PAST SIMPLE

Grammar A2
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 Past Simple
Formation

(+) S + V-ed (-) S + Didn't + V (?) Did + S + V ?

I started I did not start Did I start?

You ... You didn't ... Did ...
He ... He ...
She ... She ...
It It
We We
You You
They They

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 Past Simple
Formation

(+) S + V-ed (-) S + Didn't + V (?) Did + S + V ?

I started I did not start Did I start?

You started You didn't start Did you start?
He started He didn't start Did he start?
She started She didn't start Did she start?
It started It didn't start Did it start?
We started We didn't start Did we start?
You started You didn't start Did you start?
They started They didn't start Did they start?

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 Past Simple
Formation

Short answers
Yes, I did
No, I didn't

Yes, he did
No, he didn't

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 Past Simple
Uses (3)

1. Past routines and habits

My dad studied in this high school.
We didn't live in Madrid in 2018.

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 Past Simple
Uses (3)

1. Past routines and habits

My dad studied in this high school.
We didn't live in Madrid in 2018.

2. Actions completed at a certain time in the past

They used the computer yesterday.
I didn't play football last week.

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 Past Simple
Uses (3)

3. Main events in a story

He walked for two hours. Then he stopped to rest. Finally, he arrived there at
2 o'clock.

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 Time Expressions
With Past Simple
Last night / week Create your own sentences!
A month / year ago
Yesterday
When
Once
In 2020

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 Note
How to add the "-ed" to form the Past Simple

1. Most verbs add "-ed"

I start - I started
You play - you played

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 Note
How to add the "-ed" to form the Past Simple

1. Most verbs add "-ed"

I start - I started
You play - you played

2. Verbs ending with a silent "e", drop the "e"

I live - I lived
You dance - you danced

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 Note
How to add the "-ed" to form the Past Simple

3. One-syllable verbs ending with one vowel + one

consonant except "w", "x" or "y" double the final consonant
I stop - I stopped
You plan - you planned

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 Note
How to add the "-ed" to form the Past Simple

3. One-syllable verbs ending with one vowel + one

consonant except "w", "x" or "y" double the final consonant
I stop - I stopped
You plan - you planned

4. Two-syllable verbs ending with one vowel and one

consonant with the stress on the last syllable, double the
final consonant
I prefer - I prefered BUT:
You permit - you permitted it happens - it happened
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 Note
How to add the "-ed" to form the Past Simple

5. Verbs ending in "-l", double the "l"

I travel - I travelled

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 Note
How to add the "-ed" to form the Past Simple

5. Verbs ending in "-l", double the "l"

I travel - I travelled

6. Verbs ending in consonant + "y", change the "-y" to "i"

I study - I studied
You try - You tried

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 Irregular verbs
What are they?

They are verbs that don't follow any rules, so you must
learn their past forms.

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any questions?

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