Past Simple

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Past Simple

• Listed below are examples, uses and structure of
  the Past Simple followed by a quiz.

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PAST TENSE
Usage
Examples
Finished past actions, definite past .

• Where did you go yesterday?
• The flight left at 8 o'clock.
• They didn't come last night.

Common past time expressions include last
(week, year, night), yesterday, ago,
in 1987, when I was a child.
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Structure

• In the positive form, for regular verbs, add an
  -ed to the base form of the verb.
• If the verb ends in -y preceded by a consonant,
  change the -y to -ied.
• For irregular verbs check the list below (most
  common irregular verbs).

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Positive form

• IYouHeSheItWeYouThey

arrived late last night. (regular verb) came
back late last night. (irregular verb)
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Use 'did' not (didn't) the base form of the
verb to make negatives.

• IYouHeSheItWeYouThey

didn't go to New York last week.
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Use 'did' subject the base form of the verb
in question forms.
subject
IYouHeSheItWeYouThey

• When did

leave yesterday?
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Past Simple Quiz

• Tom (buy) a new house last month.
  
• When (they/arrive) last week?
• She (not/understand) the
  question yesterday.
• Fred (take) a lot of pictures on
  his holiday last summer.
• What (you/get) for your birthday?

CHECK
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Past Simple Quiz

• They to get the
  bread this morning!
• Alice tennis this morning.
• Where last weekend?
• I to buy that computer, but it was too
  expensive.
• Why ?

(not/ remember)
(play)
(you/go)
(want)
CHECK
(they/not/come)
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Past Simple Quiz

• Tom a new house last month.
• When last week?
• She the question
  yesterday.
• Fred a lot of pictures on his
  holiday last summer.
• What for your birthday?

bought
did they arrive
didnt understand
took
did you get
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Past Simple Quiz

• They to get the
  bread this morning!
• Alice tennis this morning.
• Where last weekend?
• I to buy that computer, but it was too
  expensive.
• Why ?

didnt remember
played
did you go
wanted
BACK
didnt they come
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Past Participle
Infinitive
Past Simple

• be was/were been
• beat beat beaten
• become became become
• begin began begun
• bend bent bent
• bet bet bet
• bite bit bitten
• blow blew blown

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