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now
specific time
past
action/ state
Past Simple
Clue words
last…
…ago
yesterday
Past Simple
Clue words
for…
all…
when…
Past Simple
Forms:
Subject + past simple
Past Simple
Forms:
Subject + past simple
Affirmative
Past Simple
Vicky called
her friends
yesterday.
Past Simple: regular verbs
General rule:
Infinitive: + ed
visit- visited
enjoy - enjoyed
Consonant + y: + ied study - studied
Ending in –e: + d love - loved
Past Simple: regular verbs
stop - stopped
One-syllable verb
one vowel + consonant:
double consonant + ed
Irregular verbs make the past form
in different ways.
Past Simple
Subject + did + not + infinitive
Negative
Past Simple
Subject + did + not + infinitive
Negative
Past Simple
Vicky didn’t call
her friends
yesterday.
Past Simple
Did + subject + infinitive
Interrogative
Past Simple
Did Vicky call
her friends
yesterday?
Past Simple
1.
We use the past simple to express the
idea that an action started and finished
at a specific time in the past.
past now
specific time
yesterday
action
completed
Past Simple
Jane helped
her mother
in the kitchen
last Sunday. help
Past Simple
She washed
her car last
weekend.
wash
I didn’t see you
yesterday.
Past Simple
see
Past Simple
Yesterday,
they didn’t go
to school by car.
go
Past Simple
Did they
watch a scary
movie last
night? Yes, they did.
Past Simple
Did they
play tennis
yesterday
afternoon? No, they didn’t.
Past Simple
2.
We also use the past simple to talk
about a situation that existed over a
period of time ( a duration) in the past.
past now
finished
action
started
Past Simple
They lived
abroad for ten
years.
live
Past Simple
Ann studied
Italian for five
years.
study
Past Simple
Last week,
they ate pizza
every day!
eat
Past Simple
They hiked
all day.
hike
Past Simple
3.
If you are talking about the general
past, or about regular or habitual
actions in the past, you also use the
past simple.
past now
finishedstarted
Regular action
Past Simple
When I was a boy
I walked a mile to
school
every day.
walk
Past Simple
I didn’t like
vegetables
when I was a child.
like
Past Simple
Did you study
hard when you
were a student?
study
Yes,
I did.
We use the past simple for
sequences of actions.
Past Simple
4.
past now
action1 action 2
completed
Past Simple
past now
action1 action 2
completed
Sometimes the actions follow
immediately after each other, or
one action causes a result.
Past Simple
As soon as
they saw me,
they waved.
see/ wave
Past Simple
I bought a new
cell phone. It cost
two hundred
dollars.
buy/ cost
Past Simple
I woke up early
and got out of
bed.
wake/ get
Past Simple
Last year,
he went to England,
enrolled in a
language school
and started learning
English.
go/ enroll/start
Did you add
flour, pour in the
milk, and then
add the eggs?
Past Simple
add/ pour
We use the past simple to describe an
action in the past taking place in the
middle of another action.5.
Past Simple
continuing
past
action
interruption
disturbing
action
past now
We use the past simple to describe an
action in the past taking place in the
middle of another action.
Past Simple
interruptionpast now
Past
Continuous
Past
Simple
Past Simple
She was
reading a book
when the alarm
clock rang.
ring
Past Simple
The girls were
walking to school
when Jason
appeared.
appear
Past Simple
While Mary was
writing the email,
the computer
suddenly went
off. go
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