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    Use the simple past to talk about events that occurred in the past use it with words like: yesterday, last night, last week, last weekend, two days ago, etc. There are three forms: affirmative, negative, and questions. The affirmative form: ALWAYS CHANGE the verb form to its past form: Regular verbs: Add ED or D to the verb Walk-walkED, start-startED, rain-rainED, Examples I called a friend last night and she visited me. We talked

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    Use the simple past to talk about events that occurred in the past use it with words like: yesterday, last night, last week, last weekend, two days ago, etc. There are three forms: affirmative, negative, and questions. The affirmative form: ALWAYS CHANGE the verb form to its past form: Regular verbs: Add ED or D to the verb Walk-walkED, start-startED, rain-rainED, Examples I called a friend last night and she visited me. We talked

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    The Simple Past

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    Use the simple past to talk about events that occurred in the past use it with words like: yesterday, last night, last week, last weekend, two days ago, etc. There are three forms: affirmative, negative, and questions. The affirmative form: ALWAYS CHANGE the verb form to its past form: Regular verbs: Add ED or D to the verb Walk-walkED, start-startED, rain-rainED, Examples I called a friend last night and she visited me. We talked

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    THE SIMPLE PAST

    Its very simple

    Use the simple past to talk about events that occurred in the past Use it with words like: yesterday, last night, last week, last weekend, two days ago, a couple of days ago, etc. there are three forms: affirmative, negative, and questions

    The affirmative form:


    ALWAYS CHANGE the verb form to its past form: Regular verbs: Add ED or D to the verb Walk-walkED , start-startED, rain-rainED, Examples I called a friend last night and she visited me. We talked for hours

    Irregular verbs: they change in a different way Tell-told, come-came, drink-drank


    Examples: I told my friend I was alone and she came to my house. Then we drank some tea.

    The Negative form:


    NEVER CHANGE the verb form to its past form: This is VERY easy, just use DID NOT (didnt) and the verb in its base form (with no change) Examples I DIDNT call a friend last night and she DIDNT visit me. We DIDNT talk at all. I DIDNT tell my friend I was alone so she DIDNT come to my house and we DIDNT drink anything. Compare: I called my mother and I told her to wait for me I DIDNT CALL my mother and I DIDNT TELL her anything

    The Question form:


    NEVER CHANGE the verb form to its past form: This is VERY easy, just use DID and the verb in its base form (with no change)

    YES/NO questions: DID+Subject+Verb+Complement DID you GO out last night? DID she CALL you this morning? DID your sister TAKE a shower before she went to work? INFORMATION questions: WH+DID+Subject+Complement WHat DID you DO last night? WHere DID my boyfriend GO? HoW DID you GET my phone number?

    Verb BE

    Remember, you use the verb be with an adjetive (I am HAPPY), a noun (I am A STUDENT, and with places (I am At CEVAZ)
    Affirmative I/He/She/It + WAS You/We/They/You + WERE I Was in my house last night and I Was very scared, you know, I am only A Kid. My Parents WERE in their room, They WERE really tired. Negative I/He/She/It + WAS NOT (wasnt) You/We/They/You + WERE Yes/No Questions WAS + I/He/She/It WERE + You/We/They/You INFORMATION questions WH +WAS + I/He/She/It WH + WERE + You/We/They/You

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