USE:
We use the past simple to talk about finished events in the past.
FORM:
1) The past simple tense of regular verbs is formed by adding –ed to the infinitive of the verb. Thepast is the same for all persons.
Example: I start – I started; she starts – she started.
Spelling rules of the –(e)d form:
1. You normally add –ed at the end of the verb: start - started2. When the verb ends in –e, we only add –d: arrive - arrived
3. When the verb has one syllable and ends with a consonant + one vowel + one consonant, we double the last consonant before –ed:stop – stopped
When the verb has two syllables and the stress is on the last syllable, we double the last consonant before –ed: admit – admitted
4. When the verb ends in one –l, we doublethe –l before –ed: travel - travelled
5. When the verb ends in consonant + -y, the –y changes into –i before the –ed: try – tried
2) The past simple tense of irregular verbs is not formedby adding –ed to the verb. Each verb has its own form and we have to learn these forms.
Example: I drink – I drank; he drinks – he drank.
* Learn the irregular verbs from the list you aregiven and make your own list of regular verbs.
...* Reading /Complete the story using the Past Simple. J.K. Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter books.J. K.'s name is Joanne Kathleen. She ( be) born in 1965 in a small town near Bristol, England.Joanne (live) with her parents and her sister.The Rowling family was not rich. Joanne (not go ) to special schools.She was a quiet child.She (love) to read and write stories.Joanne ( go) to Exeter University,and she (finish) in...
...pasttense (abbreviated pst) is a grammatical tense that places an action or situation in the past of the current moment (in an absolute tense system), or prior to some other event, whether that is past, present, or future (in a relative tense system).[1] Not all languages mark verbs for the pasttense (Mandarin Chinese, for example, does not); in some languages, the...
...PastTense
The pasttense grammar rules in English are easier to learn than the present tense. That's because the rules are the same for all subjects (I, you, he, she, it, we, they). In the affirmative you add -ed to the verb. In the negative you add the word "didn't" (a contraction of "did" and "not"). To make a question you add the word "Did" to the beginning of the sentence. ...
...TENSES
Simple Present Tense:
a) Formulas:
- Affirmative: I – You – We – They + verb infinitive + complement
He – She – It + verb infinitive + s, es, ies + complement
- Negative: I – You - We – They + don’t + verb infinitive + complement
He – She – It + doesn’t + verb infinitive + complement
- Interrogative: Do + I – You – We – They + verb infinitive + complement?
Does + He – She – It + verb infinitive + complement?
- QWQ: QWQ + Do + I – You – We – They...
...Exercises on Simple Past
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Principio del formulario
Write positive sentences in simple past.
1. he / the question / answer
2. you / a question / ask
3. the dog / bark
4. they / us / call
5. we / a mountain / climb
6. John / stamps / collect
7. we / in London / live
8. I / hungry / be
9. they / a hamster / have
10. he / to school / go
Have a look at James's last...
...not hot yesterday. |
We | were not | We were not invited. |
You | were not | You were not at the party. |
They | were not | They were not friends. |
To Be - Negative Contractions
The can make negative contractions of the verb To Be in the Pasttense by joining the verb (was or were) and n't (e.g. were not = weren't). We don't make a contraction of the subject and the verb (e.g. I was).
I was not tired this morning. | OR | I wasn't tired this morning. |...
...The Simple PastTense OTHER VERBS – LECCION 16a
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Curso BASICO deINGLES LECCION 16a – GRAMATICA (PAST SIMPLE – POSITIVE FORM)
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...Subject : Ingles VI
Theme : Past Progressive Tense
Teacher : Isabel Lengua Sotelo
Speakers:
* Bohorquez Murguia, Pablo Fernando
* Huamani Farfan, Paul
* Toledo Parco, Felipe
Cycle : VI
Turn : Morning
ICA – PERÚ
2011
Past Progressive Tense
DEFINITION
The PAST PROGRESSIVE TENSE indicates continuing action, something that was happening,...
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