The document discusses the past simple tense in English grammar. It provides examples of affirmative and negative statements using regular and irregular verbs in the past tense. These include examples like "She finished the novel in 19 days" and "They didn't like mobile phone novels." It also lists common regular verbs that take "-ed" like "liked" and irregular verbs that change form, such as "went."
The document discusses the past simple tense in English grammar. It provides examples of affirmative and negative statements using regular and irregular verbs in the past tense. These include examples like "She finished the novel in 19 days" and "They didn't like mobile phone novels." It also lists common regular verbs that take "-ed" like "liked" and irregular verbs that change form, such as "went."
The document discusses the past simple tense in English grammar. It provides examples of affirmative and negative statements using regular and irregular verbs in the past tense. These include examples like "She finished the novel in 19 days" and "They didn't like mobile phone novels." It also lists common regular verbs that take "-ed" like "liked" and irregular verbs that change form, such as "went."
Grammar: Past Simple ( usage: to show an action that happened in
the past)
Affirmative She finished the novel in 19 days.
She wrote the novel on a phone.
Negative They didn’t like mobile phone novels.
They didn’t think about the story.
Questions Did you enjoy the book?
Did you find that website?
Short answers Yes, I did.
No, I didn’t.
1. Look at the affirmative examples of the past simple in the table.
Which verb is regular and which is irregular? Answer: finished is regular and wrote is irregular ( note: we form affirmative past simple tense of regular verbs by adding – ed. ) 2. The table below shows some examples of regular verbs and irregular verbs.
Regular verbs Irregular verbs
liked went started saw wished read hated said wanted came