SIMPLE PAST TENSE

VOCABULARY:

PF : PAST FORM
WAKE UP/ PF: WOKE UP - GO TO THE SCHOOL/ PF: WENT TO THE SCHOOL

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WASH MY FACE/ PF: WASHED MY FACE - STUDY MY LESSONS/ PF: STUDIED MY LESSONS
BRUSH MY TEETH/ PF BRUSHED MY TEETH- HAVE BREAKFAST: PF: HAD BREAKFAST

TAKE A SHOWER/ PF: TOOK A SHOWER SLEEP/ PF: SLEPT

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+ We use simple past tense to talk about
things that are no longer happening.
( GEÇMİŞ ZAMANI GEÇMİŞTE OLUP BİTEN
OLAYLAR HAKKINDA KONUŞMAK İÇİN
KULLANIRIZ.)
+ Examples
+ I played football.
We ate lots of cake!
She didn’t watch a film.
Remember!
+ For regular verbs, we add -ed. For irregular verbs,
there is a special past tense form.
regular verbs: play – played, watch – watched, want
– wanted
irregular verbs: eat – ate, write – wrote, go – went

+ POSITIVE SENTENCE STRUCTURE (+)

+ SUBJECT+ V2+ OBJECT
+ •NEHİR WOKE UP EARLY YESTERDAY.
+ . •MURATHAN WASHED HIS FACE AFTER HE WOKE
UP.
•HANDE BRUSHED HER TEETH YESTERDAY
MORNING.
+ •AHMET HAD BREAKFAST WITH HIS FAMILY LAST
SUNDAY.
•CEREN WENT TO THE SCHOOL TWO WEEKS AGO.
+ •ZEYNEP STUDIED HER LESSONS AT THE SCHOOL.
+ •EREN TOOK A SHOWER LAST NIGHT.
+ •İPEK SLEPT AFTER SHE READ A BOOK.
+ MUSTAFA WROTE A DIARY TWO HOURS AGO.
PLAY/ PF: PLAYED VIDEO GAMES SING A SONG/ PF: SANG A SONG

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EAT/ PF: ATE DANCE/ PF: DANCED

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SWIM/ PF: SWAM PLAY FOOTBALL/ PF: PLAYED FOOTBAL
LISTEN/ PF: LISTENED TO THE MUSIC READ/ PF: READ A BOOK

WATCH/ PAST FORM: WATCHED TELEVISION SPEAK/ PF: SPOKE

RUN/ PAST FORM: RAN

POSITIVE SENTENCES ( + )
SUBJECT+ V2+ OBJECT

+ •BUĞRA READ DETECTIVE STORIES.

+ •EYMEN WATCHED TELEVISION.
+ •BAKIŞ PET HER CAT.
+ •SUBUTAY SWAM IN THE SEA LAST SUMMER.
+ •AHMET PLAYED FOOTBALL WITH HIS FRIENDS LAST
WEEKEND.
+ •EREN PLAYED VIDEO GAMES THREE DAYS AGO.

+ Be careful!
+ When we use the negative, we don’t change the
main verb. We use ‘didn’t’ instead.
I didn’t watch TV.
I didn’t go to school.
NEGATIVE SENTENCES ( - )

SUBJECT - DIDN’T – (VERB 1) –OBJECT

•MUSTAFADIDN’T SLEEP LATE.
•CEREN DIDN’T FLY ON AN AIRPLANE LAST MONTH.
•İPEK DIDN’T WAKE UP EARLY YESTERDAY.
•BAKIŞ DIDN’T DRINK COFFEE LAST TUESDAY.
•MURATHAN DIDN’T SWIM THIS SUMMER.
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QUESTION SENTENCES ( ? )

•DID YOU WALK WITH YOUR DOG?

•DID THEY WORK AT TED COLLEGE?
•DID SHE RUN?
•DID HE SPEAK ENGLISH?
•DID IT LIKE EATING FISH?
SHORT ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS

•DID YOU WALK WITH YOUR DOG?

•YES, I DID.
•NO, I DIDN’T.
•DID SHE RUN?
•YES, SHE DID.
•NO, SHE DIDN’T.