Transcript Simple Past Tense

Simple Past Tense
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We use the simple past tense to
talk about what happened at a
definite time in the past.
There are some common expressions we use:
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yesterday,
last night,
a month ago,
last week,
yesterday afternoon, etc
Regular Verbs
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Most verbs ( + ed)
walk→walked
play →played
• Verbs ending in e (+d)
live →lived
use →used
• Verbs ending in a consonant
(-y + ied)
(consonant: p, t, r, etc)
cry →cried
carry →carried
• Short verbs ending in a vowel consonant
(vowel: a, e, i, o, u)
(double the consonant + y)
stop →stopped
shop →shopped
Irregular Verbs
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No change
cost →cost
put →put
 Change the vowel or the
consonant
come →came ring →rang
make →made sit →sat
 Change the whole word
buy →bought do →did
Negative Sentences
We add “did not” before the main verb to
form negative sentence. (did not = didn’t)
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I did not see Sandy this morning.
John did not go to church last Sunday.
David did not watch TV last night.
Questions
We add “Did” before the subject
and put a “ ? ” at the end to form question.
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Did you have breakfast this morning?
 Did you wash the dishes last night?
 Did you bring the umbrella?
The Verb “to be”
Statements:
 “I / He / She / It” was very good.
 “You / We / They” were very smart.
Questions:
 Was “I / he / she / it” very good?
 Were “you / we / they” very smart?
Negative sentences:
 “I / He / She / It” was not very good.
 “You / We / They” were not very smart.