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SIMPLE
PAST TENSE
? Meaning & Use
? Form (structure)
? Exercises
Meaning & Use
? The Past Simple is a verb tense that is used to
describe actions that have happened in a
previous time and that have already ended.
Examples:
? They learned how to swim two years ago.
? Yesterday I heard my neighbors screaming
when watching the match.
? He watched television until twelve
o¡¯clock last night.
? She gave me a white puppy as a gift.
How do we form the simple past tense ?
English has two types of verbs
in the past tense:
? Regular verbs.
? Irregular verbs.
Look at the following list of
past tense verbs¡­
which verbs are regular, and
which are irregular?
? Regular verbs:
? Played
? Studied
? Walked
? Irregular verbs:
? Taught
? Spoke
? Ran
Regular verbs are verbs that ¡­
¡­end with ¨Ced
Simple Form:
Clean
Cook
Jump
Talk
Want
Past Tense:
Cleaned
Cooked
Jumped
Talked
Wanted
Irregular verbs are verbs that . . .
¡­DON¡¯T end with ¨Ced
Simple Form:
Become
Give
Drive
Forget
Past Tense:
Became
Gave
Drove
Forgot
SOME IRREGULAR VERBS
Have a vowel change in the past tense:
Verbs List:
Regular verbs:
Simple Past
Listen Listened
Open Opened
Search Searched
Arrive Arrived
Call Called
Irregular verbs:
Simple Past
Teach Taught
Bring Brought
Leave Left
Hear Heard
Buy Bought
How to ask questions in the past simple:
? This is the easiest past tense and is
used when the action occurred in the
past. To form questions in the past
simple you must use the auxiliary
"did" and in this case the verb must
go in the present.
So the general formula would be:
Did + subject + verb in present tense +
complement +?
Form example:
? Did he speak English?
? Did they go to school today?
Examples:
? Did they work together for many
years?
? Did she want to learn French?
? Did you study in my class last
semester?
? Did we listen music until ten
o¡¯clock last night?
? Did he watch television until
twelve o¡¯clock last night?
? Did she wish to learn Italian?
? Did he answer all the questions?
How to formulate affirmative and negative
responses with a simple past:
Affirmative Answers:
? The affirmative short answers in the
simple past are formed with Yes followed
by a comma, the subject and did.
Did you work very hard last week? - Yes, I
did. -
? Long affirmative answers are formed
with Yes followed by a comma, the
subject, the main verb in the past tense
and the complement of the sentence.
Did you work very hard last week? - Yes, I
worked very hard last week. -
Negative Responces:
? Short negative responses are formed
with No followed by a comma, the
subject did not. You can use the
contraction didn¡¯t.
Did you work very hard last week? - No, I
didn¡¯t. -
? Long negative responses are formed
with No (No) followed by a comma, the
subject, not followed by the main verb
and the complement of the sentence. You
can use the contraction no
Did you work very hard last week? - No, I
didn¡¯t work very hard last week. -
Examples:
Affirmative Answers:
? Did they work together for many
years? - Yes, they worked together
for many years. -
? Did she want to learn French? - Yes,
she wanted to learn French. -
? Did you study in my class last
semester? - Yes, I studied in your
class last semester. -
? Did he live in Boston? - Yes, he lived
in Boston. -
Negative Responces:
? Did we listen music until ten o¡¯clock
last night? - No, we didn¡¯t listen
music until ten o¡¯clock last night. -
? Did she want to visit London? - No,
she didn¡¯t want to visit London. -
? Did he watch television until twelve
o¡¯clock last night? - No, he didn¡¯t
watch television until twelve o¡¯clock
last night. -
? Did he answer all the questions? - No,
he didn¡¯t answer all the questions. -
Exercises: Conjugate the verbs in parentheses
into past simple.
? William (visit) Visited his
grandparents last weekend.
? Jane (arrive) Arrived an hour
ago.
? We (go) Went to Bob's
birthday party yesterday.
? I (be) Was on holiday last
week.
? She (see) Saw fire.
Exercices:Formulates interrogative sentences in
past simple.
? (you/dance) Did you dance at the
party last night?
? (she/do) Did she do her homework?
? (Robert/work) Did Robert work
at the post office?
? (they/help) Did they help you with
the washing-up?
? When (i/say) When did i say that?
