The Past Simple

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The Past Simple
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The Past Simple

• The past simple has 2 types of verbs

REGULAR
IRREGULAR
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Which of these verbs are regular?Which ones are
irregular?

• taught
• walked
• studied
• gave
• became
• cried
• lived
• did

irregular
regular
regular
irregular
irregular
regular
regular
irregular
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WHY?
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Regular verbs are verbs that.

• . end with - ed

Present simple
Past simple
Walk Study Cry Live
Walked Studied Cried Lived
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Irregular verbs are verbs that

• do not end with - ed

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Some irregular verbs have a vowel change
Present simple become give drive forget
Past simple became gave drove forgot
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Other irregular verbs have a different kind of
change
Present simple teach bring leave hear buy
Past simple taught brought left heard bought
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And some do not change at all
Present simple hit put set
Past simple hit put set
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Examples

• Sometimes, I hit my brother. (present)
• Yesterday, I hit my brother. (past)
• I put my books on my desk before class begins.
  (present)
• Yesterday, I put my books on my desk. (past)
• The children set the dinner table every evening.
  (present)
• Last week, the waiter set the table at the
  restaurant. (past)

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Positive statements with regular verbs

• When we want to say something in the past simple
  using a regular verb, we add an ed.
• verb ed

Examples
You worked
We worked
I worked
They worked
He worked
You worked
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Negative statements with regular/irregular verbs

• When we want to say a negative statement using
  the past simple, we use the helping verb to do.

Present simple do not or does not
Past simple did not
I did not like the book.
I do not like the book.
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Negative statements with regular/irregular verbs
did not verb
Examples
Yesterday, he did not clean his room.
They did not work.
We did not buy toys.
She did not drink.
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Asking yes/no questions

• When we ask yes/no questions using the past
  simple, we put the to do helping verb first.

Did subject verb
Example
Did you finish your homework?
Helping verb
verb
subject
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Example
Did you finish your homework?
Helping verb
verb
subject
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Answering yes/no questions

• When we answer a yes/no question, we have two
  options

YES
NO
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So..

• Did you finish your homework?

Yes,
I did
I did not
No,
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WH Questions

• WH word did subject verb ?

Examples When did he leave? Where did she
go? What did you study yesterday? Why did we cry?
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Past simple

• The verb to be

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The verb to be

• The verb to be is special.

Present simple I am You are He/She/It is You
are We are They are
Past simple I was You were He/She/It was You
were We were They were
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Positive statements in the past simple with the
verb to be
was

• Yesterday, I __________________ sick.
• Last week, my parents ____________ at work.
• Last year, my family ______________ on vacation
  in Rome.
• Last time I ___________ here, you _________ very
  quiet.

were
was
was
were
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Negative statements with the verb to be

• When we want to say a negative statement in the
  past simple using the verb to be, we use

was not
or
were not
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Examples
was not

• Yesterday, I __________________ sick.
• Last week, my parents ____________ at work.
• Last year, my family ______________ on vacation
  in Rome.
• Yesterday, I ___________ here.

were not
was not
was not
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Yes/No question using to be

• When we ask yes/no questions with the verb to
  be it always appears first.

Was he there?
Yes, he was.
No, he was not.
Were they at party yesterday?
No, they were not.
Yes, they were.
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Yes/No questions with to be

• Was / were subject

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WH questions with the verb to be

• When we ask a WH question using the verb to be
  , the WH question always appears first.

Why
was he late to class?
Where
were they happy?
What
was wrong?
was he sad?
Why
was sad?
Who
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Why
was he late to class?
Where
were they happy?
What
was wrong?
Why
was he sad?
Who
was sad?
WH word was/were subject adjective
Who was/were
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Who was / were

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• ?? ?? ????
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Who was he?
Who was/were subject
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she, they) ?? ????? ?????? ???? ?????.
Who were they?
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John Denver
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John Denver

• John Denver was an American singer.
• He had a lot of famous songs.
• He died in an airplane crash in 1997.
• This Old Guitar