they
 Wh- Subject Question

Who/What was ?Rest of the sentence


Past Simple: Regular Verbs
 The Past Simple tense of the most English verbs (regular
verbs) is formed by adding "-ed"/"-d" to their base
form. (If the verb ends in "-e", we add "-d" to form the
past simple)
Examples:

 We arrived at 9:00 o'clock.


 My brother lived in London four years ago.
 When she was young, she danced beautifully.
Spelling Rules
 If a regular verb ends in consonant + y change y to i and add -ed:
carry - carried, study - studied, fry - fried, try - tried

 If a one syllable regular verb ends


in consonant + vowel + consonant double the final consonant and add -
ed -- > stop - stopped, plan - planned, rob - robbed, beg - begged

 If a regular verb has more than one syllable and ends


in consonant + vowel + consonant, we double the final consonant only
if the final syllable is stressed -- > preFER - preferred, regRET -
regretted

 Exception: In British English verbs ending in -l have -ll before -ed whether the final
syllable is stressed or not -- > travel - travelled
Irregular Verbs
 There are also some verbs called irregular verbs that have
special past tense forms.

See list of irregular verbs

 We went (go) to school yesterday.


 The children read (read) that story last year.
 Tamar wrote (write) the letter to her friend on Sunday.
 The students forgot (forget) to do the homework.
Negative Form
 Negatives in the Simple Past are formed by
adding didn't (informal) or did not (formal) before the simple
form of the verb.
Rest of the
Subject did not V1 sentence

 The girl didn’t come to school yesterday.


 The parents didn’t work on Sunday.
 The baby didn’t drink milk in the morning.
Questions
 Yes / No Question
Rest of the
Did Subject V1 sentence
?

 Did Nevo see his grandparents yesterday?


 Wh – Non – Subject Question
Rest of the
Wh - word did Subject V1 sentence
?

 Where did you spend your holidays?


 Wh – Subject Question
Rest of the
Who / What V2 sentence
?

 Who wrote this beautiful poem?

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