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Simple past tense xavier aguado 29515446 - ingles i - seccion 1 b -

  • 1. SIMPLE PAST TENSE ? Meaning & Use ? Form (structure) ? Exercises
  • 2. Meaning & Use ? The Past Simple is a verb tense that is used to describe actions that have happened in a previous time and that have already ended.
  • 3. Examples: ? They learned how to swim two years ago. ? Yesterday I heard my neighbors screaming when watching the match. ? He watched television until twelve o¡¯clock last night. ? She gave me a white puppy as a gift.
  • 4. How do we form the simple past tense ? English has two types of verbs in the past tense: ? Regular verbs. ? Irregular verbs. Look at the following list of past tense verbs¡­ which verbs are regular, and which are irregular? ? Regular verbs: ? Played ? Studied ? Walked ? Irregular verbs: ? Taught ? Spoke ? Ran
  • 5. Regular verbs are verbs that ¡­ ¡­end with ¨Ced Simple Form: Clean Cook Jump Talk Want Past Tense: Cleaned Cooked Jumped Talked Wanted
  • 6. Irregular verbs are verbs that . . . ¡­DON¡¯T end with ¨Ced Simple Form: Become Give Drive Forget Past Tense: Became Gave Drove Forgot SOME IRREGULAR VERBS Have a vowel change in the past tense:
  • 7. Verbs List: Regular verbs: Simple Past Listen Listened Open Opened Search Searched Arrive Arrived Call Called Irregular verbs: Simple Past Teach Taught Bring Brought Leave Left Hear Heard Buy Bought
  • 8. How to ask questions in the past simple: ? This is the easiest past tense and is used when the action occurred in the past. To form questions in the past simple you must use the auxiliary "did" and in this case the verb must go in the present. So the general formula would be: Did + subject + verb in present tense + complement +? Form example: ? Did he speak English? ? Did they go to school today?
  • 9. Examples: ? Did they work together for many years? ? Did she want to learn French? ? Did you study in my class last semester? ? Did we listen music until ten o¡¯clock last night? ? Did he watch television until twelve o¡¯clock last night? ? Did she wish to learn Italian? ? Did he answer all the questions?
  • 10. How to formulate affirmative and negative responses with a simple past: Affirmative Answers: ? The affirmative short answers in the simple past are formed with Yes followed by a comma, the subject and did. Did you work very hard last week? - Yes, I did. - ? Long affirmative answers are formed with Yes followed by a comma, the subject, the main verb in the past tense and the complement of the sentence. Did you work very hard last week? - Yes, I worked very hard last week. - Negative Responces: ? Short negative responses are formed with No followed by a comma, the subject did not. You can use the contraction didn¡¯t. Did you work very hard last week? - No, I didn¡¯t. - ? Long negative responses are formed with No (No) followed by a comma, the subject, not followed by the main verb and the complement of the sentence. You can use the contraction no Did you work very hard last week? - No, I didn¡¯t work very hard last week. -
  • 11. Examples: Affirmative Answers: ? Did they work together for many years? - Yes, they worked together for many years. - ? Did she want to learn French? - Yes, she wanted to learn French. - ? Did you study in my class last semester? - Yes, I studied in your class last semester. - ? Did he live in Boston? - Yes, he lived in Boston. - Negative Responces: ? Did we listen music until ten o¡¯clock last night? - No, we didn¡¯t listen music until ten o¡¯clock last night. - ? Did she want to visit London? - No, she didn¡¯t want to visit London. - ? Did he watch television until twelve o¡¯clock last night? - No, he didn¡¯t watch television until twelve o¡¯clock last night. - ? Did he answer all the questions? - No, he didn¡¯t answer all the questions. -
  • 12. Exercises: Conjugate the verbs in parentheses into past simple. ? William (visit) Visited his grandparents last weekend. ? Jane (arrive) Arrived an hour ago. ? We (go) Went to Bob's birthday party yesterday. ? I (be) Was on holiday last week. ? She (see) Saw fire.
  • 13. Exercices:Formulates interrogative sentences in past simple. ? (you/dance) Did you dance at the party last night? ? (she/do) Did she do her homework? ? (Robert/work) Did Robert work at the post office? ? (they/help) Did they help you with the washing-up? ? When (i/say) When did i say that?