PAST TENSE SIMPLE

- Expresses a complete action at a certain moment in the past

A: Subject + Verb + ed ( regular verbs) / II form ( irregular verbs)

I started school five years ago.
He watched TV last night.
They talked a lot an hour ago.

I bought a book yesterday.

He ate ice-cream last week.
She made a coffee last week.
We wrote a letter two days ago.

I: Did + subject + Verb (infinitive)?

Did I start school five years ago?
Did he watch TV last night?
Did they talk a lot an hour ago?

Did you buy a book yesterday?

Did she eat ice-cream last week?
Did she make a coffee last week?
Did we write a letter two days ago?

N: Subject + didn`t + V (infinitive)

I didn`t start school five years ago.
I didn`t buy a book yesterday.
I didn`t eat ice-cream last week.
They didn`t talk a lot an hour ago.

A: We played tennis last night.

I: Did we play tennis last night?
N: We didn`t play tennis last night.

A: They watched a film at the weekend.

I: Did they watch a film at the weekend?
N:They didn`t watch a film at the weekend.

A: He saw you last week.

I: Did he see you last week?
N: He didn`t see you last week.

Adverbs: ago, last week/ year, in 1987, in January, at the weekend, at

noon, on Monday, on the 14th of February

Pronunciation:

1. Pronuntam /id/ dupa verbele terminate in /t/ si /d/: posted, needed,

painted
2. Pronuntam /t/ cand verbul se termina in: /k/, /s/, /t$/, /$/, /f/, /p/ -
booked, missed, matched, brushed, coughed, stopped
3. Pronuntam /d/ cand verbul se termina in orice alt sunet: bowed,
arrived,scrubbed, opened
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- Expresses an action in development at a certain moment in the past

A: SUBJECT+ WAS/ WERE+ VERB + ING

I was reading at two o`clock yesterday.

They were listening to music this time last week.
He was writing while I was talking on the phone.

I: WAS/ WERE+ SUBJECT + VERB + ING

Was I reading at two o`clock yesterday?

Were they listening to music this time last week?
Was he writing while I was talking on the phone?

N: SUBJECT+ WASN`T/ WEREN`T + VERB + ING

I wasn`t reading at two o`clock yesterday.