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Unit 12 - HB - Grammar

The document provides a grammar summary for the simple past tense, detailing its use for finished events and the formation of regular and irregular verbs. It includes rules for creating negative statements and examples of both regular and irregular verbs in simple past sentences. Additionally, it explains the structure of simple past questions and the use of 'any' in yes/no questions and negative statements.

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Unit 12 - HB - Grammar

The document provides a grammar summary for the simple past tense, detailing its use for finished events and the formation of regular and irregular verbs. It includes rules for creating negative statements and examples of both regular and irregular verbs in simple past sentences. Additionally, it explains the structure of simple past questions and the use of 'any' in yes/no questions and negative statements.

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Evolve Digital Level 1B – High Beginner

Grammar summary
Unit 12 Lesson 1: Simple past statements

Use the simple past to talk about events that are finished.
The form of a simple past verb doesn’t change. Simple past verbs have the same
spelling after I, you, he, she, it, we, and they.
Simple past verbs can be regular or irregular.
To make regular simple past verbs, add -d or -ed:
For most verbs, add -ed: need changes to needed
For verbs that end in -e, add -d: like changes to liked
For short verbs (one syllable) that end in a consonant, a vowel, and then a
consonant, double the final consonant when you add -ed: stop changes to stopped
For verbs that end in a consonant plus -y, change -y to -ied: try changes to tried
To make negative statements in the simple past, use didn’t plus a verb.

Examples with regular verbs:


"She walked into me.”
“I helped her up.”
“She invited me for coffee.”
“He dropped his bag.”
“We carried the bags.”
“They stayed there for three hours.”
“I didn’t stay long.” (in a negative sentence, use didn’t plus the base form of the verb)
“We didn’t listen to music.” (in a negative sentence, use didn’t plus the base form of the
verb)

Examples with regular verbs:


“I got up.” (base verb get changes to got)
“I had breakfast.” (base verb have changes to had)

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“I gave her my number.” (base verb give changes to gave)
“She didn’t give me her number.” (in a negative sentence, use didn’t plus the base form of
the verb)
“I didn’t get up at 7 a.m.” (in a negative sentence, use didn’t plus the base form of the verb)

Unit 12 Lesson 2: Simple past questions; “any”

• In simple past yes/no questions, use did and a verb.


• In simple past information questions, the question word and did go before the
subject (person or thing).

Examples:
A: Did you eat the cookies?”
B: No, I didn’t. / Yes, I did.
A: Did Mom take the cookies to work?
B: No, she didn’t. / Yes, she did.

“How many cookies did Pepe eat?”


“How did he open the cookie jar?”
“When did he eat the cookies?”
“Why did you do it?”

“Any” in yes/no questions and negative statements


• You can use any with yes/no questions in the simple past.
• Use any in negative statements.
• In affirmative statements, use some.

Examples:
“I had some soup for lunch.”
“Did you have any soup for lunch?”
“He didn’t have any soup for lunch.”

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