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Past Simple Tense Guide

The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It notes that regular verbs form the past simple by adding "-ed" like "play+ed=played" while irregular verbs have varying past forms like "be-was/were-been" and "buy-bought-bought." It provides examples of the positive, negative, and interrogative forms of verbs in the past simple tense in the singular and plural. Examples are given of using the past simple tense to talk about completed actions that took place at a specific time in the past.

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Past Simple Tense Guide

The document discusses the past simple tense in English. It notes that regular verbs form the past simple by adding "-ed" like "play+ed=played" while irregular verbs have varying past forms like "be-was/were-been" and "buy-bought-bought." It provides examples of the positive, negative, and interrogative forms of verbs in the past simple tense in the singular and plural. Examples are given of using the past simple tense to talk about completed actions that took place at a specific time in the past.

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Regular verbs

Play+ed=played (иста форма во сите лица)

Past Simple Tense (минато определено време)

Irregular verbs

be-was/were-been

buy-bought-bought (различни форми)

Positive/Affirmative Negative Interrogative/Questions

Singular Singular Singular

1. I played/bought 1. I DIDN’T PLAY/DIDN’T BUY 1. DID I PLAY?/DID YOU BUY?


2. You played/bought 2. You DIDN’T PLAY/DIDN’T BUY 2. DID YOU PLAY?/DID YOU BUY?
3. He/she/it played/bought 3. He/she/it DIDN’T PLAY/DIDN’T BUY 3. DID HE PLAY?/ DID HE BUY?

Plural Plural Plural

1. We played/bought 1. We DIDN’T PLAY/DIDN’T BUY 1. DID WE PLAY?/DID WE BUY?


2. You played/bought 2. You DIDN’T PLAY/DIDN’T BUY 2. DID YOU PLAY?/DID YOU BUY?
3. They played/bought 3. They DIDN’T PLAY/DIDN’T BUY 3. DID THEY PLAY?/DID THEY BUY?
Ова време се употребува за завршени дејства што се случиле во точно определено време.

I played cards yesterday. I bought a car 10 years ago.

I didn’t play basketball yesterday. I didn’t buy a house 10 years ago.

Did you play tennis yesterday? Yes, I did. Did you buy a dishwasher 10 years ago? No, I didn’t.

Spelling rules for past simple forms of the verbs:

1. Work+ed=worked 3. Study+ed=stidied
2. Like+ed= liked 4. Stop+ed=stopped

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