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PAST SIMPLE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Form
Usage
Helpful hints
Exercise
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Definition
The past simple tense is used to describe an action or event that started and ended in the past.
Form
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Simple past tense with the verb "tobe"
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Statement
S + was/ were +…
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Negative
S + was/ were + not +…
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Question
Was/ Were + S +…?
Simple past tense with infinitive verbs
Statement
S + V2/ed +… + O
Question
Did + S + V (inf) + O?
Negative
S + did not + V (inf) + O
How to conjugate words and irregular verbs?
The past tense is formed verb
We add "-ed" after verbs that are not irregular verbs
Watch – watched / turn – turned/ want – wanted/ attach – attached/…
Verbs ending in "e" -> we just need to add "d"
Type – typed/ smile – smiled/ agree – agreed
Verbs with ONE syllable, ending in ONE consonant, before the consonant is ONE vowel -> we double the last consonant and add "-ed".
Stop – stopped/ shop – shopped/ tap – tapped/
If before "y" is a consonant (remaining), we change "y" to "i + ed".
Study – studied/ cry – cried
So, what about Irregular verbs??
Types of irregular verbs
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Irregular verbs which have the same form at 3 columns.
Eg: cut-cut-cut
read – read –read
rid – rid - rid
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Irregular verbs which have the same form at 2 columns.
Eg: beat – beat – beaten
buy – bought – bought
catch – caught - caught
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Irregular verbs which the verbs in 3 columns are completely different.
Eg: do – did – done
go – went – gone
sing – sang - sung
Irregular verbs are the verbs that do not follow certain rules in English law and do not use the ending -ED after these verbs. And we have 360 irregular verbs.

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5 tips to remember irregular verbs
Listening US UK music
Learning and practising with your friend
Start with 7 popular irregular verbs
Remember a long time by making questions with irregular verbs
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Review irregular verbs table by playing games or using learning apps on smartphone sush as Duolingo, Cake, Memrise,..
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Start with 7 popular irregular verbs
7 irregular verbs that you see everywhere
Say – Said – Said
Go – Went – Gone
Do – Did – Done
Know – Knew – Known
Get – Got – Gotten
Find – Found – Found
Think – Thought – Thought
Usage
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Describes an action or event that happened at a specific time, or a period of time in the past, and ended completely in the past.
Describes a repeated action in the past.
Express actions that happened consecutively in the past.
Describes an action that interrupted an action in progress in the past.
Used in conditional sentences type II (conditional sentences are not real in the present)
Used in unreal wishes
The past simple is used for actions that were completed in the past at a certain time.
Helpful hints
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Helpful hints!!
Last + (…)
Century, week, month,…
In the past…
In + (time in the past)
2002, June, 19st century,…
In the sentence, there are words yesterday, ago,…
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Exercise
am
was
were

I (be)___ a student in Moloxop School in 1998.
getted
got
gotten
My sister ___ (get) married last month.
Was
Had been
Were
My computer ___ (be) broken yesterday.
1. Speak
2.Understand
3.Forget
4.Give
5.Tell
Change these words into past simple form
Answer keys
Spoke
Understood
Forgot
Gave
Told
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