PAST

SIMPLE Olman Morazán

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lesson!
 Past Simple The verb to be in past has two forms

We use the past tense to talk about:

 Something that happened once in Present Past
the past. am
was
I met my wife in 1983 is
are were
 Something that happened several
times in the past. Examples:
They always enjoyed visiting their I was a She was a They were
friends. great famous friends
student actress
 Something that was true for some
time in the past.
I lived abroad for ten years
Simple past of verb to be
Afirmative Yes/No questions
Subject + was/were + complement Was/were + subject + complement
I was exhausted Was the party good?

You were in Florida Were they tired?

Negative Short answers

Subject + was/were + not + complement
Yes, subject + was/were
The food wasn’t great
Yes, it was
You weren’t in class
Yes, they were
Wh questions No, subject + was/were + not
Wh + was/were + subject + complement No, it wasn’t
Where was the party?
No, they weren’t
When were you born?
 Past simple tense  Yes/No questions
 Afirmative sentences Did + subject + base form of the verb +
Subject + past simple + complement
complement
a. He went to Oklahoma
a. Did he goes to Oklahoma?
b. I visited five theme parks
Yes, he did / No he didn’t
 Negative sentences b. Did you visit five theme Parks?
Subject + didn’t + base form of the verb + Yes, I did / No, I didn’t.
complement
a. He didn’t go to Oklahoma Irregular verbs
b. He didn’t visit five theme parks Some irregular verbs are:
Verb Past
 Wh questions
Wh + did + subject + base form of the verb + Say Said
complement Go Went
a. Where did he go? Know Knew
b. How many parks did you visit? Buy bought
 Regular verbs  Ending with y with a vowel sound
 We add ed to most verbs before, add ed to the verbs.
Live Lived Play Played
Cook Cooked Pray Prayed
Like Liked Stay Stayed
Need needed Sway swayed

 Ending with y with a consonant  One syllable verbs, double the last
sound before, add ied to the verbs. consonant, add ed to the verbs.
Stop Stopped
Try Tried Plan Planned
Cry Cried Nod Nodded
Carry Curried Rip Ripped
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