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
+ •ASLI WOKE UP EARLY YESTERDAY.
+ . •KEREM WASHED HIS FACE AFTER HE WOKE UP.
•AZRA BRUSHED HER TEETH YESTERDAY MORNING.
+ •EGE HAD BREAKFAST WITH HIS FAMILY LAST
SUNDAY.
•ÇINAR WENT TO THE SCHOOL TWO WEEKS AGO.
+ •ADA STUDIED HER LESSONS AT THE SCHOOL.
+ •ZEYNEP NEVA TOOK A SHOWER LAST NIGHT.
+ •ELİF ECRİN SLEPT AFTER SHE READ A BOOK.
+ EYMEN 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

+ •ADA MİRA READ DETECTIVE STORIES.

+ •EYMEN WATCHED TELEVISION.
+ •ŞENGÜL BADE PET HER CAT.
+ •ÇINAR SWAM IN THE SEA LAST SUMMER.
+ •KEREM PLAYED FOOTBALL WITH HIS FRIENDS LAST
WEEKEND.
+ •EGE 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

•ELİF ECRİN DIDN’T SLEEP LATE.
•ZEYNEP NEVA DIDN’T FLY ON AN AIRPLANE LAST
MONTH.
•AZRA DIDN’T WAKE UP EARLY YESTERDAY.
•TELLİ NAZ DIDN’T DRINK COFFEE LAST TUESDAY.
•FERAY 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.
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