Past simple
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The past simple tense is used to describe actions that were completed in the past. For regular verbs, the past simple form is created by adding "-ed" to the base form of the verb. Irregular verbs have varying past simple forms that must be memorized. Examples of common regular verbs like "talked" and irregular verbs like "ate" are provided. A practice exercise asks the reader to fill in the blanks with the correct past simple form of verbs like "tidy" and "phone."
Past simple
- 2. – The Past Simple tense is used for past actions that happened either at a specific time, which can either be given by a time phrase (yesterday, last year, etc.) or understood from the context. Regular Verbs add -ed to the base form, or -d if the verbs ends with - e. Irregular verbs can change in many different ways.
- 3. eg: I liked, you liked, she/he/it liked, we liked, they liked. EXAMPLES OF THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE:
- 4. Present Past Past Participle add added added bake baked baked cheer cheered cheered enjoy enjoyed enjoyed guess guessed guessed introduce introduced introduced laugh laughed laughed paint painted painted talk talked talked COMMON REGULAR VERBS
- 5. COMMON IRREGULAR VERBS Present Past Past Participle arise arose arisen be was,were been begin began begun choose chose chosen come came come cost cost Cost draw drew drawn drive drove driven eat ate eaten take took taken seek Sough sought write wrote written
- 7. Let’s try!
- 8. 1.My sister .................. (tidy) her bedroom yesterday morning. 2. We ......................... (phone) our cousins last week.
- 9. 3. The girls ....................... (play) on the computer last night. 4. I ........................ (travel) to Paris three months ago.
- 10. 5. The film .................. (end) very late yesterday 6. My family ................ (live) in New York in 1995.
- 11. Answers: 1. tidied 2. phoned 3. played 4. traveled 5. ended 6. lived