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PAST SIMPLE- practice

The simple past tense is used when we talk about something that has
already happened. Unlike the past continuous tense, which is used to
talk about past events that occurred over a period, the simple past tense
focuses on the fact that the action has ended.

something that happened once in the past:


I met my wife in 1983.
We went to Spain for our holidays.
They got home very late last night.

something that happened several times in the past:


When I was a boy, I walked a mile to school every day.
We swam a lot while we were on holiday.
They always enjoyed visiting their friends.

something that was true for some time in the past:


I lived abroad for ten years.
He enjoyed being a student.
She played a lot of tennis when she was younger.
Example

I sometimes walked home at


lunchtime.
We saw a good film last week.

Grammatical use
o Regular verbs
For regular verbs, add -ed; there is some rules:

a) RULE 1
When the verb finishes in a consonant and “Y”,
eliminate “Y” and add “ied”
Example
Study –
Studied
Try -Tried
b) RULE 2
When the verb finishes in “E”, add “D”
Example

Change –
Changed
Believe –
c) RULE 3
Verbs that finishes in vowel or consonant (except for
“W” and “Y”), double the final consonant before “ED”
consonant +vowel+consonant = doble consonant+ ed
Example

Stop – Stopped
Plan– Planned
o Structure

a. Affirmative

Sujeto+ verbs

She was a
doctor
I wanted to
b. Negative
We use didn't (did not) to make negatives with the past
simple and the verb is used in his base form.

They didn't go to Spain this


year.
We didn't get home until
very late last night.

c. Interrogative
We use did to make questions with the past simple and the
verb in his base form.

Did she play tennis when she was


younger?
Did you live abroad?
When did you meet your wife?
Where did you go for your holidays?

But questions with who often don't use did:

Who discovered
penicillin?
Who wrote Don

Were ---- you, we, they


To (plural)
be
Was --- I, he, she, it.

Negative
S + was not/ were not.

Interrogative
was not/ were not + S.

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