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    Grammar Past simple

    Use
    • We use the past simple to talk about finished actions and states in the past.

    MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY


    SATURDAY SUNDAY

    Paris!

    - ‘Did Lisa visit Rome last weekend?’


    - ‘No, she didn’t. She visited Paris.’

    - ‘What did she see?’


    - ‘She saw the Eiffel Tower.’

    • When we use the past simple, we often say when the action happened,
    e.g. last winter, in 1999, ten minutes ago:

    I watched an exciting movie yesterday evening.


    We moved to this town six months ago.

    Form
    • We add -ed to form the past simple of most regular verbs.
    The form of the past simple for regular verbs is the same for every subject (I, you, he, etc.)

    Regular verbs: positive (+) Spelling rules: regular verbs


    Subject verb Most verbs add -ed play ➞ played
    I Ends in -e add -d live ➞ lived
    You
    Ends in a consonant + -y change -y to -ied study ➞ studied
    He / She / It listened to the radio.
    double the
    We Ends in one vowel + one
    consonant and stop ➞ stopped
    They consonant (except w and y)
    add -ed

    Tip

    In British English, when the verb ends in a vowel + -l, the past
    simple form ends in -lled:
    travel ➞ travelled

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    Grammar Past simple

    • With irregular verbs, we do not add -ed for the past simple form. The forms are all different.
    Irregular verbs
    come ➞ came do ➞ did eat ➞ ate get ➞ got

    go ➞ went have ➞ had leave ➞ left make ➞ made

    meet ➞ met see ➞ saw sell ➞ sold write ➞ wrote

    • The form of the past simple for irregular verbs is the same for every subject (I, you, he, etc.).
    Irregular verbs: positive (+)
    Subject verb
    I
    You
    He / She / It went to the park.
    We
    They

    • We form the past simple negative for regular and irregular verbs with:
    Subject + didn’t + verb.

    Regular and irregular verbs: negative (–) Tip


    Subject didn’t verb
    I The past simple negative is the same for every
    subject (I, you, he, etc.). We don’t use the -ed form
    You arrive on time.
    of the verb in negative sentences:
    He / She / It didn’t I didn’t visit the museum.
    go to school
    We yesterday. (NOT I didn’t visited the museum.)
    They She didn’t watch the movie last night.
    (NOT She didn’t watches the movie last night.)
    It is the same for regular and irregular verbs:
    Tip
    They didn’t come to the party.
    We usually use the short form (didn’t), but we (NOT They didn’t came to the party.)
    sometimes use the full form (did not) in writing.

    • We form past simple yes / no questions with:


    Did + subject + verb?

    yes / no questions Short answers


    Did subject verb Positive (+) Negative (–)
    I I I
    you you you
    Did he / she / it win the competition? Yes, he / she / it did. No, he / she / it didn’t.
    we we we
    they they they

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    Grammar Past simple

    • We form past simple wh- questions with:


    Question word + did + subject + verb?

    Wh- questions (?) Tip


    Question word did subject verb
    I The past simple question form is the same for
    every subject (I, you, he, etc.). We don’t use the -ed
    you form of the verb in questions:
    What time did he / she / it leave? Did you enjoy the meal?
    we (NOT Did you enjoyed the meal?)
    they What did he study last night?
    (NOT What did he studies last night?)
    It is the same for regular and irregular verbs:
    When did you write this email?
    (NOT When did you wrote this email?)

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