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    Past Simple - Explanation + Exercises

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    We use the Simple Past tense to describe actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past. It is formed using the past tense form of regular verbs or irregular verb forms. For affirmative sentences, the subject and past tense verb are used. For negative sentences, auxiliary "did" is used along with the infinitive form of the verb. Interrogative sentences use auxiliary "did" and invert the subject and verb. The verb "to be" is irregular, with past forms "was" and "were". Exercises are provided to practice forming sentences in the simple past tense.

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    We use the Simple Past tense to describe actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past. It is formed using the past tense form of regular verbs or irregular verb forms. For affirmative sentences, the subject and past tense verb are used. For negative sentences, auxiliary "did" is used along with the infinitive form of the verb. Interrogative sentences use auxiliary "did" and invert the subject and verb. The verb "to be" is irregular, with past forms "was" and "were". Exercises are provided to practice forming sentences in the simple past tense.

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    We use the Simple Past tense to describe actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past. It is formed using the past tense form of regular verbs or irregular verb forms. For affirmative sentences, the subject and past tense verb are used. For negative sentences, auxiliary "did" is used along with the infinitive form of the verb. Interrogative sentences use auxiliary "did" and invert the subject and verb. The verb "to be" is irregular, with past forms "was" and "were". Exercises are provided to practice forming sentences in the simple past tense.

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    Past Simple - Explanation + Exercises

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    We use the Simple Past tense to describe actions that started and finished at a specific time in the past. It is formed using the past tense form of regular verbs or irregular verb forms. For affirmative sentences, the subject and past tense verb are used. For negative sentences, auxiliary "did" is used along with the infinitive form of the verb. Interrogative sentences use auxiliary "did" and invert the subject and verb. The verb "to be" is irregular, with past forms "was" and "were". Exercises are provided to practice forming sentences in the simple past tense.

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    SIMPLE PAST

    We use the Simple Past to express the idea that an action started
    and finished at a specific time in the past.

    AFFIRMATIVE FORM

    SUBJECT + VERB (PAST) + COMPLEMENT


    Examples: I watched a movie last night
    We played tennis last Friday

    Remember!

    Example: Love- Loved


    Watch- watched

    But irregular verbs change completely their form


    Example: Lose- Lost
    Go- Went
    I went to the cinema yesterday

    You will have to learn the list of irregular verbs in


    English

    One winter's day, when the snow was falling, a beautiful queen
    sat sewing by a window. As she
    looked out on to the white garden
    she saw a black raven, and while she
    looked at it she accidentally pricked
    her finger with the needle. When she
    saw the drop of blood she thought
    to herself, "How wonderful it would
    be if I could have a little girl whose
    skin was as white as the snow out
    there, her hair as black as the raven and her lips as red as this
    drop of blood."…….

    EXERCISES
    I- Complete the table with the verbs in the past
    simple:

    Infinitive Affirmative

    to dance

    To open

    To study

    To walk walked

    To cook

    To travel

    To invent

    To like

    II- Fill in the blanks with the Simple Past of the verbs in brackets

    Marta _____________ (travel) to England last year. When she

    ______________ (arrive) at Heathrow airport she _____________


    (telephone) home.

    Emma and her parents _____________ (welcome) her and that


    night they _____________ (stay) in a hotel. The next day she

    ____________ (visit) London and Marta ________________ (love) it!

    Marta ____________ (have) a very special holidays that year,

    she will never forget all the places she ___________ (meet)

    I went dancing last night and I had


    a great time!
    NEGATIVE FORM

    SUBJECT + AUXILIARY (DID) + NOT +VERB (INFINITIVE) +


    COMPLEMENT
    Examples: I did not (didn´t) watch a movie
    last night
    We did not (didn´t) play tennis last
    Friday

    Remember!

    When we use the auxiliary, the verb does not change. It keeps its
    infinitive form.

    Examples:
    She did not (didn´t ) call me yesterday.  CORRECT
    She did not (didn´t ) called me yesterday.  WRONG

    ALL THE PRONOUNS USE THE SAME AUXILIARY DID

    Yesterday I I only ate


    was sick…. fruits and
    salads

    I didn´t like the So I baked a


    healthy food! cake… I feel so
    much better
    now!
    EXERCISES

    I- Write the sentences in the negative:

    1. You visited the Tower of London.

    ___________________________________________________________________________

    2. They listened to the guide.

    ___________________________________________________________________________

    3. The tourists liked the Crown Jewels.

    ___________________________________________________________________________

    II – Put the words in order to write sentences.

    1. visit / didn’t / they / the London Eye.

    ___________________________________________________________________________

    2. for the test / he / studied.

    ___________________________________________________________________________

    3. the Crown Jewels. / admired / we

    ___________________________________________________________________________

    4. enjoyed/ he / his visit / to the city

    ___________________________________________________________________________

    5. my hair/ brushed/ I / last night

    _____________________________________________________________
    INTERROGATIVE FORM

    DID + SUBJECT + VERB (INFINITVE) + COMPLEMENT


    Examples: DID I watch a movie last night?
    DID we play tennis last Friday?

    Remember that when we have the auxiliary the verb goes in its infinitive form

    Example:
    Did you watched the movie last night?  WRONG
    Did you watch the movie last night?  RIGHT

    THE VERB TO BE IN THE SIMPLE PAST

    The verb to be changes to WAS – WERE

    I YOU
    HE WE
    SHE WAS THEY WERE
    IT

    Example:
    I was at the cinema last night.
    We were in Brazil that summer.

    Look!! Can you identify the mistakes in the following sentences?

    1. Last night, Samantha have pizza for supper.

    2. My pet lizard was died last month.

    3. Yesterday I spend two hours cleaning my living room.

    4. This morning before coming to class, Jack eats two bowls of cereal.

    5. What was happened to your leg?


    EXERCISES

    I. Put the sentences into simple past

    1. The dog plays in the garden. _________________________________________________

    2. You read a book ______________________________________________________________

    3. Do you see the bird? __________________________________________________________

    4. We watch a movie ___________________________________________________________

    5. He speaks English ___________________________________________________________

    I. Was or Were?

    1. The cat ________ in the kitchen.


    2. He ________ very clever.
    3. She ________ in the park.
    4. George Washington ________ the first US president.
    5. The cars ________ new.
    6. I ________ tired.
    7. You ________ in China last year.
    8. She ________ not here.
    9. They ________ very famous actors.
    10. Mom and Dad ________ at home.

    I didn´t play soccer


    yesterday, I played
    tennis

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