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Past Simple Structure and Usage Guide

The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of how to form the past simple of regular and irregular verbs in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative. It lists common regular verb patterns and irregular verbs. Examples are given of changing word endings to form the past simple of regular verbs and how irregular verb forms change. Finally, it includes an exercise to complete sentences using past simple verbs.

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Past Simple Structure and Usage Guide

The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It provides examples of how to form the past simple of regular and irregular verbs in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative. It lists common regular verb patterns and irregular verbs. Examples are given of changing word endings to form the past simple of regular verbs and how irregular verb forms change. Finally, it includes an exercise to complete sentences using past simple verbs.

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Teacher: Ana Furtado

USE
 The Past Simple is used to talk about actions
or situations in the past. It is also called Simple
Past.
Examples:

 I visited Berlin last week.


 Andrew watched TV yesterday.
 First I got up, then I had breakfast.
Affirmative
REGULAR VERBS (ED) IRREGULAR VERBS

I played I went
You played You went
He played He went
She played She went
It played It went
We played We went
You played You went
They played They went
Negative
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
(didn’t + verb) (didn’t + verb)
I didn’t play I didnt go
You didn’t play You didn’t go
He didn’t play He didn’t go
She didn’t play She didn’t go
It didn’t play It didn’t go
We didn’t play We didn’t go
You didn’t play You didn’t go
They didn’t play They didn’t go
Interrogative
REGULAR VERBS IRREGULAR VERBS
(did+subject+verb) (did+subject+verb)
Did I play? Did I go?
Did you play? Did you go?
Did he play Did he go?
Did she play? Did she go?
Did it play? Did it go?
Did we play? Did we go?
Did you play? Did you go?
Did they play? Did they go?
Regular Verbs
Verbs ending in: How to form the Examples:
Past Simple
e Add -d live-lived
date-dated
consonant + y Change y to i try-tried
add -ed cry-cried
Vowel + Repeat the tap-tapped
consonant consonant commit-committed
add -ed
Other verbs Add -ed boil-boiled
fill-filled
Irregular Verbs
To be
I was
You were

He, she, it was

We were

They were
Irregular verbs

Infinitive Past tense

Have have had

Do do did
Other Irregular Verbs
Verbs which don’t change: cut-cut
hit-hit
fit-fit
Verbs which change their get-got
vowel: sit-sat
drink-drank
Verbs which change go-went
completely bring - brought
teach - taught
Complete the sentences with the
verbs in the Past Simple.
1. Yesterday, Mary ____________ (go) to the
shopping.
2. She ____________ (like) the film she saw
last week.
3. Last year, they ____________ (move) to
Paris.
4. Tina ____________ (be) a very good singer.
5. We ____________ (do) many things last
weekend.

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