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    The past simple tense is used to describe actions and situations that were completed in the past. For regular verbs, the past simple is formed by adding "-ed" or "-d" to the base form of the verb. Irregular verbs have special past forms that must be memorized. Examples are provided to illustrate using the past simple tense to talk about events that occurred at specific times in the past, as well as the positive, negative, and interrogative forms of the past simple tense.

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    The past simple tense is used to describe actions and situations that were completed in the past. For regular verbs, the past simple is formed by adding "-ed" or "-d" to the base form of the verb. Irregular verbs have special past forms that must be memorized. Examples are provided to illustrate using the past simple tense to talk about events that occurred at specific times in the past, as well as the positive, negative, and interrogative forms of the past simple tense.

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    THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE

    The past simple tense of most English verbs (regular verbs) is formed by adding
    "-ed"/"-d" to their base form. (If the verb ends in "-e", we add "-d" to form

    the past simple.)


    This tense is used to describe actions and situations that happened in the past.
    These actions and situations were started and finished in the past. The
    sentence often contains an adverb or adverb phrase of time, such as yesterday,
    the other day, last night, last week, three days ago, a few minutes ago, in
    (year), from (year) to (year), etc. Here are some examples 1. We arrived at 9:00 o'clock this morning.
    2. Yesterday I went to the supermarket.
    3. The teacher went to the desk.
    4. He didn't hear the telephone last night.
    5. Susan bought her little sister a doll last week.
    6. We came here in 1980.
    7. I worked at Johnson & Co. from 1990 to 1995.
    8. My brother lived in London for six years. (he doesn't live there anymore)
    POSITIVE FORM
    Regular verbs:
    base form + "-ed" or "-d":
    work + "-ed" = worked
    live + "-d" = lived
    I/you/he/she/it/we/they worked
    I/you/he/she/it/we/they lived
    NEGATIVE FORM
    I
    you

    DID + NOT

    he/she/it
    we

    /DIDN'T/
    + WORK

    they
    M. Micallef
    Form 1
    Grammar

    1. He didn't work yesterday.


    2. She did not see him last night.
    QUESTION FORM
    I
    you
    DID

    he/she/it

    WORK?

    we
    they
    1. Did he work yesterday?
    2. Did she see him last night?
    If it is the verb "to be" we use was/were before the subject:
    1. Was he at the office the other day?
    2. Were they in class this morning?
    QUESTIONS AND SHORT ANSWERS
    1. Did you go to the cinema last night?
    2. Yes, I did.
    3. No, I didn't.
    1. Did he speak with Kate yesterday?
    2. Yes, he did.
    3. No, he didn't.

    There are also some verbs called irregular verbs that have special spelling. (See
    list of irregular verbs on your Upstream St. Bk. Page 141 )
    IRREGULAR VERBS HAVE TO BE STUDIED!!
    1. She caught the bus to school.
    2. John hurt himself yesterday afternoon.

    M. Micallef
    Form 1
    Grammar

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