PAST SIMPLE

When do we use the past simple?

USE: we use the past simple to express an action that started and finished
at a specific time in the past.
They arrived home at eleven oclock last night
We visited our aunt yesterday
We often use the past simple with time expressions such as these:

yesterday
three weeks ago
last year/week/ night
in 2002
in summer/last summer
when I was a child

FORM:
Affirmative: Subject + verb: regular verb ED
complements

- irregular verb (table of irregular verbs)

In English we distinguish between regular and irregular verbs.
Regular verbs add ED to the infinive form of the verb. We use the same
form for all persons.
I, you, he, she ,it, we, they washed the car yesterday
I stayed at a hotel but my friends stayed at a hostel.
Irregular verbs take a different form, so we have to memorize them. (2
column of irregular verbs list) drink-drank, see-saw, speak-spoke
I bought a new computer last week
We saw a movie last night
SPELLING RULES ED
1. Most of verbs add ed: work want
2. When the verb ends in e, we add d: liked hated
3. One syllable verbs ending in consonant+vowel+consonant, double the
final consonant: stopped planned

4. Verbs ending in consonant+y, change the y to ied: studied carried

BUT played
Negative: Subject + didnt + verb infinitive + complements
In negative sentences we use the auxiliary form didnt before the infinitive
verb.
We didnt go to the swimming pool last Monday
Sara didnt visit London last summer
Interrogative: Did + subject + infinitive verb + complements?
In questions we use the auxiliary form Did before the subject.
Did she get up at seven yesterday morning? Yes, she did
No. she didnt

Whats the meaning of rain, fire, try?

They have the same form when they function as a verb and when they
function as a noun.
In English there are lots of words that may function as a noun or as a verb.
How do we distinguish their function? By means of the context.
It has started to rain / Get out of rain! /The rain is falling hard
When they have 2 or more syllables we can distinguish them by means of
the stress.