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Past Simple Tense: Tobe Other Verbs

The past simple tense is used to describe actions that were completed in the past. For regular verbs, the past simple form is created by adding "-ed" to the base form of the verb. Irregular verbs have varying past simple forms. Questions and negative forms are created using "did/didn't" plus the base form of the verb. The past simple tense is used to talk about single completed past actions or series of completed past actions, with example usages and signal words provided.

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Past Simple Tense: Tobe Other Verbs

The past simple tense is used to describe actions that were completed in the past. For regular verbs, the past simple form is created by adding "-ed" to the base form of the verb. Irregular verbs have varying past simple forms. Questions and negative forms are created using "did/didn't" plus the base form of the verb. The past simple tense is used to talk about single completed past actions or series of completed past actions, with example usages and signal words provided.

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Past Simple Tense

Form
წარსული მარტივი დრო

TOBE OTHER VERBS

Subject + was/ were + …


(I/ he/ she/ it + was)
(They/ we/ you + were) Subject + Past simple
I was sick yesterday. She went shopping last month.
Positive They were sick last week. We got up late yesterday.

Subject + was/ were + not + …


Was not = wasn’t Subject + did not + Bare infinitive
Were not = weren’t Did not = didn’t
I wasn’t sick yesterday. She didn’t go shopping last month.
Negative They weren’t sick last week. We didn’t get up late yesterday.

Were/ was + Subject + …? Did + Subject + Bare infinitive?


Were you sick yesterday? Did she go shopping last month?
Question Were they sick last week? Did you get up late yesterday?

Usages
მოქმედება მოხდა და დასრულდა წარსულში. ინგლისურშუი გვაქვს წესიერი და არა
წესიერი ზმნები. არა წესიერები ფორმას იცვლიან წარსულში (go-went), ხოლო
წესიერები იმატებენ -ed (work-worked) დაბოლოებას.
კითხვითი და უარყოფითი ფორმები იწარმოება Did /didn’t მეშვეობით, რომლის
დროსაც საუღლებელი ზმნა უბრუნდება საწყის ფორმას.

  to talk about actions finished in the past


 I met him last week.

 to talk about a series of actions completed in the past


 I woke up, had breakfast and went to school.
Signal words:
Yesterday, last week, last month, last year, last Christmas, in 2017, ago

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