The Past Simple Tense

Август 21, 2022

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2. How to Form the Past Simple Tense The Past Simple tense uses for most verbs the
3. Positive Forms of the Past Simple Tense Singular 1st person I worked/went 2nd person you worked/went
4. When to Use the Past Simple Tense 1. Completed action in the past. An example: My
5. Signal Words for the Past Simple Tense yesterday last week/month/year a week/month/year ago in 2000/2010/2015
6. Negative Forms of the Past Simple Tense The formula: Subject + did not + V1 (+
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How to Form the Past Simple Tense
The Past Simple tense

uses for most verbs the base form of the verb (V1) with the addition of - ed. This form is called V2.
The formula: V2 = V1 + ed.
An example: V1 = work: He worked. They worked.
There are many irregular verbs in English. They have irregular past tense forms which must be memorized.
An example: V1 = go: He went. They went.

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Positive Forms of the Past Simple Tense
Singular
1st person I worked/went
2nd

person you worked/went
3rd person he/she/it worked/went

Plural
1st person we worked/went
2nd person you worked/went
3rd person they worked/went

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When to Use the Past Simple Tense
1. Completed action in the

past.
An example: My friend attended a very interesting lecture yesterday.
2. Habitual/repeated occurrences in the past.
An example: I went to movies every Sunday when I was a child.
3. Something that took place for a certain period of time in the past.
An example: My friends lived in the US for fifteen years.

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Signal Words for the Past Simple Tense
yesterday
last week/month/year
a week/month/year ago
in

2000/2010/2015

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Negative Forms of the Past Simple Tense
The formula: Subject + did

not + V1 (+ object).
Examples: This engineer did not submit his project on time.
These engineers did not begin to work on their project on Monday.
The contracted form: did not = didn’t