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(Past simple)
Past Simple
We use Past Simple to talk about an action or
situation that started and finished at a specific time
in the past.
Affirmative form
English has two types
of verbs in past simple:
taught
walked
Regular verbs
studied
Irregular verbs
gave
became
Look at the
cried
following list of
past tense verbs lived
which verbs are
did
regular, and
which are
Examples
Affirmative form
I
worked
at the mall.
Regular verbs
-ED
Play: played
Cross: crossed
Water: Watered
Brush: Brushed
Cook: cooked
Climb: climbed
Paint: Painted
Wash: Washed
Push: Pushed
Call: called
-D
Dance: danced
divide: divided
Move: moved
Live: lived
Close: closed
-IED
Try: tried
study: studied
fry: fried
Carry: carried
Cry: cried
Irregular verbs
Be: was/were
Teach: taught
Drive:drove
Put: put
Write: wrote
Send: sent
Have: had
See: saw
Go: went
Come: came
Speak: spoke
Read: read
Tell: told
Say: said
Find: found
Feel: felt
Mean: meant
Pay: paid
Lose: lost
Understand: understood
Buy: bought
Negative form
NEGATIVE FORM
I
You
He
She
It
We
They
Negative form
She
didnt
buy
a car.
Subject + didnt + verb (infinitive) + complement
Exception =
VERB BE!
The verb be is special.
NEGATIVE FORM
I
He
She
It
We
You
They
Interrogative form
Question words
What?
Where?
When?
Who?
Why?
How?
Qu?
Dnde?
Cuando?
Quin?
Por qu?
Cmo?
Open questions
Open questions have many responses.
QUESTION
WORD
DID
SUBJECT
INFINITIVE
REST OF THE
SENTENCE?
Where
did
you
go
yesterday?
When
did
he
buy
the car?
What
did
she
eat
Last night?
QUESTION
WORD
WAS/WERE
SUBJECT
REST OF THE
SENTENCE?
Where
were
you
yesterday?
When
was
he
in the mall?
Closed questions
Closed questions have two responses: yes or no
DID
SUBJECT
INFINITIVE
REST OF THE
SENTENCE?
Did
you
see
Jorge yesterday?
Did
She
cook
Lasagna?
Did
He
Paint
The house?
DID
SUBJECT
REST OF THE
SENTENCE?
Were
you
in the park?
Were
they
in the hospital?
Was
He
Happy yesterday?
Yes, I did.
No, I didnt.
Yes, She did
No, She didnt.
Yes, I was.
No, I wasnt.
Yes, They were.
No, They werent.
Activities
Affirmative
Coldplay-paradise
was
When she __________
(be) just a girl
She _____________
expected (expect) the world
But it ____________
(fly) away from her
flew
reach so
She ____________
(run) away in her
ran
sleep
And ____________ (dream) of
dreamed
Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise,
Para-para-paradise
Every time she ____________ (close) her
closed
eyes
When she _________ (be) just a girl
was (expect) the world
She ___________
expected (fly) away from her
But it ___________
reach
flew
And the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, it gets so heavy
The wheel breaks the butterfly
Every tear a waterfall
In the night the stormy night she'll close
her eyes
In the night the stormy night away she'd
fly
And dreams of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
She'd dream of
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh-oh
Lalalalalalalalalalala
And so lying underneath those stormy
skies
She'd say, "oh, ohohohoh I know the
sun must set to rise"
This __________ (can) be
Para-para-paradise
could
Para-para-paradise
Para-para-paradise
Oh oh oh oh oh oh-oh-oh
2x
made
6)My mother________(make)
a sandwich for
me.
was (be) ill so he stayed at home .
7)He ____
bought
8)He _______(buy)
an expensive car
last year.
sang (sing) with the
9) Cinderella ______
birds.
OPENED
FINISHED
STARTED
WANTED
HAPPENED
RAINED
ENJOYED
STAYED
DIED
PAID
WENT
SAW
VISITED
THOUGHT
PLAYED
BOUGHT
COPIED
KNEW
PUT
SPOKE
GOT
HAD
DROVE
LEFT
ARRIVED
PARKED
HAD
WAITED
ARRIVED
TOOK
WENT
WENT
DEPARTED
Negative
I didnt
buy bread.
I bought bread. You didnt see the house.
You saw the house.
Didnt work
Didnt go
Didnt have
Didnt do
Interrogative
cook?/What/you/did
What did you cook?
play?/did/Why/he
Why did he play?
Where/work?/they/did
Where did they work?
Where/walk?/they/did
Where did they walk?
dance?/she/How/did
How did she dance?
they/Did/When/play/football?
When did they play
Did/you/last Sunday?/What/do football?
Watch/did/she/TV/last night? What did you do last
Sunday?
Did she watch tv last
night?